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who saw the council as the most likely vehicle for their concerns; and that attendance at the <br />meetings fluctuated from 12 to 30 persons. He said many hours were spent debating the merits <br />and flaws of the draft code and in the end was able to agree on 30 general statements about <br />land use, the code update, and the role of neighborhoods in land use planning and review. He <br />reviewed the statements contained in a collection of documents entitled "Neighborhood Leaders <br />Council Presentation on the Draft Use Code Update to the Eugene Planning Commission and <br />Eugene City Council -- May 5, 1998" distributed at the beginning of the meeting. <br /> <br />Neighborhood Leaders Council member David Hinkley stated that members of neighborhood <br />associations had been invited to submit recommendations for revision to the draft Lane Use <br />Code Update. He referred to a list of 356 recommendations received contained in the collection <br />of documents reviewed by Mr. Wostmann. He said that the recommendations were assembled <br />as submitted and sorted by code section. He described a process used by the Neighborhood <br />Leaders Council Code Update Study Committee to evaluate the recommendations. He reviewed <br />the record of support recommendations received as recorded in the collection of documents. He <br />explained that the "Support" number in the document indicated the number of participants <br />supporting the recommended change. <br /> <br />Neighborhood Leaders Council Co-Chair Jon Belcher described a process followed by the update <br />study committee of the council in which individual statements of association members were <br />provided an opportunity to share specific concerns which were discussed by the group as a <br />whole. He noted that the written concerns already considered were included in the collection of <br />documents distributed at the beginning of the meeting and that others would be considered at a <br />later time and submitted to the City Council and Planning Commission. <br /> <br />Mr. Belcher said the Eugene Chamber of Commerce, Friends of Eugene, Home Builders <br />Association of Lane County, and Neighborhood Leaders Council had reached consensus on <br />seven issues, as follows: <br /> <br /> · One hundred foot notification for zone changes and other land use applications is <br /> inadequate, the current notification standards should be retained, and both <br /> occupants and owners of property should be notified. <br /> <br /> · The authority of the City Manager in land use matters should not supercede that <br /> of the Hearings Official, Planning Commission, Historic Review Board, and City <br /> Council. <br /> <br /> · The City Manager's designee should be specified by either administrative order or <br /> ordinance. <br /> <br /> · The cod numbering system should be revised to provide for future amendments <br /> and change to clarify and make the code as user-friendly as possible. <br /> <br /> · The Land Use Code Update should comply with Growth Management Policies. <br /> <br /> · All Planning Department decisions should have at least one local avenue of <br /> appeal. <br /> <br /> · The City, as developer, should be required to abide by the Land Use Code. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 5, 1998 Page 2 <br /> Eugene Planning Commission <br /> <br /> <br />