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Verna Thompson 110 S. Garden, Eugene stated she wanted the Chase Garden area cleaned of garbage. She recommended that Eugene be a good neighbor and clean the garbage. She stated she lives in one of the historical Chase homes and she wanted that to be considered in the development. Jerry Thompson, didn't think there was an owner on Garden Way who thought they were benefiting from this and they don't want to pay for any of it. He thought the best use of the area was a baseball park. Ward Beck, 2502 Highland Dr., Eugene, was against the ordinances. He read into the record a letter from Judge Gordon Wylie. He thought the city staff was trying to steal the value of Judge Wylie's land. He stated that no one from the city spoke with Judge Wylie. He said the land should remain commercial and have a minimum of four parking spaces per 1,000 square feet. He said they wanted to see a nodal overlay on Judge Wylie's land but leaving the underlying zoning unchanged. He added that Judge Wylie didn't want his land down zoned. Nathanson asked what the difference was between commercial and high density. Yeiter responded that commercial land is more valuable and developable than residential. He said the current Willakenzie plan shows all commercial being on the east side, between future Garden Way and I-5. He said they wanted to make sure that residents had easy access to the services. He said there is a combination of the limited access to the Wylie property for customer use from the freeway. In comparing that to limited commercial opportunities--as against higher density residential--it would have higher value. Nathanson asked if the team developing the plan took into consideration the natural boundaries. Yeiter said it is the type of commercial fitting into this neighborhood and the greater region that is underserved by retail and commercial services. He explained their approach was to try to maintain a similar level of commercial. He noted that was slightly more than ten acres of the Wylie property, east of Garden Way but nine acres are now proposed instead. Nathanson asked what the intent of the node was regarding transportation. Yeiter responded the least they wanted to achieve was that the residents are within walking and easy biking distance. He said they are trying to achieve having an identifiable neighborhood center that would be a pleasurable place to be. He noted the way the Willakenzie area plan was originally set Page 5 - Joint BCC/City of Eugene Public Hearing; 7:00 p.m., September 18, 2002 WD bc/m/02124/T