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M I NUT E S EUGENE CITY COUNCIL July 15, 1974 -- Adjourned meeting of the Common Council of the city of Eugene, Oregon - adjourned from the meeting held on July 8, 1974 - was called to order by Mayor Lester E. Anderson at 7:30 p.m. on July- 15, 1974 in the Council Chamber with the following Council members present: Tom Williams, James Hershner, H. C. McDonald, Beth Campbell, Gus Keller, Neil Murray, Robert Wood. Councilwoman Beal was absent. I - Liquor License ,- Thriffy=:Drug Store Application for package store license for Thrifty Drug Store at 1560 Coburg Road. Council is being asked,~o approve this license, as the store has a Thursday, July 18 scheduled opening and would like to get the application to the Liquor Commission before that opening. I Mr. Williams moved seconded by Mr. Hershner to approve the application. Motion carried unanimously. II - Appeal, Preliminary Approval for Covenant Park PUD at 38th & Hilyard_-, On June 18, the Planning Commission held a public hearing and granted preliminary approval for 24 dwelling units on existing Covenant Presbyterian Church property. The motion for approval included the following four conditions which were accepted and passed unanimously: - 1. ~dditional landscaping should be specified where called for at critical property line locations. 2. A mutual ownership agreement must be established to ensure effective, long-range maintenance and attention to the entire planned unit development. 3. Concerns of the Public Works and Planning Departments be suitably answered prior to final approval. 4. The design Team shall give consideration to: a. the effect present and projected church parking will have on the neighborhood and on the development of the entire parcel; b. service to the community building for deliveries and pick-up from the church and residential sites and how this service shall be . i facili tated; c. lighting and screening of parking, residences and activities for the entire parcel, and effect these will have on adjacent neighbors; d. siting of most southerly residential units in order to provide a more pleasing relationship between these units and the single-family :'.. residences abutting. In conformance with the code the decision was appealed to the Council on June 28 by Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Stone and Mrs. Lois H. Tronzo. The Council has in its files staff notes, minutes of the Planning Commission meeting, report from the Planning Commission and the appeal memo from the applicants. e Will Johnston of the Planning staff showed various slides of the area and explained that the proj ect includes 3~ acres, 1. 65 for the 24 dwelling units and ihe community building and 1.86 currently housing the Covenant-Sanctuary. There is one existing parking lot for 30 cars which should be adequate, as the elderly normally do not own as many cars. Conflict of interests - none by the Council. Public hearing was opened. Les Erb, 610 39th E. said that the people of his neighborhood presented the petition on July 3 , 1974, for the purpose of setting over the hearing to a later date. The Council had set. the hearing date for JUJy 22 and he stated not receiving a letter changing the date to the 15th until Friday, July 12. He demanded postponing the hearing to give the proponents ample time to prepare their case. Marshall Webster, 3850 Ferry, stated the proposed buildings are not well integrated with the surrounding residential area and there is inadequate parking both at the church and the dwelling sites. The density factor was of the most concern to him. If his understanding was correct, the proposed 14.55. dwelling units peT' acre would . exceed the 1-10 dwelling units per acre allowed under the 1990 Plan. He did not feel that the Church and Mr. Tomlinson should be allowed to join in partnership to overcome the density rule of dwelling units allowed per acre. The church cannot guarantee either financially or physically at this time the demands they may have to meet immediately. Lois Jackson, 3855 Ferry, stated that at the time of the preliminary hearing most residents of the area were not aware of the PUD. Only prior to the June 8 hearing were they made aware of it. She felt it unfortunate and suggested a need for a change ,S~ 7/15/74 - 1