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Index No. 8-9 Coburg/County Farm Road Commercial e Mr. Gordon presented the staff report. He said the intent was to establish headquarter offices for the Wi1dish Land Company. Teresa Bishow of the Eugene Planning Department distributed a December 3, 1985, memo containing additional recommendations from the Eugene Planning Commission. Ms. Bishow said the com- mission recommended approval of the request and indication in the record of two points: that the commercial area designated was at the low end of the Community Commercial range and was not meant to become a 40-acre community commercial center, and that upon annexation, the City of Eugene shall consider application of a zoning district that would allow office-based use and yet not allow general retail activities. The record also was to indicate that Eugene shall consider application of site review to ensure buffering along surround- ing Low-Density Residential land and safe, efficient ingress and egress. Ms. Wooten noted that a similar request repeatedly had been denied, and she asked what circumstances were different now. Ms. Bishow said a more limited general office zoning district now existed to allow office use without general retail. She also said growth had occurred in the area, and it seemed appro- priate to allow development because of the particular request for use of the land as office headquarters. Responding to a question from Mr. Hansen, Ms. Bishow said the property owner was willing to agree to the general office zoning district. . Mr. Ivey asked why the Lane County Planning Commission had recommended denial. Ms. Bishow said she thought the recommendation was made because of oPPosing e public testimony presented at the hearing by property owners immediately across the road from the proposed project who favored retaining the Low- Density Residential designation. Ms. Larson opened the public hearing on diagram amendment 8-9. Randall Hledik, P.O. Box 7428, Eugene, representing Wildish Land Company, spoke in favor of the request. He said the request would allow construction of a corporate headquarters building at the junction of Coburg and County Farm roads, on about five acres. He said work had begun on the project in 1979, and no opportunity had ever existed for a full hearing. He said the recommen- dation was favored by all planning commissions except Lane County, adding that Lane County had recommended including the request in the Commercial Lands Study. Mr. Hledik said he felt the type of use being proposed was not appro- priate to include in that study, and he asked for concurrence with the request. Mr. Obie asked about the size of the proposed office building. Mr. Hledik said only a five-acre section at the bottom of the 40-acre triangle would be affected by the 40,000-square-foot, two-story office building and by parking for approximately 200 automobiles and pick-ups. He said the area was not meant to serve heavy equipment such as dump trucks or concrete mixers, but was intended for use by engineers, estimators, and accounting and other adminis- trative personnel. e MINUTES--Joint Public Hearing--Metro Plan Amendments December 3, 1985 Page 10