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City Manager Dennis Taylor introduced Kent Kullby of the Planning and Development Department. Mr. Kullby reviewed the actions before the council, saying the council would hear testimony on two actions proposed for the Walnut Street Station area. The first action was an amendment to the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) Diagram and a concurrent amendment to the Fairmount/University of Oregon Special Area Study (SAS) Land Use Diagram to add the \ND Nodal Development symbol to the Walnut Street Station area. The plan amendments would not change the existing base land use designations in the Metro Plan or the SAS. The second action was a concurrent zone change to add the \ND nodal development overlay zoning to properties within the area. The zone change would not change the existing base zoning for the properties. Mr. Kullby noted that the relevant criteria for evaluating a proposed Metro Plan amendment were found in Section 9.7730(3) of the Eugene Code, including in the agenda item summary. The criteria for evaluating the zone change were found in Section 9.8865, also contained in the summary. Mr. Kullby noted the submission of written testimony since the packet was printed from Steven Mandrell, David Wade and Nancy Pobance, and Jeff Morton, and said copies of the testimony were provided to the council and placed in the public record. Mr. Kullby noted the public process that had already occurred in regard to the proposals before the council. All the testimony submitted in those processes was included in the packet and indexed. Oversized exhibits from those processes were placed before the council in the meeting room. Mr. Kullby responded to residents' request to exclude all or most of the R-1 area of the node north of 17th Avenue to 15th Avenue. He said that staff had prepared maps and an analysis of the residential densities that would result from the adoption of three boundary alternatives offered by the residents, included on pages 319 and 323 of the council packet. Mr. Kullby said that the Planning Commission recommended that the council retain the proposed boundaries with the recommendation that a detailed comprehensive plan be developed with the residential and commercial stakeholders in the area in the future. However, the Planning Commission did not recommend applying the \ND overlay zone until certain provisions of the overlay zone had been amended. In addition, Mr. Kullby reported the Planning Commission found the zone change inconsistent with Policy 3 of the Fairmount/University of Oregon Special Area Study, which stated that zone changes to increase residential densities or commercial intensity were not supported by the plan. The policy was included in the packet on page 293. Excerpts from the study were submitted in the record and could be found on page 390. Mr. Kullby reported that the ordinances before the council address Policy 3 of the SAS with findings of consistency with Policy 3 because the \ND overlay zoning narrowed and refined the range of uses already allowed in the base zoning, and MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 12, 2003 Page 3 Regular Meeting