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e Ms. Bascom pointed out that there is a 40-acre Medium-Density Residential district located to the south of the property under consideration which will be developed with permanent affordable housing. Ms. Dumdi said that after discussing issues related to the request at a recent board meeting, commissioners agreed that a Low-Density Residential designation was appropriate. Mr. Nicholson agreed with Councilor Berg's suggestion that Eugene's housing goal should be considered in acting on the request. He said he did not think the fact that the property is surrounded by Low-Density Residential districts deemed it inappropriate to be designated Light-Medium Industrial. Mr. Cornacchia reported concerns expressed by his constituents about a low- income housing project that is currently being developed adjacent to an upscale neighborhood. He said he hoped that Springfield would consider an amendment to the Gateway Refinement Plan to redesignate some of the Medium- Density Residential and Special Light Industrial properties south of Gateway as Low-Density Residential. Mr. Berg said he hoped that Eugene councilors would not take his comments as a criticism but more as a plea. He felt that the property under consideration was ideally located for designation as a Medium-Density Residential district, Mr. MacDonald acknowledged Mr. Berg's plea and noted the difficulty in acting on land use requests for properties located outside of Eugene's jurisdiction. e He said that such requests are creating an urban load and planning demand to which Eugene is expected to respond. Responding to a question from Mr. MacDonald about the Metro Plan amendment application, Ms. Childs explained that if the draft Metropolitan Natural Resources Plan is not adopted by all three jurisdictions, it cannot be used as a basis for protection as cited in the Metro Plan amendment application. She said that if an annexation/zone change application were to be submitted under such a case, the City of Eugene would likely attach site review criteria to the zoning to address some of the concerns included in the Natural Resources Plan. Mr. Nicholson and Mr. Boles concurred with Commissioner Rust's earlier comment that Metro Plan amendments are the concern of all three jurisdiction. Responding to a request from Mr. Boles, Ms. Childs said the joint elected officials hearings procedure script would be revised to reflect the process used in this public hearing. Mr. Cornacchia reported concerns expressed about proposed revisions to the Metro Plan amendment process. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 5:0. Council Bill 4428 was read the second time by number only. e MINUTES--Joint Elected Officials December 9, 1992 Page 7