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Terry Connolly, 1401 Willamette Street, spoke in support on Ordinance 5. He said the Chamber of Commerce agreed with the Planning Commission recommendations and stressed that the amendments were necessary to proper development in the City. Chris Clemow, 95 Springwood Drive, said there was no basis for the staff recommendation on not grading slopes above 20 percent. He said that portion of the code was arbitrary and not based on sound engineering standards. He said grading routinely occurred on sites with slopes in excess of 20 percent. He said an overlay map of the south hills would show a significant portion of the buildable lands in that area had grades over 20 percent. He said the limitation on grading would negatively affect the buildable land supply within the urban growth boundary and would help necessitate its expansion. Steve Korth, 2095 Wood Acres Drive, supported the changes recommended in Ordinance 5 regarding parking areas and landscape standards. He said the language in the code update allowed for natural redevelopment of a property to meet the desires of the City and the desires of landowners. Jeff Lanza, 1965 Patterson Street, raised concern over possible passage of Ordinance 5. Regarding the proposed amendments pertaining to landscape standards and parking areas. He said removal of the term "canopy tree" in Section 9.6210 would result in smaller ornamental trees being put in place where canopy trees would be more appropriate. He requested that the record be open for an additional two weeks so more people could submit written material. Jim Spickerman, 975 Oak Street, spoke in favor of the changes to landscape standards listed in Ordinance 5. He said passage of the ordinance would have a positive impact on the school districts. He said the large parking lots of the schools would cause large costs to upgrade if expansion were considered and all parking areas were required to be landscaped. He said the listed adjustment review criteria were not the answer to the problem and suggested that objective standards needed to be addressed up front in the process. John Kline, 693 West 10th Avenue, spoke on Ordinance 5. He raised concern over the loss of tree canopy in parking lots in the City. He urged the council to vote no on the proposed changes. Bill Kloos, representing the Lane County Home Builders Association, referred to a letter submitted to the council from Roxie Cuellar. He said she was requesting the removal of the grading slope limitation and the limitation of one dwelling unit per acre on lots above 900 feet in elevation. Mr. Kloos said the inventory of available residential land should only include lands that had clear and objective development standards. Eric Hall, 304 Waite Street, praised City staff and the Planning Commission for their work on the code amendments. He complimented the stance in the recommended code amendments toward phased growth. Scott Forrest, 5220 West Amazon Drive, spoke in favor of the changes to parking lot standards included in the recommended amendments. He said he had started his business in Eugene 30 years ago and it had grown slowly because it had been allowed to slowly make additions. He said MINUTES-Eugene City Council February 10, 2003 Page 10 Regular Meeting