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e e e reasons for changing the existing Metro Plan policies but the entire community should be involved in the change and it should be done before an expansion of the urban growth boundary is considered. Answering a question from Mayor Obie, Ms. Anderson said the existing Metro Plan policies indicate a need for diversity and a desire for light and light- medium industries. She said some kinds of heavy industrial uses require pollution controls. She urged people to read all the policies in the Economy Section of the Metro Plan. She said the trend is evident. Answering questions from Ms. Bascom, Ms. Brody said the entire Awbrey- Meadowview site is about 700 acres. She said the conclusions in the Alternative Industrial Growth Areas Study indicate that only about 200 acres of the site should be considered for inclusion in the urban growth boundary. She said the study indicates that a need for the Awbrey-Meadowview site cannot be based on past trends. It indicates that a need for including the site in the urban growth boundary would have to be based on policies in the Metro Plan. It indicates that the Awbrey-Meadowview site is the most appropriate of the sites analyzed for inclusion within the urban growth boundary for heavy industrial development. She said the Planning Commission did not debate which of the heavy industrial sites would be the best to include in the urban growth boundary. The commission1s recommendation indicates the process in which the Awbrey-Meadowview site should be considered. Ms\ Brody said the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) would look for consistency with the Metro Plan policies if it reviewed a Metro Plan amendment to expand the urban growth boundary. She said the existing Metro Plan policies are not negative about the Awbrey-Meadowview site but they focus on a need for light and light-medium industries. She said the Metro Plan policies might need to indicate in a stronger way that the community would like to make more land available for heavy industrial uses. She said a plan amendment and a poliCY amendment could be proposed at the same time. Mr. Gaydos said consideration of the Awbrey-Meadowview site got "derailed" at the public hearings of the planning commissions because the Springfield and Eugene chambers of commerce recommended that the A 1 ternat ive Industri a 1 Growth Areas Study be incorporated into the Metro Plan Update. He said there was no negative response to those recommendations. Ms. Mulder said the owners of the Awbrey-Meadowview site did not testify at the public hearings. Responding to a question from Mayor Obie and Mr. Prichard, Mr. Stewart said the Awbrey-Meadowview property owners thought they would be represented by the Chambers of Commerce. He said the opportunity to testify "fell through the cracks." Ms. Wooten wondered if the Alternative Industrial Growth Areas Study would have been considered for adoption before January 1 if the Chambers of Commerce had not requested it be incorporated into the Metro Pl an Update and, consequently, delayed. Mr. Gaydos responded that the Planning Commission did not discuss the merits of the study conclusions. MINUTES--Joint Eugene City Council/ February 23, 1987 Planning Commission Dinner Session Page 4