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Councilor Papd underscored the uniqueness of the level of citizen involvement that Arlie and Company had employed in the design process. He said he had not seen this level in any land use decision he had participated in as a councilor. He hoped that it could move forward without impediment and in an expeditious fashion. Councilor Meisner complimented the level of citizen involvement in the process. He underscored that the council was not approving the node at this time, but rather was considering an ordinance that would allow a PUD within the node. He felt the expectation that this development should contain everything the council wanted in a node was unfair. Councilor Meisner noted that the City desired innovation. He called the proposed PUD an example of innovation, adding that the outcome would not be known until it had been developed. He said he would likely support the ordinance and suggested that action be scheduled for November 10. Mayor Torrey asked staff to address the potential for a negative impact to development to the south. Ms. Bishow felt that this was due to concern regarding the amount of parking proposed adjacent to Crescent Avenue. She thought concerns about compatibility would be addressed in the final PUD. Mayor Torrey expressed his preference for taking action on October 22, as the agenda time for the balance of the year was quickly filling up. Mayor Torrey called for a second round of questions and comments. Councilor Bettman commented that she loved the vision. She felt the difficulty lay in that the City was not legislating the vision, but was rather instituting a zoning change from residential to commercial and office. She alleged that this would result in a financial benefit to the applicant that was 10 to 20 times the value of the property and that nothing would guarantee, should the council approve the ordinance, the delivery of the vision to the City. Councilor Bettman stated that the Eugene Commercial Land Study from 1992 had called for adding land for neighborhood commercial and office uses and not C-2. She asserted that this type of zoning was regional in its draw. Additionally, she said the Willakenzie Area Plan called for neighborhood commercial. She pointed out that there was an abundance of grocery and commercial development to the south of the proposed development. Councilor Kelly recommended action be taken on November 10 as there were a number of questions and this could likely change some of the language of the ordinance. Councilor Kelly noted that the PUD ordinance applied to all of the contiguous property under the same ownership. He asked staff to consider what would happen should the ordinance pass and a portion of the property, having been rezoned, was then sold by Arlie and Company prior to processing the PUD. He suggested that the commercial space would be considered in isolation and the mixed use component would be lost. He asked what could be done about this. Councilor Kelly commented that the/ND overlay had a 50,000 square foot limitation on retail uses, but not on other uses, and asked if 100,000 square foot clinic could be built in the area. He wondered if the MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 13, 2003 Page 12 Regular Meeting