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i: M I NUT E S Eugene City Council e Eugene City Hall City Council Chamber July 26, 1982 7:30 p.m. PRESENT: John Ball, D. W. Hamel, Mark Lindberg, Gretchen Miller, Emily Schue, Betty Smith, Cynthia Wooten, and Brian Obie. ABSENT: Mayor Gus Keller. Adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by Council President Brian Obie. III. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Laurel Hill Plan Update (memo, background information distributed) Mr. Gleason introduced Bill Sloat, Planning Department. Mr. Sloat said the Laurel Hill Refinement Plan Update had been unanimously recommended for approval by the Planning Commission on June 14, 1982. The Laurel Hill Neighborhood Plan was the first neighborhood plan adopted by Eugene in 1974. Since that time the South Hills Study, which much of the Laurel Hill Plan is within, was adop- ted. More recently, the Metropolitan Area General Plan was adopted. Also, e there were housekeeping revisions and changes that were necessary to the plan. For these reasons, an update of the 1974 plan was necessary. In January 1982 the Planning Commission initiated an update of the Laurel Hill Plan. A letter was sent to all residents and property owners within the plan area. From that, 13 interested persons volunteered to serve on a planning team, develop a draft, and work on the update of the plan. Those 13 residents and property owners met at least monthly. Three tasks were identified. The first task undertaken by the planning team was locating the Glenwood Collec- tor which is a major access road to much of the plan area in the area east of Laurel Hill Drive. The Glenwood Collector would extend Glenwood Boulevard from Franklin Boulevard, cross Interstate 5 and fall down into the valley east of Laurel Hill Drive, eventually serving the residential area to the south. There would not be a connection to 30th Avenue. The second task was the location of the commercial/residential floating node designated in the Metropolitan Area General Plan. All areas and sections of the plan area were examined for the best location. The location chosen was the area east of Laurel Hill Drive and south of Interstate 5. That 1 ocat i on appeared to provide good access from Interstate 5. It would provide neighbor- hood services for the Laurel Hill Valley, which is the developed part of the pl an area. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 26, 1982 Page 1