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e industrially zoned by the Metro Plan but designated as low-density residential on the refinement plan. Mr. Johnson said the property is unusable as an industrial site and inappropriate for low-density residential development. He said he thought medium-density residential development may be appropriate for the parcel, but that redesignation would require an amendment to the Metro Plan. Ken Tollenaar, 1522 Russet Drive, said he did not recall the Planning Commission discussing a proposal for a medium- or high-density residential designation for the property referred to by Mr. Johnson. Mr. Tollenaar said the commission had considered the lack of access to the Northwest Expressway and concluded that the industrial designation was not suitable for the property. A low-density residential designation was considered to be consistent with the Urban Facilities Plan. There being no further requests to speak, Mayor Miller closed the public hearing. Referring to Mr. Kashin's comments about the Fir Lane area, Mr. Lilley said the Planning Commission was aware of area residents' concerns about the quality of medium-density development and had added a provision to the proposal prohibiting medium-density development on parcels smaller than 2/3 acre. Regarding the commercial designation approved by Lane County, Mr. Lilley said plan policy prohibits linear expansion stretching the amount of commercial e development along River Road; however, this case is somewhat unique in that there is land designated for commercial use to the south and across River Road from the affected properties. The County's interpretation was that this particular commercial designation would not be an expansion of linear strip commercial, but would fill in a corner of existing commercial designation. Finally, Mr. Lilley said that no rezoning actions are planned for the medium-density residential or commercial development being proposed. These two actions would occur only as the result of application and approval. Answering a question from Ms. Schue, Mr. Lilley confirmed that rezoning of property north of Holeman is a separate issue and would require application by the property owner. The council's adoption of the first option would change the plan designation to commercial but would not change the zoning. Such a zoning change would then be consistent with the plan. Responding to Ms. Schue's further questions, Mr. Tollenaar explained that when the Planning Commission considered whether residential designation was appropriate for the two parcels in question (spring 1988), the Chambers Connector was not yet completed and its impact was not a factor in the commission's rationale for the residential designation. Referring to the area north of Fir Lane, Ms. Bascom said its redesignation as medium-density residential would be consistent with the council's effort to increase density in order to increase the availability of housing. She e MINUTES--Eugene City Council August 14, 1989 Page 7