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Residential District to MU-R Whiteaker Mixed-Use District, and e change of sign district from Residential and Industrial to Pro- fessional-Office (City of Eugene: MU-R Whiteaker Residential Mixed- Use District) (Z 83-5) (Area 3) (map, background information distributed) Mr. Gleason introduced the agenda item. Jim Croteau of the Planning Department presented the staff report, stating that the item had been referred to the Planning Commission and had been before the council in June 1983. He explained that Ms. Davis had two tax lots, but only one was in the mixed-use area. He said the Planning Commission had heard Ms. Davis's request and had recom- mended that both tax lots be excluded from the mixed-use area. Mr. Croteau explained that the zone change had been initiated in response to a policy set forth in the Whiteaker Refinement Plan of 1977 which called for three mixed-use areas. He said the City, working with the Land Use and Site Review Committee of the Whiteaker Community Council, had decided to write a special mixed-use district that emphasized high-density residential development and encouraged complementary neighborhood-scale commercial use. Mr. Croteau said that staff had sent letters to the property owners in the area in February 1983, explaining that under special circumstances the staff would do the paperwork and recommend the zone change to the Planning Commission for those owners who wanted to be included in the mixed-use area. He said that of the 190 letters sent out, 31 replies were received. Mr. Croteau referred to a letter from Micheal Brock who owned tax lot 14100. He said that Mr. Brock was requesting that his property, having first been excluded, be included in the mixed-use zoning. He said that tax lot 14100 had been rezoned to R-2/10A in 1980 as supported by the Whiteaker e Refinement Plan. He stated that Ms. Mulder was present to answer any questions of the council and added that any change in the Planning Commission recommenda- tion would require a joint meeting of the City Council and the Planning Commission. In response to a question by Ms. Schue, Mr. Croteau said that Mr. Brock's property had been included in the recommendation when it originally went before the Planning Commission, but that the commission had excluded it from the rezoning request. He said that Mr. Brock was now requesting that his property be included in the mixed-use district. There were no statements of ex parte contacts or conflicts of interest. The staff notes and minutes were entered into the record. Public hearing was opened. Della Davis, 196 Monroe Street, Eugene, said she did not understand the rezoning. She said the property in the area was a combination of residential, mixed use, and light industrial uses. She said she did not understand why all property north of the Southern Pacific railroad tracks and east of Adams Street could not be zoned MU-R Whiteaker Mixed Use. She said that her first request on the form sent out by the Planning Commission was for mixed-use, but she said that she had received a letter from the Planning Commission which stated only one of her lots would be included. She said that she had requested that both lots be similarly zoned and that she would prefer that both lots to be zoned mixed-use due to the better opportunity for sale of the property. - MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 26, 1983 Page 9