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e e e Councilor Wooten referred to the minutes of the Planning Commission discussion and to the site map of the request. She asked what development was proposed for the site and what the impact of the requested change would be on the Willamette River. Ms. Jones responded that there was no firm development proposal as yet but that development would probably be for multi-family use. She said that the entire parcel was located within the Willamette River Greenway and that any development would therefore go through a Greenway compatibility review which is a review process similar to the conditional use process. She said that landscaped buffering would probably be required ~ong the river bank side of the parcel. Ms. Wooten asked if public access to the river would be required through the property. Ms. Jones said that this would need to be reviewed by the Parks Department when the property is developed and noted that there is public access within 300' of the parcel. Responding to a question from Ms. Wooten, Ms. Jones said that referrals on the request had been sent to the Whiteaker Neighborhood Organization and the River Road Community Group and that neither group had responded or commented on the request. Councilor Lindberg asked if the time might come when the City Fire and Police departments would respond to such annexation referrals with an indication that, given their current budget/staffing, they could not expand service to cover further annexations in this area. Mr. Gleason responded that arrangements had been worked out with outlying service districts for remitting service coverage funds. Councilor Hansen asked if Tax Lot 1100 had been invited to join in the annexation/ rezoning. Ms. Jones said that the sign manufacturing business located on this parcel would be a non-conforming use if the property were annexed to the City and that annexation had therefore not been pursued. Councilor Wooten asked if the annexation were necessary so that the property could be serviced with City sewers. Mr. Gleason responded that this was the case. Ms. Wooten asked how the property could be developed if it were not annexed. Mr. Gleason responded that the area was currently under an order from the Department of Environmental Quality and that unless an adopted plan for sanitary sewer service were developed for the area the DEQ would recommend that a cease and desist order be issued. Ms. Jones said that under the present DEQ limitation, there was a density limit of 1-1/3 acre per dwelling unit for development without sanitary sewers. No ex parte contacts or conflicts of interest were declared by councilors. Staff notes and minutes were entered into the record. Public hearing was opened. Speaking in favor of the request: MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 11, 1983 Page 4