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Respo!,\ding to concerns raised by Mr. Boles, Mr. Bowers said.th.at the owners' e carrying costs must be documented. Mr. Nicholson said that the agreement seems reasonable and pointed out that not included in the carrying costs--which could represent a significant loss to the owner--is the lost income from the building having no tenant. Mr. MacDonald said that he feels the option is satisfactory. However, he argued against the decision to continue the option and urged the council to pursue building acquisition. Doing so would allow the community to maintain momentum on this issue, begin fund-raising activities, and initiate planning efforts. In response to a question from Mr. Green, Mr. Bowers said that the owners have the option to generate revenue on the building as long as they do not enter into an agreement that would require the City to pay relocation costs. Mr. Boles moved, seconded by Ms. Ehrman to instruct the City Manager to enter into an option agreement for the Sears build- ing. - Ms. Ehrman said that although she voted previously to purchase the building, the majority will of the council does not support that action. Therefore, she will be supporting the option agreement. Roll call vote; the motion carried 6:1, with councilor e MacDonald voting nay. IV. WORK SESSION: METROPOLITAN POLICY COMMITTEE ACTION: AMENDMENT TO THE METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN FOR GOOD NEIGHBOR CARE CENTERS, INC. Jan Childs, Planning and Development Department, gave the staff report. She held up a map reflecting the MPC's recommendation for Good Neighbor Care Centers. The proposal recommended by MPC reduces the amount of medium-densi- ty residential land to approximately 30 acres, establishes a buffer of light-medium industrial all along the property line, and reduces the amount of commercial land to five acres. MPC recommends that the three elected bodies conduct a public hearing on this proposal. A resolution accepting the recommendation, but not requiring the council to make a decision, will be coming before the council at its July 24, 1991, work session. Responding to a concern from Mr. Green, Ms. Childs said that MPC's recommen- dation deals only with the Metro Plan designations themselves. The City of Springfield has been directed through its refinement planning, site review, and zoning processes to address other issues of concern raised by the elected bodies, such as housing affordability and school issues. Mr. Robinette em- phasized that MPC felt very strongly that it should stay out of site review issues. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 17, 1991 Page 9