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<br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />Public Hearing <br />Council Chamber—City Hall <br /> <br /> February 19, 2008 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, Bonny Bettman, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, Andrea <br />Ortiz, Chris Pryor, Mike Clark, Alan Zelenka. <br /> <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING <br /> <br />1. PUBLIC HEARING <br /> <br />An Ordinance Amending the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan Land Use <br />Diagram; Amending the River Road-Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan Land Use Diagram and <br />Text; Amending the Eugene Zoning Map; and Adopting a Severability Clause (Oregon West <br />Management, LLC) <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy opened the public hearing, noting it was a quasi-judicial hearing. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy called for ex parte contacts and conflicts of interest. Councilor Clark stated he had attended a <br />number of Santa Clara neighborhood organization meetings where the application was discussed and he had <br />conversations with the residents about the substance of those presentations. He had heard considerable input <br />both in favor and against the proposal and believed he could make a fair, impartial, unbiased decision. <br /> <br />Associate Planner Heather O’Donnell provided the staff presentation, which regarded an amendment to the <br />Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) Land Use Diagram, an amendment to the <br />River Road-Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan Land Use Diagram and Text, and an amendment to the <br /> <br />Eugene Zoning Map. Therequests involved 7.3 acres on the west side of Green Lane, the former Santa <br />Clara Elementary School, and 1.3 acres on the south side of Green Lane. She clarified that the applications <br />did not include a development proposal. <br /> <br />Ms. O’Donnell entered testimony into the record from Marilyn Spriggs of 85 Hunsaker Lane in support of <br />the proposal, which was received after the meeting packet was printed. <br /> <br />Ms. O’Donnell reported that staff evaluated the application against relevant criteria found in code sections <br />9.7730, 9.8424, and 9.8865. The Planning Commission considered the amendments and recommended <br />approval of the application with two conditions to mitigate traffic and limits on building size and uses, <br />pedestrian connections, and commemoration of the former school use on the site. The conditions were <br />included in the ordinance (Attachment A). The council’s action on the item was scheduled for March 10. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy reviewed the rules of the hearing. She called for testimony from those in support of the <br />application. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council February 19, 2008 Page 1 <br /> Public Hearing <br /> <br />