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Jean Hahn of the Eugene Planning Department reviewed the background material. She said the request is to redesignate all of Tax Lot 200 and a part of Tax Lot e 100 for commercial use. The remaining portion of Tax Lot 100 will retain the existing residential designation. She said the major issues are traffic and a change of circumstances concerning the noise generated by the Eugene Sand and Gravel plant located west of Tax Lot 200 across North Delta Highway. She said the Eugene noise standards were changed after the Metro Plan was adopted and the noise from the Eugene Sand and Gravel plant is now more than the standard for residential properties permits. Because of the change in noise standards, there is a question of whether the Banfield property is desi rabl e for residential development. Ms. Hahn distributed copies of a September 28, 1987, memo to Eugene Planning Director Susan Brody from Dave Reinhard of the Eugene Public Works Department. She said a study by JRH Transportation Engineering indicated that the traffic generated by commercial development of Tax Lot 200 would be acceptable and have no more impact on the area than traffic generated by residential development. Ms. Hahn sa i d a 11 the planning commissions recommended approval of the amendment. Jim Saul, III West 7th Avenue, Suite 300, Eugene, said he represented Banfield Properties. Reviewing comments of Terry Smith, Assistant Director of the Public Works Department, at a Eugene Planning Commission meeting on August 24, 1987, Mr. Saul said Mr. Smith said noise from the Eugene Sand and Gravel plant would be a problem for about 75 percent of the population and it would not be practical to mitigate the noise at its source. Therefore, the only options e are mitigation of the noise on Tax Lot 200 or a change in land use. Mr. Saul said the previous noise standards required an l8-foot sound wall on Tax Lot 200 to mitigate the noise for residential use and the current noise standards are more restrictive. Mr. Saul said Banfield Properties controls the rest of Tax Lot 100 that would retain residential designation. He said the principals in Banfield Properties are also principals in Senior Professional Care and they intend to develop a senior care facility on the rest of Tax Lot 100 if some of the noise problems can be solved with commercial development on Tax Lot 200. Mr. Saul said the study by JRH Transportation Engineering indicates that commercial development on Tax Lot 200 and residential development on the rest of Tax Lot 100 will result in less traffic than would be generated by full development at the existing Medium-Density Residential designation of the two properties. He said approval of the commercial designation for Tax Lot 200 wi 11 necessitate no more street improvements than those already listed in TransPlan. He reviewed the street improvements currently planned for the area. Mr. Saul said the Eugene Planning Commissioners decided the existing commercial development on Green Acres Road is primarily discount merchanising. The commi ssi oners concl uded that those busi nesses probably would not locate in the downtown or in regional shopping centers. Comparing e MINUTES--Joint Springfield, Eugene City Council October 14, 1987 Page 3