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e recommendation on this request to the elected officials. Ms. Hahn said that Eugene Planning Commission President Jenny Sirnio was present to answer questions. Ms. Hahn said that the Eugene councilors were provided with a revised draft ordinance to amend the River Road/Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan. She reviewed the changes contained in the revised draft, noting that they were made to make Eugene's ordinance more similar in content to Lane County's ordinance. Responding to a question from Ms. Ehrman, Ms. Hahn explained that the Santa Clara Neighborhood Organization reversed its original opposition in light of the wide spread support for the request expressed by the adjacent property owners, and after reviewing further information provided by staff, it conclud- ed that there was little possibility that the land would actually develop as industrial. Responding to a question from Mr. Berg, Ms. Hahn said that Tax Lot 1400 north of Irving Road was zoned RA/UL (suburban residential outside of city limits but inside the urban growth boundary), or Low-Density Residential. C. Public Testimony Mr. Boles opened the public hearing. Jim Saul, III West 7th Avenue, representing the applicants, the Johnsons, who e own 35 acres of the area under consideration, noted that they were unable to attend but that their son-in-law, Douglas Moorhead, was present to answer questions. Mr. Saul said that all of the affected property owners have expressed support for the application. He said that all of the necessary criteria for both Metro Plan and refinement plan amendments have been met and that the Johnsons, as well as the other property owners, do not believe that the property is suitable for industrial use. Mr. Saul pointed out that the property was designated as Low-Density Residen- tial prior to adoption of the Metro Plan, and said that, at that time, the property owners who currently reside on the property purchased their property based on that zoning. He said that when the Metro Plan was first published in 1980, the zoning designation for the property was changed to Special Light Industrial. He said that because of conflicting versions of the Metro Plan adopted at that time by Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County, a conflict resolution process was conducted. The process included the formation of a task force to address conflicting designations of industrial land, and it ultimately concluded that a Special Light Industrial designation was inappro- priate and recommended that the property be designated Light Medium Industri- al. The 1982 Metro Plan incorporated this recommendation; however, in 1985, when the River Road/Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan was adopted, the facilities plan concluded that a Light-Medium Industrial designation was inappropriate and recommended that the property be redesignated as Special e MINUTES--Joint Elected Officials December 9, 1992 Page 3