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Ms. Taylor indicated support for the amendment, although she preferred to take a site-specific approach to hospital siting. She continued to have concerns about locating hospitals in R-1 (Low- Density Residential) and R-2 (Medium-Density Residential) neighborhoods. Mr. Pap~ asked the zoning of the current hospital, and if it was an outright permitted use. Mr. Coyle said that he would recommend changes to the Zoning Code that would allow the Hilyard campus to be a permitted use. The site was currently zoned R-3/CU. He noted that there were refinement plan policies related to the property as well, and staff would have to review those policies. Mr. Pap~ determined from Mr. Coyle that in that case, there would be no CUP on the PeaceHealth site. Responding to a question from Mr. Pap~, Mr. Coyle said all of the ten sites identified by staff were on an arterial or major collector. Mr. Poling supported the amendment as he thought it reflected the council's original direction when it had discussed hospital siting. Mayor Torrey said he wanted to ensure that the Hilyard campus was an outright permitted use, and asked if staff was working to make that happen. Mr. Coyle said yes. Ms. Bettman asked if the recommendation to make the Hilyard campus an outright permitted use would require the council to hold another public hearing. Mr. Klein said that a new public hearing was not required. Referring to the question of the certificate of need and who had one, Ms. Nathanson did not want the council to be perceived as playing favorites among providers. She said that the council should produce a zoning code for the present and the future, regardless of who held a certificate of need. Ms. Nathanson pointed out that business decisions change over time. She wanted an even playing field for all people. The zoning code should be blind to particular business entities. She wanted Eugene citizens to have equal access for health care. Speaking to Ms. Nathanson's comments, Mr. Kelly did not perceive anything in the ordinance or the resolution as favoring one entity over another, outside a technical misstatement in the ordinance the attorneys intended to correct. Ms. Nathanson pointed out that earlier, a councilor had asked about the impact of the motion on the ten staff-identified sites; she did not want an ordinance that applied to ten sites or two providers, but rather one that applied citywide and was enduring. The amendment to the motion passed unanimously, 8:0. Mayor Torrey called for discussion on the main motion. Mr. Pap~ said that McKenzie-Willamette Hospital would soon be looking for a new hospital site, and he wanted the council to adopt an ordinance soon so that the hospital could accomplish that task. He believed that, if the council wanted Eugene to have a hospital, it should get its work done so the hospital could then do its work. Mr. Pap~ said that the council needed to remember it was not the %enter of the universe" when it came to how it handled land use. He believed that the council had pushed out the previous hospital and was about to push out the federal courthouse, and he did not want to make that same mistake again. MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 24, 2003 Page 4 Work Session