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'. . ' managed in an environment in which people wish to live in. However, he was empathetic to the hi storical aspect of the area, and thi s coul d . be the only opportunity that people would have to place value on a very historical area in Eugene. He would like to proceed with cau- tion. Secondly, he wanted to encourage Council to delete the portion of the transportation policy on page 15, item 1 under major arterials. He said because the city had a transportation plan upon which it had yet to make a decision, he wished to maintain a posture of flex- ibility. He was not taking issue with the plan as proposed, but did want to maintain the ability to take issue with it in the future, if necessary. He was concerned that each neighborhood refinement plan might make such a limitation on the proposed T-2000 projects. He did not feel it healthy to address those transportation issues in neigh- borhood refinement plans, as they are city issues. . When the T-2000 Plan is considered, the Council will have to do what is best for the enti re ci ty. Ms. Smith supported the overall plan and commended the neighborhood, community, and staff for their fine work. She wanted Council to give some consideration to delaying the East Skinner's Butte area until further information was available regarding the historic designation. She requested further discussions between staff and the neighborhood groups in dealing with the historic designation. She questioned if it were historically designated, what effect that would have on. the density recommendation. Mr. Porter said .the area designation has not been detennined and density was not known. The base density of zoning or any suffix would be used as a guideline. He said if the ~ houses and yards were maintained, there probably would not be any .., increased density to preserve open space. However, that has not been determi ned yet. Mr. Lieuallen said the two extreme positions seemed to be the debate over whether or not there should be historic designation or whether or not the area should be allowed to develop. He felt the neighborhood people were concerned that if the densi.ty of RG zoning were maintained, . there woul d be no way to ensure the hi storic nature of the area woul d be preserved. They are saying the historical nature of the area is more important than what would be gained by increased density. The neighborhood people want to be sure to preserve the historical area, and he agreed that ensuring that preservation was more important than IIhopi ng" for it to be preserved. Regarding the transportation issue raised by Mr. Obie, Mr. Lieuallen felt arterials degrade the neighborhoods and he preferred to maintain the integrity of this neighborhood. Regarding the timing, he favored the neighborhood's position on the density limitation because it could be changed later on to historical designation. However, if it were highly developed, that could not be undone later. He favored adopting the plan with Alternative 1 and dealing with the historical designa- tion of the area later. e 5/8/78--10 3%'