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e ~ \ '. district was not needed, those sites should be excluded from the current plan1s urban service boundary and should be reconsidered in 10 years. Mr. Lindberg speculated that the former demand for protecting large parcels of land for industrial parks might have been tempered by the realization of the owners of those properties that the development might not take place for a long time. He felt that it was important to protect City policies on preservation of the downtown core area. He suggested as an interim solution that two types of special light industrial districts be created--one to meet the immediate market demands, and one to protect land for future demand. Mr. Lindberg asked for assurances from staff that sufficient land was available for the uses which were excluded from the proposed zone. Mr. Gleason said that he could not predict what the future would bring and, therefore, could not make such assurances. He stressed the imporance of evaluating demands for office space in the proposed zone in light of policies for preservation and development of the downtown core area. Mr. Lindberg questioned the effect on capital improvements planning of alterations to ordinances governing the special light industrial sites. Mr. Gleason responded that the capital improvements program was not fine-tuned enough for this to be of serious consideration. Ms. Miller said that she would like more information on the Koll business park-type of uses and possibilities for such development in the I-I zone or in other zones in the City. She felt there may be a need to provide for more flexibility in the ordinance. She said that before any decision could be made, the council needed to address the major policy issue of whether it wishes to preserve large-scale sites to attract outside industry and to provide diver- sification from timber-related industries. Mr. Obie said that the objective of the proposed zone is the creation of jobs. He felt that there needed to be some way to allow regional office headquarters to locate in the I-I zone without eroding the location of other offices in the downtown area. Mayor Keller said that he would appoint a task team of council members to discuss the issues that had been raised and to report back to the full council. Mr. Obie and Ms. Miller agreed to serve on the task team. Mr. Keller said that they would try to have a report by the end of February. Mr. Hamel asked if those who had testified would be involved in the work of the task team. Mr. Keller responded that they would be asked to provide information as necessary. Mr. Obie suggested that those who had testified submit one-page summaries of the points they had made. I. B. 3. Willamette River Greenway Provision (CA 81-8) (memo and background information distributed) Mr. Gleason introduced Gary Chenkin, Planning. Mr. Chenkin said that he would respond to questions from councilors. e No ex parte contacts or conflicts of interest were declared. MINUTES--Eugene City Council Page 11 February 8, 1982