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and the policy related to not locating residences beneath high voltage power lines was in effect in December 1999. He cited Laurel Hill Pan Policy #5; "No additional sector of East Laurel Hill shall be designated for commercial purposes until a public need can be demonstrated." He said the neighborhood association wanted the commission to interject the phrase "for more commercially designated land" in the policy following the word "need" and it was the applicant's position that the policy said if there was a public need for the designation of more commercial land, that new commercial land designation could occur in the Laurel Hill area. He said a fundamental public need related to the site was the need to have land that was developable under the land use designations associated with it. He illustrated on photo- graphs the site characteristics that made residential development unfeasible, but would not impose as significant constraints on commercial development and noted there had been inquiries about using the property for a hotel or office building. Mr. Terrell commented there were development constraints on other commercial properties in the area but he had focused his efforts on issues related directly to the subject property. He said the impact of Sun Blaze Village was also not addressed because it was in an appeal phase and the applicant did not want to rely on that issue, but could provide additional information. He said that two traffic studies had been done and the applicant realized that traffic was an issue in the area in terms of avoiding the use of residential streets for commercial traffic and the cooperative agreement among the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the cities of Eugene and Springfield relating to the Glenwood interchange. He referred to an email from ODOT in the materials he submitted, which indicated that none of the traffic problems were insurmountable. He said the applicant wanted to clearly understand the needs of the Planning Division, Public Works Department, ODOT, and the commission in order to respond. MINUTES - Eugene Planning Commission September 14, 2004 Page 5 Public Hearing IV-95