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- Mr. Lieuallen hoped that through the remainder of the process the Downtown Development Board, the City, and other groups would attempt to promote alternative modes of transportation to the downtown area. Vote was taken on the motion which carried unanimously. A short recess was taken. B. Recommended Adoption of Guidelines Developed by Westside Neighborhood Quality Project (materials distributed) Unanimously recommended by Planning Commission February 12, 1979 e Jim Croteau, Planner, said the City Council adopted the Westside Neighborhood Refinement Plan in September 1977. The goals and policies set forth in that plan were adopted as a refinement to the Eugene-Springfield Metro Area General Plan. The Plan contained recommendations which were recognized as a potential means of reaching or implementing adopted goals and policies, but were not adopted by the Council. He reviewed progress on implementation since adoption of a plan. He said among the recommendations included in the plan was one which called for monitoring the number and location of group care homes and institutional uses in the neigh- borhood. The recommendation before Council is intended to address the issue of the concentration of institutional uses in that neigh- borhood. A set of guidelines was developed by the neighborhood organization to respond to their concern regarding saturation of institutional uses in their neighborhood. The Planning Commission considered the proposed guidelines and discussion centered on several issues. The chief concern of the Planning Commission related to the problem of over-concentration or saturation of institutional uses in this area. The secondary concern voiced by the Commission concerned the effect of these institutional use guidelines would have on other neighborhoods or on a city-wide basis. Finally, the Commission recognized the proposed guidelines for institutional uses in the neighborhood as a temporary measure to be only applicable to the Westside Neighborhood. The policy recommended by the Com- mission to the Council was the following: liThe following guidelines shall be considered as a policy for the area of the Westside Neigh- borhood Quality Project Neighborhood Organization. For the purposes of these guidelines, institutional uses include churches, day nurseries, group care homes, homes for the aged, hospitals, ambulance service facilities, and nursing homes. For the purposes of these guidelines, significant site modification is defined as removal of trees and shrubery, or creation of additional on-site parking to meet parking requirements. The Commission outlined two categories: 1) uses that are consistent with the direction established for the WNQP area and can be accommodated by the neighborhood; and 2) uses that could be approved only after close scrutiny. - 4/9/79--11 zoz.