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Mr. Poling asked what percentage of the development in the plan were to be two-story structures. Ms. <br />Bishow replied that all of the residential development was slated to have at least two and a half stories and <br />the commercial development was planned to be in buildings of three or four stories, except the proposed <br />grocery store. She said the predominant development pattern was buildings with at least two functional <br />floors. Mr. Poling then asked Mr. Kelly if he wanted something in the ordinance to guarantee a certain <br />percentage of the development would be built with more than one floor. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly responded that he wanted to put into the legal document one important part of the vision, and not <br />necessarily to transform the vision. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling extended his appreciation to all of the people that had been involved in the project. He called it a <br />"fine example of what happens when people work as a team on a project." He noted the City had been <br />trying to implement nodal development and was closer now than it had been in any other project. He <br />implored the council to take into consideration all of the collaborative work that had been done on the <br />project. He thought Crescent Village represented a great vision and an opportunity to create an urban nodal <br />village. He said it would be good to see this concept made real. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson cited different types of commercial development across the City, such as that on West 11th <br />Avenue. She said this vision represented a "huge step forward" and demonstrated the positive things that <br />could come from master site planning and collaborative work. She called the development a "very good <br />thing to do." She indicated support for the ordinance. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey conveyed his confidence in the people who resided to the east of the project. He stressed that <br />residents had been involved in the planning process and supported the PUD. He hoped the council would <br />join the neighbors in helping the plan to go forward. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly disagreed with the implication that he was trying to change Arlie and Company's vision of the <br />Crescent Village development. He asserted that, rather, he was trying to encapsulate it. He called the <br />commercial development in the vision a "step forward." He opined that nothing in the ordinance, as written, <br />encapsulated the distinctiveness of their vision for commercial development. He felt the addition of a <br />"number" to the ordinance helped the City attain its goals regarding nodal development. He acknowledged <br />the work the neighbors had done in the planning process and reiterated his assertion that the council should <br />ensure that the development would proceed as planned. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly asked staff to explain whether anything would be lost by deleting Policy 8. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman reiterated her concern that the ordinance would only create more commercial development than <br />was currently allowed. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman asserted that the council had taken elements out of the Nodal Development Overlay zone that <br />contributed to the characteristics the City sought in order to foster a reduction in vehicle miles. She felt it <br />more important to ensure the nodal development elements and, to that end, Mr. Kelly's amendment to <br />legislate the floor area ratio (FAR) in Arlie and Company's vision was the only thing that tied the vision to <br />the ordinance. She said her support for the ordinance was contingent on the inclusion of the aforementioned <br />amendment. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 22, 2003 Page 3 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />