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was co-sponsored by the American Association for Retired People (AARP). She said the program took at $22,000 budget cut about 1 ½ years ago when LCC discontinued sponsoring the program. She added that EECA took over as the sponsoring body so that the program could continue operating. She said services were offered only to seniors at the present time, but she hoped to expand the program to include younger people with disabilities. She said she had participated in operation of the Kaufman Senior Center, and appreciated the potential the building had to offer, although it had limitations due to the age of the building. She said she supported renting space to a small scale user to bring in income, and she supported continued use of the Kaufman Center as a neighborhood center. Marilyn Odell, 750 West Broadway, Eugene, spoke as the representative of the JWN. Ms. Odell said she was asking the Planning Commission to modify the permitted uses under the proposal. She said she had spent time with city staff to address neighborhood concerns, and there did not appear to be any compromise. Ms. Odell said the Kaufman Center had always been an important part of the neighbor- hood, and the JWN wanted to do what was reasonable for the neighborhood to continue the operation of the Kaufman Center as a neighborhood center operated by a private organization. She said she understood that all of the operations of the EECA fell within the umbrella of a neighborhood center. She said she heard for the first time tonight there was a proposal to allow rental of office space by the EECA to other entities. She said the neighborhood concern was that the building would become rental property if the building was sold. She said the JWN proposed Administrative, General, and Professional Office and Scientific and Educational Research Center that included laboratories not be permitted uses but conditional uses, referring to the staff report that described the uses. Mr. Lawless called for staff response to testimony. Ms. Harding provided the city staff response to the public testimony. She said she had erred in conversations with Ms. Odell in stressing listing certain uses as conditional would make the building difficult to sell in the future, by omitting the burden that would be placed on EECA and its survival. Additionally, Ms. Harding said building upgrades such as electrical improvements would place a financial burden on both EECA and the Money Management program. Ms. Adams said Historic Alteration Review of the building applied only to the exterior changes, adding MINUTES - Eugene Planning Commission October 26, 2004 Page 8 Public Hearing