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had few tools, particularly financial tools, to bring to the situation. <br /> <br />Mr. Yeiter said that Harlow Neighbors asked the City to place a moratorium on the development of the <br />property and consider zoning changes that would require a grocery store or at least limit the amount of <br />non-retail development that occurred on the site. He said the neighbors would like to see more financial <br />incentives created to facilitate a different type of development and additional staff resources placed <br />toward the issue. Mr. Yeiter said that staff had spent considerable time over the past few months in an <br />attempt to re-site the proposed medical use to the downtown core. For a variety of reasons, that had not <br />worked out. <br /> <br />Mr. Yeiter suggested that one option was for the City to purchase the property and become the developer. <br />However, if there was no market for a grocery store, that would be problematic. He said that moratoriums <br />contain loopholes, and staff did not recommend that approach. <br /> <br />Mr. Yeiter referred the council to e-mail correspondence from Matt Grady of Gramor Development and <br />from Terry Froemming of the Harlow Neighbors. <br /> <br />Mr. Yeiter noted that the high-density residential development on the property adjacent to the area in <br />question appeared to be working very well. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy called on the council for questions and comments. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor said the point of the mixed-use center was to give residents of the high-density residential <br />development a place to go to shop. She did not think that would work with the medical clinic being <br />proposed. She said the proposed development would not help the City satisfy State requirements in regard <br />to VMT. Instead, there would be an increased need for autos because of the intense development without <br />services nearby. If the property was developed as proposed, there would be no further opportunity for <br />such services. She thought the City should do what it could to facilitate a grocery store use. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor asked about the loopholes associated with the moratorium. Mr. Yeiter said that the most <br />obvious was that the State law required a 45-day notice for a moratorium, which was sufficient time to <br />allow a property owner to become vested in a development application. City Attorney Glenn Klein <br />concurred. The State law had a process in place that included, at a minimum, the 45-day notice. There <br />was an additional 45 days allowed for public comment. Any one who applied for a permit was allowed to <br />have the permit evaluated on the code in place at that time. Even an incomplete building permit <br />application was acceptable under State law. <br /> <br /> Ms. Taylor asked if the City could deny approval of a medical facility on the site, and if there was any <br /> other suitable land in the area for such a grocery store. Mr. Yeiter thought it would be difficult to deny <br /> the medical facility use. He added the medical facility would not use the entire 8-1/2 acres of the site. <br /> However, he was unsure the remaining land would be large enough for a grocery of the size desired by the <br /> council and neighbors. Grocers usually locate where there was other retail uses to attract customers. Mr. <br /> Yeiter said there were about two acres zoned for commercial use on the east side of Garden Way that <br /> might be suitable for a grocery store. Staff had discussed the potential ofrezoning more commercial land <br /> but would then have to replace the lost residential land. <br /> <br /> Ms. Bettman said the smaller footprint for the grocery store she had preferred was not intended to limit the <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 11, 2005 Page 10 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />
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