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alley and flag lots. He noted the denser the neighborhood, the more cars, fireplaces, lawn mowers, noise pollution, water lines and sewer increases. He said livability is another issue as lowering the lot size will not contribute to the quality of life in Eugene. James Seaberry, 3294 Stark Street, Santa Clara, complimented the staff. He asked why his property was being rezoned to R-1 from RA and asked for the automatic rezoning to be turned down. Russ Svin.qen, 51 Hileman Lane, Eugene, read his letter into the record. Gre.q McLauchlan, 2401 West 22® Avenue, Eugene, thanked everyone for working on the process. He said that the code is far superior to the current one. He urged the elected officials and staff to consider ways in which the code might be significantly improved. He said there are key areas in which the code could be improved that will shape Eugene for decades to come. He referred to the Friends of Eugene document, recommending 62 specific changes. He said that the Planning Commission adopted 5 of the 62 changes in one form or another. He noted the others were not adopted because of the rush to get through the final version. He urged the elected officials to consider that they are unnecessarily restrictive towards quality commercial and residential development opportunities in Eugene. He said the area involving commercial development standards could be improved in the C-2, C-3 and GO zones. He noted if the code is implemented as written, there will still be zones that resemble the automobile dominated zones on West 11th and Delta Oaks. He suggested requiring all new buildings in such zones to come up to the street scale. He said it would help end the strip mall development. He asked the elected officials to consider the quality of the commercial zones because they are the center of the community's social and interactive life. Linda Fuller, 2401 West 22® Avenue, Eugene, supported the new provisions in LUCU concerning nodal developments, traffic impact analysis and protection of waterways. She thanked everyone on the planning commission and the volunteers. She commented on the inequitable treatment afforded to the 5th Street special district. She said these are nice amenities and are written into the current code as "to be provided at public expense." She said such uses of public funds should not be fixed into the city's land use code, they should be determined elsewhere through a public process. She found it objectionable that other special area zones that serve a less affluent clientele such as the Blair Boulevard zone, have no public monies written into the code. She said the 5th Street district should not be singled out for special treatment as all zones deserve equal treatment by the government. Don McRae, PO Box 5860, Eugene, read a letter into the record. Tom Slocum, 1950 Graham Drive, Eugene, said with regard to the commercial Page 4 - Joint BCC/Eugene City Council Meeting - May 31, 2000 WD bc/m/00081IT