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1 designation in that area referred to by Mr. Bradley was between Pearl and High on 5th Avenue, east of the Palace Hotel. He explained that the historic designation would recognize the historic value of a structure and attempt to preserve that status. A special district designation is not so much to .' attempt to recognize the historic aspect of structures as it is to encourage - reuse of certain very substantial buildings which because of changing condi- tions need a different approach to encourage redevelopment and reuse of properties. Planning Commission staff notes and minutes of March 2, 1976 were entered as part of this record by reference thereto. Public hearing was held with no testimony presented. Council Bill No. 1084 - Rezoning to H-Historic District property at northwest corner of 5th Avenue and Willamette Street was read by council bill number and title only, there being no Council members present requesting that it be read in full. Mr. Keller moved second by Mr. Haws that the bill be read the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the Council, and that enactment be considered at this time. Motion carried unanimously and the bill was read the second time by council bill number only. Mr. Keller moved second by Mr. Haws that the bill be approved and given final passage. Rollcall vote. All Council members present voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 17597. 2. Area west of Highway 99N south of Concord and east of Jacobs Drive - Prom RA to C-l SR (Paul Hansen)(Z 76-3) Recommended by the Planning Commission on March 2, 1976. Jim Saul, planner, explained that the property cosisted of 4.785 acres immediately west of the new Intermediate Education District facility north of the Gilbert Shopping Center on Highway 99N. A request for rezoning to R-2, pending development under planned unit procedures, was considered in 1972, which involved a larger piece of property. That resulted in two separate PUDs, this parcel remaining unchanged from RA. Mr. Saul said that the Commission, on the basis of a recently completed refinement study of the Bethel area, recom- mended this change after debate on whether to rezone to C-2, as requested, or C-l. C-l was recommended because the Commission felt that many of the uses proposed by the applicant, while not outright uses under C-l, could be con~idered as conditional uses. Site review procedures were added because of concerns expressed by the Commission about the relationship between this commercial use and adjacent residential uses. He added that change in the sign district was recommended for consistency with the development of the property as a neighborhood shopping center. Councilman Murray asked if the Bethel refinement study elaborated on the nature of neighborhood commercial needs in that area or where they would be most desirable. Also, whether the study spoke at all to how much commercial zoning would be needed there. He was wondering how it could be determined when the commercial need was satisfied. Mr. Saul answered that the study, while not speaking about precise locations or specific commercial needs, did indicate that commercial services should be located where they met recurring needs of the people. In this instance, he said, there was a fair amount of testimony at the Commission hearing about the level of development, par- ticularly medium-density residential development, in the immediate area. He added that to a certain extent determination of when commercial needs had been met would remain a matter of judgment and something that would have 4/12/76 - 2 4'f5 . I-A-4 - . '"