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. - Larry Wibbenmeyer, 2248 Golden Garden, thanked the Planning staff for its work on the plan and said participants in the planning process were very satisfied e with the plan and the process. Mr. Wibbenmeyer said he was co-chairperson of the Active Bethel Citizens and noted that organization's approval of and support for the update. He referred to ABCls longstanding concern regarding the lack of park space in the ABC area. He said that the City had a goal of providing 15 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. He said that citywide 14.7 acres per 1,000 people were provided but that in the Bethel-Danebo area the ratio was only 7.1 acres per 1,000. He referred to figures for developed parkland and noted that there were 2.9 acres of developed parkland per 1,000 population citywide, but only .75 acres for the Bethel-Danebo area. He said that Bethel-Danebo had less than one-fourth of the developed parkland available in the rest of the City and that he therefore felt taxpayers of the Bethel-Danebo area were not receiving the City services they were paying for. Mr. Wibbenmeyer referred to the policies on pages 27 and 28 of the plan. He sugggested that the policies be listed in order of priority, with policies numbered 5 and 6 placed at the top of the list. Richard E. Miller, 260 East 11th Avenue, represented Mel Lemmon, 5580 Barger Drive, owner of Mel's Marine, a business located on the south side of Barger Drive just outside the City limits. Mr. Miller said that Mr. Lemmon requested an amendment to the plan so that his property and possibly the nursery and auction house located to the east and west of his business could be designated as a fourth commercial node in the plan. Mr. Miller noted that Mr. Lemmon had filed his request on August 2, 1982, after the Planning Commission hearing. He said that Mr. Lemmon had talked with almost all the members of the neighborhood planning team and that they supported this amendment to allow his business to continue at its present location. Mr. Miller submitted a petition to this e effect signed by two members of the Bethel-Danebo Refinement Plan Update Advisory Committee. Mr. Miller said that Mr. Lemmon's application for a conditional use permit for his business had been approved by Lane County but that the approval had been appealed to the Oregon Supreme Court. He said that the amendment Mr. Lemmon requested to the plan update would allow him to continue to operate his business at its present location. Mr. Miller said that the request was to add eight acres to the plan update as a commercial node south of the Ohio, Wisconsin, and Dakota streets area. He said that if the council was not interested in adding the nursery and auction house properties, the amendment could be just for the 3 acres of Mr. Lemmon's marine business. Mr. Miller said that there was demonstrated public need for this economically profitable business and that maintaining the facility on its existing site would be a good use of the land, would be in keeping with the City's policy of compact urban growth, and would preserve a distinctive quality in the area. Mr. Miller submitted petitions in support of the amendment and noted that the business is a regional facility, drawing customers from outlying areas. He noted that the facility is ideally located for transportation, without causing traffic problems, of boats to be serviced. Mr. Miller said that the land in question is not good agricultural land, since it is mostly fill. Mr. Miller urged the council to consider this amendment to the refinement plan. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 13, 1982 Page 5