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Letter to Eugene Planning Commission RE: Code Amendment Application, Kaufman Senior Center · October 21, 2004 b. Staff asserts that the Kaufinan Center property will not sell if these office uses are not "permitted" uses. City staff believe that designation of these uses as conditional will "make the property impossible to sell." c. Designation of these uses as conditional is the only way to allow JWN to have an effective voice in the future use of this dominate neighborhood property. The cost, delay and uncertainty to a potential purchaser presented by the City's conditional use permit process is within the control of the City. d. Absent designation of office uses as condition, the only City review over the use of this property would pursuant to an occupancy permit for compliance with parking requirements. Only if a new' user proposed to make exterior, modifications or proposed new construction in the historic garden, requiring application for a historic alteration, woUld there be neighborhood input as Type II application. The historic alternation process presents a potential purchaser with the same uncertainty as the CLIP process the City argues would make the property impossible to sell. JWN submits that if the City wants to allow office uses of the Kaufman Center property in the future, that those only be subject to a conditional use permit. JWN has discussed its objections extensively with City staff including Shawna Adams, Planning Department, Emmy Jenson, Facility Management, and the City's consultant, Terri Harding of Satre Associates. However, despite extensive discussions, the City has not offered any compromise. The JWN remains committed to working with the City to resolve neighborhood concerns with this special historic zone proposal. Respectfully submitted, for JWN Executive Board