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e serviced residential development, with all the urban services supplied by a general purpose government, would be made available for development in the River Road/Santa Clara area. Mr. Chenkin said zoning recommended by the Planning Commission was RA Suburban Residential District, in conformance with the designation on the River Road/Santa Clara Plan. He said SR Site Review was being added to account for natural areas, such as the Flat Creek drainage on the property, preservation of which also was provided in the RR/SC Plan. Mr. Chenkin said staff from the departments of Public Safety, Public Works, and Planning were available to answer questions. No ex parte contacts or conflicts of interest were declared. Mayor Obie opened the public hearing. e Dan Leahy, 656 Charnel ton Street, said he was a real estate broker with Countryman Realty Associates, Inc. and represented Generation Investment Company, Inc., owners of approximately 57 acres of property on the west side of River Road between Kingsbury Avenue in Bell Estates and Lynnbrook Drive in Lynnbrook, located at about the 4200 block of River Road. Mr. Leahy said Generation Investment Company requested annexation to the City of Eugene and Lane County Metropolitan Area Wastewater Service District, rezoning from Lane County RA/UL and AG/UL to City of Eugene RA/SR, Suburban Residential District with Site Review procedures; and from Lane County R1/UL to City of Eugene R-1, Low-Density Residential District. The company requested application of the Residential Sign District and withdrawal from Santa Clara Water District, Santa Clara Rural Rire Protection District, and Junction City Water Control District. Mr. Leahy said the reasons for development included a desire for an exemplary residential subdivision in the River Road area. He said the property consisted of about 59 acres of contiguous land between two well-developed subdivisions. Property currently had sewer along both the north and west sides of the property, and water was located in the frontage along River Road. Mr. Leahy said the property contained two accesses from Lynnbrook Drive, one from Bell Estates, and one from River Road. He characterized the property as very unusual and very fine for development, being large enough to create its own environment. In order to proceed with development, he said owners needed to know what they had to work with; they could not afford to spend money in planning and engineering unless they were annexed and properly zoned. Mr. Leahy said the request was for RA/SR zoning for the major portion of the site and for R-l Low-Density Residential for the smaller portion, approximately one-plus acres, for the following reasons: 1) it provided known density and restrictions for proper planning; 2) it allowed keeping the current farm uses until improvements were in place; and 3) the site review process allowed the City to monitor the development plan and see that it was beneficial to the area, well-planned, and provided for proper drainage, landscaping, and so forth. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 8, 1988 Page 24