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e e - Ms. Jones discussed the issue of the interpretation of the Metropolitan Area General Plan diagram as it applies to this property. Ms. Jones said that the Planning staff did not believe that there was conflict between the plan and the present M-2 zoning of the property. She said the plan diagram is composed of "blobs" of color to indicate uses, but that this was not to be interpreted as a zoning map. She said that the plan diagram was a tool which could be used to guide future land use decisions and the timing of those decisions. Ms. Jones said that in determining whether the rezoning is appropriate, attention should be given to the text and policies of the plan, the zoning history of the area, and the needs and desires of the City. She said that staff recognized that the plan diagram does show strip commercial use extending west from City View to the commercial node at Seneca and West 11th, but felt that this should be balanced with the concerns expressed in the text of the plan over the proliferation of strip commercial development and the timing of land use changes. Ms. Jones said that the plan recognizes the existence of strip commercial uses, but indicates that such uses should be limited to existing locations and, when possible, transformed into a more desirable commercial pattern. She said that such transformation was difficult when uses on West 11th were considered on a parcel- by-parcel basis but that it could occur under the guidance of studies such as that currently under way for the West 11th Avenue commercial corridor. Ms. Jones said that the Planning Department had begun such a study and that Jim Croteau, Planning, was present to answer any questions about this study. Ms. Jones said that Randy Thwing, president of the Planning Commission, was also present to respond to questions on the decision of the Planning Commission. Ms. Jones said that on April 6, 1982, the Planning Commission had considered a zone change request for the Boatman property, located at the corner of Bailey Hill Road and West 11th Avenue, and that many of the same issues raised by the Marvin request had been raised at that hearing. She said that the Planning Commission had decided to postpone action on the Boatman request until its April 13, 1982, meeting, in hopes of receiving guidance from the council deci- sion on the Marvin request. No ex parte contacts or conflicts of interest were declared by councilors. The staff notes and minutes were made a part of the record. Public hearing was opened. Allen Johnson, 915 Oak Street, Suite 200, said he was an attorney representing Phillip Marvin and Cowboy Country, applicants for the rezoning. He asked that the following materials be made a part of the record for this hearing: the Metropolitan Area General Plan, the West Eugene Industrial Study, Chapter 9 of the Eugene Code, and the staff notes for the December 1, 1981, hearing on this parcel. Mr. Johnson reviewed the history of the subject property and of this application. He said that Cowboy Country had been located on West 11th Avenue for a number of years. He said the business was formerly located in a building on the south side of West 11th, east of the present location. He said that two years ago the lease on that building expired, and Cowboy Country leased the front display area of the Industrial Finishes Building, located at the corner of Seneca Street and West 11th, next to the Fred Meyer property. Mr. Johnson said that Cowboy Country then applied for a conditional use permit for that site. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 12, 1982 Page 2