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<br /> --- <br /> Philip Marvin, 89133 Conrad Road, Veneta, is the owner of Cowboy Country which <br /> 1S located south of Fred Meyer's proposed project. Their zone change request <br />e has been tabled. They have been before the Hearings Official and the Planning <br /> Commission. They submitted a plan for their own project three years ago and <br /> were denied, based upon the zoning. They were three blocks east of the area <br /> where they are now. They submitted a bid to buy the Nielsen building and it <br /> took almost two years to get the conditional use permit to occupy that building. <br /> The place where they located is currently zoned C-2. Their rezoning request <br /> should be approved just the same as Fred Meyer's. They are a little store and <br /> have been working three years to try to get this through. They feel they were <br /> harassed by the City Building Division. If their project is to continue to <br /> be tabled, then this one should be too. However, he supports the rezoning <br /> request. <br /> Dave Pederson, 540 Oak, stated that he is a member of the Planning and Land Use <br /> Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. They support this application. The <br /> Planning and Land Use Committee evaluated this project with regard to the Metro <br /> Plan and found that it conforms. There is no timing problem and no potential <br /> conflict with the neighborhood association. They evaluated this request twice <br /> and it meets the standards for City performance regulations. They support <br /> the application and urge a speedy approval. <br /> Speaking against: <br /> George Kennar, 189 Brae Burn Drive, stated that he is manager of the Monsanto <br /> reS1n plant. Their site abuts the proposed rezoning. Their site is about <br /> nine acres. Their plant was built in 1964. Both parcels on the site are zoned <br />e M-3. A zoning designation of C-2/SR abutting an M-3 zone is not particularly <br /> good since the buffering aspect would be lost. The long-range effect of dis- <br /> similar zoning designations abutting each other should be considered. The types <br /> of businesses to be allowed should be examined. He asked if the circumstances <br /> were reversed (if Fred Meyer already existed), if Monsanto would be allowed to <br /> build. He would expect that it would not be. <br /> Mr. Jacobson stated that when the Metro Plan was reviewed and adopted, there <br /> was consideration given as to whether or not commercial property should be <br /> adjacent to industrial uses. This situation does exist in this plan, but in <br /> this case, it is across the street. Monsanto's use should pose no problem, <br /> since it does not pose a problem for the movie theater that is there now. The <br /> Planning Commission did stress that this is a rezoning issue, not approval of <br /> any particular development. <br /> Mr. Powell waived the right to rebuttal. <br /> There being no further testimony, public hearing was closed. <br /> Mr. Lindberg stated that in the staff notes, it states that an advantage to <br /> locating Fred Meyer here would be to prevent further strip commercial develop- <br /> ment. He asked if rezoning would preclude businesses such as Cowboy Country. <br /> Mr. Jacobson responded that that is not necessarily the case. Consolidation <br /> will hopefully prevent more of the existing situation of strip commercial. <br /> Mr. Lindberg asked if one of the reasons for the delay in considering Cowboy <br />e <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council December 14, 1981 Page 6 <br />