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e e e Mr. Green supported developing standards for cleanliness. Mr. MacDonald called for minimum safety and health regulations. Mr. Boles proposed carry- ing out random interval inspections for cleanliness. Ms. Utecht said that another change to the existing ordinance would be the private right of action, which seeks to reduce enforcement not related to health and safety. If, within 30 days of a complaint, the City has not ini- tiated or indicated that it intends to take enforcement action, the complain- ant could take legal action against the violator. The council agreed with the main points of the ordinance revisions with the addition of eliminating all restrictions on market entry. In reply to a question from Mr. Boles, Ms. Utecht said that the current cost of licensing does not meet last year's costs of administering the ordinance. However, she believes that costs and license fees will balance next year. Ms. Ehrman arrived. B. WORK SESSION: WILLAKENZIE REFINEMENT PLAN Allen Lowe, Planning and Development Department, explained that the Willakenzie Area Plan is the result of more than three years of work by a citizens advisory committee, staff, and metro area planning commissions. Represented in the Willakenzie Area Plan are 25 individual Metro Plan amend- ments, 21 individual TransPlan amendments, and 18 bicycle amendments. The council will ultimately adopt the Willakenzie Plan as well as amendments on all the plans. The Willakenzie Planning Team (WPT) forwarded its recommendations on the plan to the Eugene Planning Commission last August. The Planning Commission held a joint public hearing in October and subsequently met six times to address issues arising from the public hearing. While most of the WPT's recommenda- tions remain intact, the Planning Commission has changed several of them. The WPT continues to object to many of those changes. The plan contains five elements: land use, transportation, public safety, public facilities and services, and neighborhood design. The WPT considers the key land use issue to be the application of minimum- density standards. Although the Metro Plan calls for implementing minimum- density standards, the City has not done so. This plan would set minimum levels at 10 units per acre for medium-density and 15 units per acre for high-density development. Jim Croteau, Planning and Development Department, noted that the City of Springfield has had minimum-density standards for several years. This is the first plan that has proposed minimum-density standards in Eugene, Mr. Lowe said, and that has caused some controversy. Although the Planning Commission MINUTES--Eugene City Council 5:30 p.m. April 13, 1992 Page 2