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<br />1....-./..... . ... .. <br />.--- <br />u.. <br />.cc <br />a: <br />c <br /> <br />Plan Amendment and Code- Amendment. The- Planning Com~ission may wish to modify the <br />boundaries of the- subjec-t area to exclud.e- properties locate-d north of AmazonCbann,el (\vhpse <br />land use designation was not amended during the 'Metro Plan update process), according to their <br />interpretation of the City Council motion. <br /> <br />-MT. Duncan opened the public he,aring. He explained speakers ,,,Quid be limited to three ,minutes <br />for testim.ony. He asked if any Comnlissioners had made site visits. <br /> <br />Mr. Belcher stated he had reside.d in the Jefferson Wests ide Neighborhood since 1979~ had <br />traversed through the area significantly, and had been involved in land use dec,isions in his <br />position. as co....chair of the neighborhood organization. <br /> <br />Mr. Carroll \vas fatniliar with the area, and had viewed it recently. <br /> <br />Mr. Duncan said he \\lark as a real estate appraiser had taken him through the area ulany times in <br />20 years, and he \vas very familiar ,vith the neighborhood. <br /> <br />Ms. Harding read the fonowing testimony from Doris Rc}rnolds, 2281 Jefferson Street: <br />"Planning Comnlission, I am seriously against changitlg the zoning to alIo,,! apartment buildings <br />for up to eight units in the \\'illamette to Jefferson and 13th to 18th neighborhood. This is a <br />neighborhood I have lived around,for 30 ye-ars. I do feel \'\te need- infil1 but I think it \vQuld be <br />better to do it throughout all the city 011 appropriate land spots,ho'\vever appropriate is <br />determined. But to .do all the infill in one neighborhood \\'ill foreverc~hange the feel of that area <br />\vhereas a fe\v apartlnents in each neighborh.ood would have less impact one-ach. Also, I believe <br />the PlanningComlnission could. look at the criteria 'for small individua.l infillliving spac,es. I <br />have kno,vn of two people wanting to turn existing structures into rental living spaces and did not <br />'because the fees \Nere cost prohibitive. Couldn't you make it feasible for an individual to create a <br />small rental out of a gar age or studio space or is it infiUjust for the big developers. W'hat about <br />doing something really creative like eliminating fe.es in exchange for guaranteed lo\v-incOfile <br />rents?" <br /> <br />Charles Biggs, 540 Antelope \\lay, said he did not live in the area but e~xpressedconc-ern ,vhether <br />.this \>vould address how this problern occun.ed or ~\vas it unique and unlikely to happen again. l'Ie <br />"vas concerned that during the stud)!' session this vvas.identified .as a le-gislative rat.her than quasi- <br /> <br />MINUTES-Eugene Planning (~onlmission <br />Public liearing <br /> <br />Decelnber 5, 2006 <br /> <br />Page 4 <br />