Item 4A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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which would have first class accommodations for long-term stays. He said the hotel would have 115 units, contribute to the vibrancy of the area and provide needed lodging when the new hospital opened. He asked the council to support the application and requested amendments and zone change. Aaron Murray , 1105 Porter Way, Milton, Washington, said his role was to oversee permitting and construction for the anticipated development of a hotel on the site. He said an extended stay hotel, with a typical stay of 13 days, had less of an impact on the environment because linens were washed once a week instead of daily and no disposable dinnerware or utensils were used. He said hotel residents would have a positive impact as pedestrians on the built environment and generate a need for goods and services in the area. Mike Edwards , 2580 Edgewater Drive, Eugene, explained that he was the owner of a business currently located on Greenacres Road and a new facility planned for the Suzanne Way property would accommodate multiple uses and was well situated for ease of transportation access. Teresa Bishow , 871 Country Club Road, Eugene, speaking for Arlie and Company, distributed a colored version of a map included in the agenda packet. She said that approval of the ordinance would implement the Metro Plan as the subject property was designated as commercial in the plan and included within the Crescent nodal development area and would implement council goals for nodal development areas; approval would not convert residential land or open space to commercial. She said the rezone allowing a hotel would increase evening activity in the area. She said the ordinance would result in minor changes to the Willa- kenzie plan and only two lots were affected; those lots would change from Neighborhood Commercial to Community Commercial. She said approval would also recognize that the City's approval of Crescent Village had shifted in that mixed use project the location of key neighborhood commercial services to the heart of the node within easier walking distance of the high density neighborhood. She urged the council's support for the application. Brian Genovese , 4765 Village Plaza Loop, Eugene, principal traffic engineer representing the applicant, said the traffic analysis conducted for the application included the entitled uses under the approved Summer Oaks planned unit development (PUD) compared to the proposed uses. He said the approved uses for the PUD were anticipated to generate approximately 1,900 daily trips, with 234 trips occurring in the PM peak hour; the proposed zone change would accommodate a mix of proposed uses that would generate less than 1,600 daily trips with 213 trips occurring in the PM peak hour. He emphasized that the proposed uses would generate fewer daily and PM peak hour trips than the currently approved uses, which equated to less impact on the transportation system. Greg Brokaw , 114 High Street, Eugene, architect, spoke to the Floor Area Ratio (FAR). He used conceptual drawings to illustrate and contrast the FAR for the current PUD and the proposed uses. He said 1.0 FAR exceeded the trip cap and left no room to develop the property. Ms. Hansen indicated she had no response to the testimony. Ms. Bettman expressed concern with considering a change to the FAR based on conjectural diagrams of a development proposal that was not tied to the change. She said if all of the applicant's requests were granted there was no requirement that a hotel or other specific use occur; once the zone change occurred the owners MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 15, 2007 Page 6 Public Hearing