CC Minutes - 02/20/02 Work Session

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MINUTES Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room-Eugene City Hall February 20, 2002 Noon COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, David Kelly, Nancy Nathanson, Scott Meisner, Gary Rayor, Gary Pap~, Bonny Bettman, Par Farr. COUNCILORS ABSENT: CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION A. Nodal Development Implementation, High Priority Areas Jan Childs of the Planning and Development Department provided a presentation on the results of the Eugene Planning Commission's review leading to a recommendation of eight high-priority nodal development areas. She said, if council granted its approval, the areas designated would receive the Metro Plan nodal development metro-plan designation and nodal development overlay zone over the next 15 months. Ms. Childs said the Planning Commission had recommended boundary adjustments for all eight of the proposed nodal development areas and noted that a description of the revised boundaries was included in the meeting packet under Attachment C. She added that maps for each of the areas, with boundaries shown in dark black lines, were also included as Attachment D. Ms. Childs said each of the areas had demarcations showing quarter-mile walking distances from likely major transit stop locations. She noted that these areas had been highlighted in red on the maps. Ms. Childs outlined each of the proposed nodes. The list of areas included: · 1C, Chambers · 2B, 29th Avenue and Willamette Street Ms. Childs noted that part of the area that the commission recommended being excluded was within the quarter-mile walking distance while an area it recommended be included was not within that distance. · 3G, Churchill Ms. Childs noted that this area was slightly larger than the recommendation MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 20, 2002 Page 1 Work Session