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Coyle what risks he saw to the quality of the community if the staff recommendation was <br />adopted. Mr. Coyle said that in terms of the residential districts, those needed to be examined on <br />a parcel-by-parcel basis to ensure that there was no situation where there would be an <br />overwhelming impact to any particular neighborhood. He noted that all the sites that had been <br />identified previously included all the City's residential, commercial, and industrial zones. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey did not see McKenzie-Willamette Hospital's options as being broader than a decent <br />site in Eugene or Glenwood. He wanted the hospital to locate in Eugene, and hoped the City <br />could help make that happen. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey solicited a second round of council comments. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly said that it was his contention an overlay zone made everything more simple, <br />regardless of the base zoning. He said the overlay process was designed to save time. It <br />allowed the provider to identify a site and then the City could overlay the site with the zone. He <br />did not understand the claim that the overlay zone made the process more complex and lengthy. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly asked Mr. Coyle if he thought it mattered where Eugene's only hospital was located, <br />suggesting that from a planning standpoint, there were better places and less good places. Mr. <br />Coyle agreed that there were areas that were better than others for a hospital. He said that to <br />locate a hospital in any of the commercial or industrial was not an impact. Mr. Kelly pointed out <br />that he had not asked about impact. <br /> <br />Speaking to Ms. Bettman's comments about conditional use permit, Ms. Nathanson said that <br />while the City might readily grant the majority of such permits, she believed that through the <br />process, changes were made to development proposals to accommodate neighborhood <br />concerns. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson did not think that the City could develop a simple overlay zone. She believed that <br />such a zone would be very detailed. The council would likely make many amendments to any <br />recommendation forwarded to it by the Planning Commission. Ms. Nathanson envisioned the <br />resulting process would be burdensome. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor determined from Mr. Coyle that the City needed to adopt some code amendments to <br />accommodate a new hospital. She was not ready to allow a new hospital to be permitted in all <br />zones without knowing where it would be. <br /> <br />Mr. Coyle pointed out that rezoning may also require amendments to the Eugene-Springfield <br />Metropolitan Area General Plan, and that was a lengthy process. The council could be <br />processing a Metro Plan amendment while the hospital was breaking ground. Ms. Taylor <br />suggested that the council should adopt Mr. Kelly's proposal if it wanted to move quickly. She <br />was not ready to say that the hospital should be permitted anyplace. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Ms. Taylor, Mr. Coyle anticipated that the community would have <br />a dialogue on where the public's interest was best served through the public process. He added <br />that staff had considerable homework to do before any changes were made, particularly in regard <br />to the protections needed for the residential zones. <br />Ms. Bettman favored the establishment of a hospital medical overlay zone. She thought it gave <br />the hospitals more predictability and flexibility and the citizens more predictability. She said the <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 23, 2003 Page 4 <br /> <br /> <br />