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e Ms. Ehrman said she would favor the most optimum situation for success at the site. She said she understood the benefit of rail access, but she also noted that the site was very close to the airport, so she did not favor requiring a need for rail access. Mr. Miller said he agreed with Ms. Bascom, Mr. Rutan, and Ms. Ehrman, and he thought the purpose of improving the inventory should be met and not tied up. Ms. Schue said she thought it seemed logical for sites that met special criteria to be preserved for industries that needed those circumstances. She said lots of other industrial land was available to meet other criteria, and she would like to hold firm on requiring rail access and large size. Ms. Wooten said one reason she was opposed to allowing secondary manufacturing was the availability of an adequate inventory in a variety of classifications. She said the request for an expansion prior to a plan update was because of a need for special heavy sites. She said the flexibility suggested in the definition would allow investment for infrastructure on the site, without requiring heavy manufacturing uses. She said she agreed with Ms. Schue that if special heavy sites were needed, they should be reserved for those uses. e Mr. Bennett asked about the size of the Enid-Awbrey site. Ms. Bishow said that parcels could not be divided below 40 acres, although five parcels in the area already were smaller than that; existing parcels ranged from 22 to 64 acres. She said one parcel in that area could acquire rail access, and the others were questionable. Mayor Obie said he heard consensus concerning the need for rail access, for large size, and for flexibility regarding secondary and primary manufacturing. He said he favored looking to performance standards, and he favored requiring all non-utilized ground to be used for agricultural purposes, as was done in Japan. Ms. Wooten asked whether rail access was to be considered important or essential, adding that she favored the latter. Ms. Brody noted that the Planning Commission had recommended requiring a need for rail access, and part of the objective had been to restrict uses in such a way that need for the particular, unique area existed, and she thought the issue of rail access was critical to demonstrating that uniqueness. Mayor Obie said he believed the council favored making rail access linearly essential ,II and further debate could be held. e B. Public and Private Costs of Providing Services to the Property Ms. Bishow distributed a matrix on costs previously provided to the council. She said it summarized a larger description of service issues found on Page 18 of the Planning Commission's report. She added that it had been stated during the Planning Commission's work session that every effort would be made to minimize public expenses until private MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 17, 1988 Page 7