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e e - will be great enough that the best action to provide traffic flows through the area with the least impact on the neighborhood would be the extension of Pioneer Parkway. Ms. Smith stated that the City of Springfield and Lane County elected offi- cials are responsible for adopting the plan in its entirety, as well as all of the Metro Plan amendments. The City of Springfield is responsible for adopting the zone change recommendations, while the Lane County Board of Commissioners is responsible for only the zone change proposals affecting the urbanizable areas. The City of Eugene is responsible for amendments proposed to the Metro Plan, the Metro Plan diagram, TransPlan, and the Urban Facili- ties Plan. D. Public Testimony Mayor Morrisette announced that Jean Hurst has requested a time extension of 20 minutes. There were no objections to allowing the extension. E. Opening of Public Testimony Portion of Hearing Mayor Morrisette opened the public testimony portion of the hearing. Jean Hurst, 3179 Wayside Loop, representing the Game Farm Neighbors, distrib- uted a document describing proposed triggers in regard to the transportation amendments. Ms. Hurst commended staff and the PAC for the policies in the refinement plan. She said that the Game Farm Neighbors group developed pri- marily because of the transportation proposals in the refinement plan area. The primary focus of the Neighbors is preservation and protection of the neighborhood, not anti-growth or anti-development. The concern lies in how the growth affects the neighborhood. Ms. Hurst said that the Neighbors support redesignating 180 acres from medi- um-density to low-density. However, there is concern about how the property will be developed. The Game Farm Neighbors have submitted a conceptual de- velopment plan, with a village-type concept, which it strongly supports. The Neighbors do not support certain roads in the area being submitted for TransPlan projects at this point. She stated that the roads should not dic- tate development. She said that the roads should be designed as the concep- tual development plan is developed. Regarding the north/south arterial, Ms. Hurst said that the need for any improvement is still questionable. She cited numerous studies that have been done on Game Farm Road: the original study done by Lane Council of Govern- ments (L-COG); the James R. Hanks Consulting Engineers study; the analyses, review, and recommendations by the PAC; and input from the neighborhood. Portions of the elements and every other portion of the transportation ele- ment was done in advance, except the extension of Pioneer Parkway. She said that in determining such a strong need, the suggestion of extending Pioneer Parkway should have been in the document originally. MINUTES--Joint Elected Officials January 29, 1992 Page 6