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MINUTES Eugene City Council Regular Session Council Chamber--City Hall March 7, 2005 T30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT~ George Poling, David Kelly, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, Chris Pryor, Andrea Ortiz, Bonny Bettman, Gary Pap6. Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order and welcomed all those present. 1. PUBLIC FORUM Mayor Piercy noted that 23 people had signed up for the Public Forum and asked them to be prepared to speak for only two minutes due to time constraints. She reviewed the rules of the Public Forum. George Victor Stathakis, 935 West 8th Avenue, asked the council to take time in considering the low- income housing project planned for the site adjacent to the WOW Hall. He advocated for allowing local talent to take over the Ridenour Building. He alleged that otherwise, out-of-town developers would receive local tax dollars to build the housing project. Charles Biggs, 540 Antelope Way, cited three projects that the draft Capital Improvement Program (CIP) listed in two places, along with proposed budget allocations. He hoped the money had not been allocated twice. He also commented that $29 million seemed a high projection for a new City Hall. Mr. Biggs said he lived in a node and enjoyed the ability to bicycle and shop where he needed. He hoped all future nodes would also provide ready access to shopping and easy access to services by bicycle. Terry Froemming, 2886 Bailey Lane, representing the Harlow Neighbors Association (HNA), stated that the HNA provided a packet of information for the councilors. He noted that it included a colored map of a proposed future node. He explained that an area, printed in red, delineated the proposed Chase Village Medical Park, consisting of two buildings totaling 110,000 square feet and 600 parking spaces. He opposed the proposal because it would not be compatible with residential uses. He predicted that it would become a traffic area to be avoided by day and a lifeless dead zone by night. He asked the council to help the neighborhood by opposing the medical park. Marian Spath, 533 Covey Lane, stated that she lived in the Chase Gardens node. She related that she had lived in a node in Seattle in which she could easily walk to the post office, grocery store, and more. She said that one of the reasons she had purchased her home in 2003 was that the neighborhood had been promised a grocery store. Now, she explained, the land originally planned for such a store was to become a large medical complex with parking. She urged the council to consider the neighborhood's plea for a grocery outlet. MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 7, 2005 Page 1 Regular Session