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e e e Mr. Boles encouraged the neighborhood association to meet with City Council- ors, noting the importance of direct council/citizen interaction. Mr. Rutan offered his support for the request, but highlighted several issues of concern. He said that the formation of the organization runs contrary to the council's goal of consolidating neighborhood organizations. He also noted that because this is primarily a commercial/industrial area, the coun- cil should expect similar feedback from the neighborhood. Mr. Rutan said that councilors should be invited to participate in the formation of neigh- borhood organizations when it occurs in their ward. Responding to a question from Mr. Nicholson, Ms. Donahue said that with the recognition of the West Eugene Community Organization, the entire city of Eugene with the exception of the downtown core area, will have recognized neighborhood groups ranging in size from 500 to 7,000 addresses. Some merg- ers have been done in recent years; these efforts are initiated by the neigh- borhood organizations. Mr. Nicholson expressed concern that commercial interests already have access to the City by a variety of other means and suggested that forming a neigh- borhood organization may not be the most appropriate forum for this area. Mr. Boles said that interaction between councilors and neighborhood organiza- tions should be voluntary and initiated by the organization. He recognized that this organization is non-traditional in its composition, but pointed out that most neighborhood organizations invite business and commercial interests to become members of the neighborhood. Ms. Bascom offered her full support for this request. Mr. MacDonald stated that this area has some particular needs and challenges, particularly related to issues of transportation. He encouraged the organ- ization to provide input to the City on transportation land-use decisions. Res. No. 4238--A resolution approving and accepting the West Eugene Community Organization charter. Mr. Boles moved, seconded by Ms. Ehrman, to adopt the resolu- tion. Roll call vote; the measure carried unanimously, 7:0. VIII. PUBLIC HEARING: MANUFACTURED DWELLINGS CODE AMENDMENTS (CA 90-7) City Manager Mike Gleason introduced the topic. Jan Childs, Planning and Development Department, gave the staff presentation. She stated that the amendments to the code are needed to address recent State legislation affect- ing the definitions and regulation of manufactured housing, preViously re- ferred to as "mobile home." The proposed amendments are provided to do the following: I} revise definitions and the use of terms in Chapters 2 and 9 of the Eugene Code for consistency with the new definitions; 2} allow siting of manufactured homes as a permitted use on individual lots in the RA and R-l MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 22, 1991 Page 7