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M I NUT E S EUGENE CITY COUNCIL October 27,1975 - Adjourned meeting - adjourned from October 13, 1975 - of the Common Council of the city of Eugene, Oregon was called to order by His Honor Mayor Lester E. Anderson at 7:30 p.m. on October 27, 1975 in the Council Chamber with the following council members present: Neil Murray, Gus Keller, Wickes Beal, Tom Williams, Ray Bradley, D. W. Hamel, Eric Haws, and Edna Shirey. I - Public Hearings A. Vacation of utility easement south of Vine Maple Drive, east of North Shasta Loop (Beulah Bayly)(EV 75-4) Recommended by the Planning Commission on August 25, 1975 on the basis that terrain has proved unsuitable for placement of sewer line and other provisions have been made. Public hearing was held with no testimony presented. I-A-I Council Bill No. 945 - Vacating utility easement south of Vine Maple Drive, east of North Shasta Loop was read by council bill number and title only, there being no council member present requesting that it be read in full. Mr. Murray moved second by Mr. Hamel that the bill be read the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the Council, and that enactment be considered at this time. Motion carried unanimously and the bill was read the second time by council bill number only. e Mr. Murray moved second by Mr. Hamel that the bill be approved and given final passage. Rollcall vote. All council members present voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 17463. Councilman Williams entered the meeting, B. Appeal from Planning Commission denial on September 22, 1975 of rezoning from County AGT to C-2 PD area south of Kingsley Road between Goodpasture Island Road and Willamette River (Smith,Brown,Howell)(Z 72-51 and Z 72-64) Manager noted that history of this rezoning request was contained in Planning Commission and City Council minutes and summarized in Planning staff notes of September 2, 1975. Jim Saul, planner, explained that a revised application was filed by the applicants on which the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on September 2, 1975. The request was formally denied at the Commission's September 22, 1975 meeting and findings adopted supporting that decision. Sub- sequently, the applicants appealed that decision to the City Council. No ex parte contacts or other reasons for conflict of interest were declared by Council members. Planning Commission minutes and staff notes containing the record of this request were made a part of this record by reference thereto. Public hearing was opened. Sylvanus Smith, 2361 Charnel ton Street, also reviewed the history of the request which originally sought residential and commercial zoning and was subsequently e revised to request only commercial zoning. He said that the area was designated in the 1990 Plan as an opportunity area suitable for commercial activities. He said that should residential zoning be requested and the land developed in that manner, very likely a lawsuit would be filed objecting to that action. And if a lawsuit was filed, he wondered how much longer the land would be held "in limbo" until that was settled. He didn't think it was fair to the city or 5-53 10/27/75 - 1