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<br /> legally the hearing could have been held at this meeting, extension to July 22
<br /> was at the request of interested citizens and that could also be considered
<br /> \,,- precedent. At Mrs. Beal's, suggestion Council was polled and it was determined
<br /> . that a quorum would be available on July 15.
<br /> Vote was taken on the motion as stated. Motion carried, all Council
<br /> members present voting aye, except Councilman McDonald voting no,
<br /> ~ershner not present.
<br /> L. Council Minutes - May 6, 1974 as circulated. ~:.. Approved
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<br /> M. Procedure, Limiting Length of Council Meetings - Copies of proposal for limi:ing
<br /> length of Council meetings submitted by Council President williams were prev~ously
<br /> distributed to Council members. It was understood discussion would be scheduled COTI:m
<br /> :for a future committee meeting. 7/3/'74
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<br /> N. Weyerhaeuser Invitation - Council members, Mayor, and others of the city organiza-
<br /> 'tion interested were invited to a full-day trip into Weyerhaeuser's tree farming
<br /> operation for a demonstration of high-yield forestry and accelerated growth Cc5mm
<br /> practices any time between now and September 1. About five or six indicated 7/3/74
<br /> interest and i.t ~c:is unde.r:7tqod a __da~~ would be arran9,~d.__ AffirJll
<br /> O. 'Livingston & Blayney Report on Goodpasture Island Area and demand for commercial ----,
<br /> luses in the Central Lane area was presented by John Blayney. He acknor.dedged the !
<br /> -~, work of Bob Glover, principal planner, and the firm of LeBlanc & Company; economists,
<br /> 'together with co-operation from Eugene Renewal Agency, LCOG, Lane Transi t ,Oregon
<br /> :Department of Transportation and local planners, but said his firm alone was re- ,
<br /> ;sponsible for conclusions drawn from the study. Copies of summary of the,report
<br /> :were previously furnished to Council members; finalieport was to be printed and
<br /> 'distributed by July 10, with detailed discussion scheduled for July 17. Maps were
<br /> 'displayed showing areas referred to in the study and potential uses. I
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<br /> :Mr. Blayney pointed out that the maps were not plans as such, but were merely to
<br /> :facilitate explanation of the study. The purpose of the study, he said, was to :
<br /> ,look at commercial needs in the Eugene/Springfield metropoli tan area wi th particular I
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<br /> :emphasis on the relationship between the downtown Eugene area and the Goodpasture i
<br /> :Island area, site of Valley River Center. He explained bases from which conclusions I
<br /> :were drawn ~ need for commercial development, analysis of land now zoned commercial,
<br /> :criteria as to timing and sequential development, relationship between downtown and
<br /> :outlying commercial uses, and between commercial development and transportation
<br /> :facilities, identification of large scale commercial uses, etc. - to determine when
<br /> land where commercial development pressures could be expected, to what extent the
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<br /> city had the ability to control and direct those pressures, and what kind and how "
<br /> much control which was really in the public interest it desired to exercise. He r
<br /> e cited the three alternatives uses - (I) maximum downtown development, (2) maximum
<br /> Goodpasture Island development, and (3) new regional shopping center at a third site -
<br /> ;for analysis of feasibility and impact to reach a single set of recommendations.
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<br /> Iconclusions were that maxim~m downtown development would have the most favorable
<br /> ;impact on the overall environment - fiscal, economic" social, and physical. However,
<br /> :even with maximum downtown retail expansion, it could not capture a large enough
<br /> jshare to remove the opportunity for a new outlying regional shopping center some~
<br /> :time after 1980. That third center could be located on Goodpasture Island, which
<br /> would be the greatest threat to the vitality of the downtown area, or at another
<br /> ,location. Mr. Blayney said every effort should be ma.deto attract retail outlets
<br /> 'to a shopping site expansion west fr~m the downtown mall. Even with the success of
<br /> that effort, he said, it would not affect the potential for an additional outlying
<br /> regional center. He(~ent on to describe: the impacts of various development alterna-
<br /> tives, saying the most favorable were for maximum commercial downtown and maximum i
<br /> residential on Goodpasture Island with construction of a regional shopping center
<br /> iwhen there was sufficient market to support it. A need for increased retail space
<br /> was predicated by LCOG population projections for Lane County at a 2.3% annual
<br /> !growth rate. Another key element, he said, was the substantial increase indicated
<br /> :in personal income over the last few years, as well as the five-county marketing
<br /> ;area served by this metropolitan center. He expected the present 5MM square feet
<br /> .- ;of retail space to double by 1990 with about half of that increase going into shop-
<br /> iping centers.
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<br /> ,lMr... Blayney discussed analysis of existing commercial zoning which indicated only
<br /> labOut 22% of all commercially zoned land in Eugene was vacant and readily available
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<br /> l'for development. He fel tit wise for Eugene to continue its present "tight" pOlicy
<br /> Ion commercial zoning - the system of withholding final approval for commercial
<br /> ,zoning until evidence was presented that the type of commercial development desig-
<br /> nat~~ fo:r;__a__$it;;~, was_ what would actu_~lly_ bebupt;~ W~ the. r_egard_t~~ tr'!ir!E~!:,,=--ation
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