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e Nicholson felt it was illogical to aprove this annexation/zone change request outside the context of the Wi'lakenzie Refinement Plan. Mr. MacDonald felt that the issue of postponing land use requests due to pending refinement plans merited further discussion at a future council meet- ing. Mr. Robinette concurred but objected to delaying action on this re- quest. Mr. Gleason said that statutory requirements require that the council act on land use requests based on adopted plans and policies. Ms. Ehrman supported proceeding with the request, pointing out that there was little input from the neighborhood association in the minutes of the Planning Commission's public hearing. Mr. Nicholson read provisions of Policy 7 in support of his argument for delaying action on this request until the Willakenzie Refinement Plan is adopted. Jan Childs, Planning and Development Department, said that the Willakenzie Refinement Plan may not be presented to the council for final adoption until April. Responding to a question from Mr. MacDonald, Ms. Czerniak explained that the Willakenzie Refinement Plan identifies several "opportunity areas" and en- courages consideration of mixed uses for those areas. She said that the area of this request comprises approximately 30 percent of an identified opportu- nity area. She said that if development of the area does not occur before final adoption of the Willakenzie Refinement Plan, and if the Willakenzie Plan calls for rezoning of the area to something other than low density, the e City could then initiate a rezoning of the area as specified by the plan. Mr. Green moved to call the question. Roll call vote; the motion passed 6:1, with councilor Nicholson voting against. Roll call vote; the main motion passed 6:2, with councilors MacDonald and Nicholson voting against. IV. PUBLIC HEARING: PROPOSED WITHDRAWAL OF RECENTLY ANNEXED PROPERTIES FROM SPECIAL DISTRICTS City Manager Mike Gleason introduced the topic and said staff was present to answer questions. Mr. Boles opened the public hearing. Wanda Simmons, 1183 Skipper Avenue, testified neither in support nor in favor of the proposed withdrawal of the Walnut Grove property. She noted that she recently saw a proposal on the news for developing housing in the area. She expressed concern about the potential safety hazard for children who would play near the pond if multiple-unit housing were developed there. She asked if the City would consider developing housing for senior citizens adjacent to the pond instead and suggested developing the multiple-unit housing next to e MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 13, 1992 Page 3