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Speaking to Mr. Belcher’s comments regarding the recommendation going around the code, Mr. Kelly acknowledged that the Chambers special area zone came about through an understandable feeling of crisis on the part of the Jefferson/Westside residents. Now that it had been in place for some months, he suggested that the council consider whether it would like to ask the Planning Commission to take a look at the zone to see if the standards needed any kind of fine-tuning in regard to the standards while still accommodating desirable infill. He proposed more discussion on his suggestion when the council took action on the item on December 11. 3. PUBLIC HEARING: An Ordinance Amending the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) Diagram to Redesignate Property Identified as Map 17-03-30-44, Tax Lot 8900 (Oregon Motor Pool Site) from High-Density Residential/Mixed Use/Nodal De- velopment Designation to Commercial/Nodal Development Designation; Rezoning the Prop- erty from I-2/TD Light-Medium Industrial with Transit Oriented Development Overlay Zone to C-2/TD/ND Community Commercial with Transit Oriented Development and Nodal Devel- opment Overlay Zones; and Adopting a Severability Clause Mayor Piercy reviewed the rules for the public hearing, which involved a quasi-judicial matter. She called for conflicts of interest or ex parte contacts. There were none. Mayor Piercy determined that councilors had no site visits to report. City Manager Dennis Taylor introduced Associate Planner Ann Siegenthaler of the Planning and Develop- ment. Ms. Siegenthaler said the council would hear testimony related to a request for an amendment to the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) Land Use Diagram and concurrent zone change for a parcel known as the Oregon Motor Pool site, located at 445 Pearl Street. The applicant was the State of Oregon Office of Administrative Services. Ms. Siegenthaler said the applicant requested a Metro Plan amendment from High-Density Residen- tial/Mixed Use/Nodal Development designation to Commercial/Nodal Development designation, and asked that the property be rezoned from I-2/TD Light-Medium Industrial with Transit Oriented Development Overlay Zone to C-2/TD/ND Community Commercial with Transit Oriented Development and Nodal Development Overlay Zones. No development was being proposed at this time. The zone change was a quasi-judicial decision but was being reviewed concurrently with the Metro Plan amendment, and thus followed the process described in the code for a Metro Plan amendment. The amendment was a single jurisdiction Type II amendment and the council decision must be based on the record created before the Planning Commission. Ms. Siegenthaler noted no public testimony was received during the Planning Commission’s comment period outside that of the applicant. The Planning Commission recommended approval of the request following deliberation of the application’s consistency with statewide planning goal 12, transportation. That goal required the applicant to demonstrate the change would not have a significant effect on adjacent transporta- tion facilities and any effects would be mitigated. The Planning Commission did not believe it initially had sufficient evidence regarding the issue and requested the applicant provide additional information. The applicant subsequently submitted a trip generation estimate, and the commission determined the application complied with all applicable criteria. MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 20, 2006 Page 4 Public Hearing