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~ Tom Hunton, 92194 Purkeson Road, Junction City, farmer, spoke against the Plan wlth regard to the closure of Greenhill Road. He stated that the 1972 Plan recommended a taxi-way over Greenhill Road. He feels that agriculture is a compatible use but the farmers use Greenhill Road to a great extent. He also felt emergency services response would be slower if Greenhill Road were closed, and felt others would also be opposed to this change. Mike Kangas, 27607 Royal Avenue, Carl E Hunton, 28390 Milliron Road, Junction City, Joseph Heitzman, 5390 Barger Avenue, and Ruby Ringsdorf, 28781 Bodenhamer Road, were all opposed to the Plan for the reasons mentioned by Mr. Tom Hunton. Ray Fechtel, 72 West Broadway, identified himself as the attorney repre- senting Mr. Maxwell and Associates, and Mr. Butch Kokler, landowners in the immediate vicinity of the airport. He stated that Mr. Kokler's land is the most prime development land since it would be out of the current and proposed runways. The Maxwell land has easement of access onto the runway. Both clients have offered their property for sale to the City and would consider denial of this offer to be inverse condemnation by "down- zoning" the land to no use in lieu of just compensation. His feeling is that industrial use is a compatible use to the airport and was encouraged by the original consultant's report. He mentioned that private consultants had suggested to him that compatible uses be encouraged and it is Mr. Fechtel's feeling these uses should be encouraged on private land as well as public land. ~ Mr. Parry, in rebuttal, stated that their firm made recommendations to the City and asked that these will be reviewed by various agencies and an off-airport land use plan developed. Mr. Shelby reiterated that the closure of Greenhill Road was predicated on rerouting that road, which would probably not be necessary in Phase 1 of the Plan, and might never be needed. Mr. Talbot noted general aviation traffic was turned away during recon- struction work in the summer of 1979, and that Mahlon Sweet Airport is overloaded. Gary Chenkin, Planning, said that the State Land Use Planning Goals will be discussed with Springfield and Lane County and that land uses would not be determined during this Council meeting. He also stated that the statement regarding manufacturing was deleted prior to Planning's review of the Plan. Mr. Obie asked for clarification from Mr. Chenkin as to whether the zoning recommended in the map in the Plan would predetermine the land use. Mr. Chenkin stated that Planning uses that map for existing zoning, but that changes could be made when the Metropolitan Plan is updated. e 2/11/80--7