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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> Council Chamber--Eugene City Hall <br /> <br /> November 15, 2004 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Bonny Bettman, Nancy Nathanson, Scott Meisner, David Kelly, Betty <br /> Taylor, Gary Papd, Jennifer Solomon. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: George Poling. <br /> <br />Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. <br /> <br />1. PUBLIC HEARING: An Ordinance Amending the Laurel Hill Plan Land Use Diagram to <br /> Redesignate Property Identified as Tax Lots 199, 200, 300, Assessor's Map 18-03-03-2 3 from <br /> Low-Density Residential to Commercial and to Rezone the Property from R-1 Low-Density Resi- <br /> dential to C-2 Community Commercial; Adopting a Severability Clause; and Providing an Effec- <br /> tive Date <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey called for council declarations of ex parte contacts and conflicts of interest. <br /> <br />Councilor Kelly indicated he was contacted by some citizens of the Laurel Hill Valley asking about the <br />applications under consideration; he had indicated to them he could not discuss the subject because of the <br />quasi judicial nature of the applications. He had also met with Mr. Larson, the owner of the property, on <br />another topic months before the application was submitted. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey determined councilors had no information to share based on their visits to the site. <br /> <br />City Manager Dennis Taylor introduced Patricia Thomas of the Planning Division, who was present to <br />discuss the staff report and criteria of approval. <br /> <br />Ms. Thomas reviewed the applications before the council, which were a request for a change in the <br />refinement plan designation (RA 04-01) and zone a change from Low-Density Residential to Commercial. <br />She said the site was 1.38 acres and was located at the northeast comer of the intersection of Moon <br />Mountain Drive and Laurel Hill Drive. The property was now zoned and designated for residential <br />development. However, it was poorly suited for such development due to geographic constraints in the form <br />of steep slopes and manmade constraints in the form of power lines. <br /> <br />Ms. Thomas reported that the Eugene Planning Commission supported the staff recommendation to approve <br />the applications by a vote of 4:2. Commissioners and Planning and Public Works staff were available to <br />answer questions. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 15, 2004 Page 1 <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> <br /> <br />