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arose from students living on their own with few rules other than those imposed by the legal code. Neighbors would have to request police enforcement of conduct issues, and she did not think that was fair. She also did not think it was fair to students as they would be surrounded by people in very different stages of life. She said if the development went up and housed college students, it would be a dorm. She likened it to Chase Village, which was known as the sophomore dorms and was notorious for police activity. She envisioned the development would change the neighborhood for the worse as the environment it would create was not good for families. She did not want to see her neighborhood changed into a transitional zone by her peers. th Gary Craiger , 856 East 19 Avenue, spoke nostalgically of when he had moved into the neighborhood. He had been surprised to learn of the development and said he would prefer to see the sky rather than the structure proposed, which would change his world in ways he could not imagine. He questioned how the building could be considered compatible infill and asked if the structure would be allowed to start an invasion of high rise structures from Alder to Agate streets. He requested council assistance and support. Tim Herman , 1965 Alder Street, spoke of his experience living in a neighborhood close to campus and characterized it as a wonderful place to live. He questioned how the proposed development made sense. He thought transitional planning was lacking. He said residents favored density and residential infill but the proposal did not make sense. He would welcome a shorter building as the proposed building did not seem compatible with the neighborhood. He said it “reeked of greed” and asked the council to place a moratorium on it until the ICS Task Team completed its work. Paul Moore , 2586 Potter Street, advocated for the inclusion of bicycle paths in the Crest Drive street improvement project. He said without such paths, the system would be incomplete. He addressed testimony offered against such paths, saying there was a need for paths in the area, a Eugene Bicycle Coalition representative participated in the process but did not support the final design, and there was no compromise in regard to the overarching value of narrow streets. He said information disseminated by the City had once mentioned bicycle paths but no longer did, even where there was overwhelming sentiment at the open house for bicycle paths. Mayor Piercy closed the Public Forum and noted the council work session on the development in question was scheduled for March 10. She called for council comments and questions. Councilor Pyror thanked those who attended the meeting and indicated that as the council’s representative to the LCOG board, he had additional information to share. The speakers were correct in that Lane County had taken over population projections. LCOG had official authority and were it to act on Eugene’s population figures, they would have been brought to the council for approval. He said the Eugene population forecast figures included in the LCOG projections were population figures already approved by the council in 2005 and had been increased by a standard demographic population figure. The LCOG figures have no official standing, so LCOG would move them on to the Lane County Board of County Commissioners with a recommendation to use them if the board chose to do so. Councilor Pyror said some of the Lane County municipalities chose to have their population figures adopted, and every jurisdiction was approving its own population figures, not the figures in total. He advised the council against being drawn into a very contentious disagreement involving communities such as Lowell. Those communities needed to work out their issues on their own. . Councilor Clark thanked those who testified about the proposed development in south Eugene. He spoke to the concerns expressed by Mr. Price, and said that Ron Farmer and other commissioners had asked that the MINUTES—Eugene City Council February 25, 2008 Page 3 Regular Meeting