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. was distributed at the Planning Commission hearing and noted that the petition included signatures of 100 percent of the residents of Roland Way. He said that the main concern of neighbors was with traffic. He said there were already problems with traffic backing up at the intersection of Gilham Road and Cal Young Road. He stated the solution to traffic problems that Mr. Moulton had referred to would include removing parking. He was upset that City staff was making proposals for dealing with traffic problems caused by the Grocery Cart before the rezoning was granted. He felt that parking removal would create additional traffic safety problems in the area. Mr. Sellard said that convenience stores were frequently targets of crime and would bring crime to the neighbor- hood. He said lighting and signing would harm the aesthetics of the neighbor- hood. He urged the council to uphold the decision of the Planning Commission. e Robert F. Shelle~, 2122 Roland Way, concurred with Mr. Sellard's remarks. He sa1d that durlng a discussion of the request at a meeting of the Cal Young Neighborhood Association Mr. McCabe had said he would drop the rezoning request if there were strong oppostion to the request from the neighborhood. Mr. Shelley felt there was good evidence of such opposition. He was afraid that this rezoning could be the beginning of commercial strip development in the area. He was concerned with increased traffic and crime, littering, and intrusion of lighting. He felt there was no need for the rezoning and urged the council to deny the request. George Grainger, 2114 Cal Young Road, said that he lived directly across from the proposed market. He said that he had submitted comments on the matter to the council in a letter dated November 12, 1982. He agreed with previous testimony in opposition to the request. He asked councilors to vote on the matter as they would if the proposed rezoning were located across the street from their homes. John M. Gogal, 2132 Cal Young Road, said he lived directly across from the subject site. He concurred with remarks by previous speakers in opposition to the request. He was afraid that approval of the request would be the beginning of a spread of commercial development in the area. Gordon W. Swan, 2160 Roland Way, concurred with previous speakers in opposition to the request. He said Mr. McCabe had testified that there was a support population of 2,000 for the proposed store, but he questioned whether this was accurate if only 116 people had signed petitions in favor of the request. Mr. Swan said that he had discussed his concerns about the spread of commercial development in the area with a member of the Planning staff and that the staff member had agreed that this could be a problem. He made a comparison with commercial development along Coburg Road and said the Planning staff member advised him that Coburg Road was not a planned commercial area but was zoned with the same RA zoning as the subject area. Dick Beers, 2185 Carmel, concurred with previous speakers in opposition to the request. He was concerned with traffic problems that could result from the requested zone change. He was also concerned that the property directly east of the subject site might also seek and receive commercial zoning. e MlNUTES--Eugene City Council January 24, 1983 Page 3