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M I NUT E S e Eugene City Council Council Chamber--City Hall June 22, 1987 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Debra Ehrman, Freeman Holmer, Emily Schue, Cynthia Wooten (7:36 p.m.-approx. 9:00 p.m.), Ruth Bascom, Roger Rutan, Jeff Miller, Rob Bennett. The adjourned meeting of June 17, 1987, of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Brian B. Obie. 1. PUBLIC HEARING: AWBREY/MEADOWVIEW METRO PLAN AMENDMENT PROPOSAL City Manager Mi chea 1 Gleason introduced the item. Teresa Bishow of the Planning Department gave the staff report. She said the council directed the Planning Commission to develop a specifi c Metropo 1 i tan Area General Plan amendment for the Awbrey/Meadowview area after the council considered the Alternative Industrial Growth Areas Study. She said the amendment recommended by the commission would expand the urban growth boundary to provide about 200 acres for heavy industrial use. e Ms. Bishow said the merits of the proposed Metro Plan amendment will be analyzed after it is initiated. She said the council had received copies of a June 1, 1987, memo to Interested Parties from the Pl anni ng Department concerning "Awbrey/Meadowview Metro Plan Amendment Proposal;" several maps; letters from the Blachly-Lane County Co-op Electric Association and Marilyn Andrysek and Frank Andrysek; a petition signed by about 20 people; and letters from Jack Hough of Bob Bennett Realty and Jim Saul. She distributed copies of a June 18, 1987, letter from the Oregon Natural Resources Council and a June 22,1987, letter from Greg Winterowd, Springfield Planning Director. She said Mr. Winterowd's letter said the Springfield Planning Commission recommended that all Metro Plan amendments based on the Alternative Industrial Growth Areas Study be reviewed during the Metro Plan Update. Ms. Bi show suggested the counci 1 take publ ic testimony on the proposed amendment and then decide about initiating it. If it is initiated, the council could then decide whether it should be considered during the Metro Plan Update or s@parately_ ShQ said tn~ council may modify the proposed amendment. Mayor Obie emphasized that the issue before the council does not concern the proper zoning for the Awbrey/Meadowview property. The issue is consideration of a Metro Plan amendment that would expand the urban growth boundary to include the Awbrey/Meadowview property for heavy industrial use. He asked people to testify about the issue. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 22, 1987 Page 1