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Ms. Larson reopened the meeting following the recess and said one other e speaker had withdrawn his request to testify in opposition to diagram amend- ment B-10. There were no additional requests to speak, and Ms. Larson closed the public hearing on item B-10. Index No. B-11 Irving Road Industrial Site Mr. Gordon presented the staff report, noting that MPC had been unable to resolve the item. He said MPC had forwarded two positions--to change the existing light medium industrial designation to special light industrial, and to leave the light medium industrial designation or to change it to residen- tial. He said all three planning commissions had recommended denial of the request for special light industrial designation, and Lane County and Eugene had agreed that upon annexation, the City of Eugene should consider site review to buffer the area. Ms. Larson opened the public hearing on diagram amendment B-ll. Jim Hale, 4064 Meredith Court, Eugene, spoke in favor of the request. He said the Irving Road Industrial Site satisfied the criteria for designation as special light industrial, as the MAPAC findings in the packet indicated. He said the River Road/Santa Clara Citizen's Advisory Team had agreed when it had made its recommendation calling for the amendment. He said the record also indicated that the existing Light-Medium industrial designation was considered unacceptable to neighboring residents and the citizens' committee that worked on the refinement plan. He said the Metro Plan called for annexation prior to e development, and the Eugene 1-2 zoning must be applied to the area under the existing designation. He said 1-2 uses were not acceptable to residents, and those were listed in the letter from Harold Chapman. Mr. Hale said many of the 1-2 uses could not be accommodated solely by site review or by pun pro- cedures, and residents were concerned not only about buffering, but about restricting uses to the more narrow list in the 1-1 zone. He said the site was not perfect for special light industrial, but neither were the large majority of other special light industrial sites. He said a wider definition of special light industrial was being used, and he thought the property qualified under that definition. He also said development of property in West Eugene would require substantial capital investment although transportation access was already present at the Irving Road site. He noted the Springfield Planning Commission's vote was 4 to 3 in opposition. Mr. Hale also said no other zone was applicable, and perhaps the special light industrial designa- tion should be re-examined. He said he would appreciate approval of the request. Responding to a question from Mr. Rust, Mr. Hale said he was speak- ing for himself rather than for MAPAC. No further testimony was offered, and Ms. Larson closed the public hearing on item B-ll. Mr. Hansen asked whether area property owners favored approval of the request. Mr. Gordon said an attempt had been made to poll the eight owners, but a low rate of response had been received. He added that the request was not initiated by a property owner. e 0 MINUTES--Joint Public Hearing--Metro Plan Amendments December 3, 1985 Page 12