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Eugene Planning Commission September 21, 2004 Page 2 of 7 node area. The subject property is to the left towards 1-5. The tall electrical standard is visible in this image. From this image one can see that the subject property is oriented towards 1-5 to the north, while the residential properties on the west of Laurel Hill Drive slope towards the west, away from the subject property. Exhibit C is another aerial photograph, except that it has been modified to show the realigned Glenwood Interchange that is required by the Cooperative Improvement Agreement (CIA) entered into between the Cities of Eugene and Springfield and the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). That agreement is included as Exhibit E to the original Refinement Plan application materials. This aerial image shows how the intersection was realigned and moved from the existing ODOT right of way areas into areas originally designated for commercial development by the Laurel Hill Plan. Exhibit D is a topographic map of the area around the future Glenwood Interchange. It shows that the area slopes from west to east in the area around the Moon Mountain Drive-Glenwood Boulevard-Glenwood Drive-Brackenfern Road intersection. A topographic map of the subject property is included as Exhibit E hereto. That exhibit shows that the site slopes to the northeast. While not fully covering the residential parcels to the west of Laurel Hill Drive, the topographic lines indicate that those properties slope to the west - northwest. Exhibit F is a letter from Richard Larson, who testified at the Planning Commission public heating, that elaborates on some of the points made in his oral testimony and responds to comments made by other participants. Exhibit G includes excerpts from the current Eugene Code and from the prior version of the Eugene Code. Request for Cooperative Meetings Although not related to an approval criteria, at the public hearing several Planning Commissioners requested that participants and the planning staff meet to discuss issues of concern. On the Friday following the hearing, applicants' representatives Bill Kloos and Dan Terrell met with Jan Wostmann representing the Laurel Hill Citizens neighborhood group. During that meeting we discussed two issues of importance to the neighborhood group. The first issue concerned possibilities for off-setting the impact of new commercial lands introduced by this proposal by changing the designation of lands in other parts of the commercial node to residential, thereby resulting in no net increase of commercially designated land in the node. While that is a viable option in the abstract, it is impracticable in this instance. The only commercial property owned by the applicants that abut residential areas is the parcel to the immediate south of the subject property, across Moon Mountain Drive. However, those areas are necessary to mitigate the traffic impacts that would arise from commercial use of the subject property. The applicants have proposed to grant an easement to the subject property to allow IV-35