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e e e Jean Holtham, 389 North Polk Street, voiced her opposition to opening the mall to traffic. She indicated that the pedestrian nature of the mall en- hances its safety and encouraged the council to keep the mall intact. John VanLandingham, 1172 West 5th Avenue, encouraged the council to educate the community about what actions have been taken thus far to improve down- town. He noted that citizens seem concerned with the recent decision to replace free parking with metered parking downtown. He urged the council to recognize that this is a land-use issue and to consider modifying its land- use policies as a first step in strategies to revitalize the downtown corri- dor. Laurel Fisher, 2555 Highland Oaks Drive, said that she supports this plan almost entirely. However, she spoke about the large volume of people which are drawn downtown by Hult Center activities and voiced concern that the important relationship between the Hult Center and downtown is not more fully recognized in the plan. The public hearing was adjourned to the end of the meeting. III. PUBLIC HEARING: ANNEXATION/REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE RIVER ROAD AREA, SOUTH OF MAXWELL ROAD BETWEEN NORTH PARK AVENUE AND THE CITY LIMITS (CITY OF EUGENE: WALNUT GROVE (AZ 90-7) City Manager Mike Gleason introduced the topic. Councilor Boles said that he would not be participating in the discussion of this agenda item. Cathy Czerniak, Planning and Development Department, briefly summarized the code criteria necessary for annexations and zone changes. The annexation criteria, found in Section 9.158 of the Eugene Code, require that the proper- ty must be located within the urban growth boundary, that annexation must be consistent with adopted plans and policies, and that public services and facilities can be provided to the property. The zone change criteria, found in Section 9.679(2) of the Eugene Code, require that the uses and densities that will be allowed can be provided with the key urban services and facili- ties, that all uses will be consistent with the principles of compact and sequential growth, and that the zone change must be consistent with both the Metropolitan Area General Plan and any adopted neighborhood refinement plans for the area. Ms. Czerniak indicated that the City has initiated this annexation and zone change request for three City-owned parcels known as the Walnut Grove site. In addition to the City-owned parcels, the owners of the adjacent parcel have requested that the parcel be included in the annexation request as well. Portions of rights-of-way have been included to facilitate the development of MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 25, 1991 Page 7