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In response to a question from Councilor Rayor regarding the locations of the two tax lots, Nan Lawrence of the Planning and Development Department replied that lot 11700 was the lot to the north and 11800 was the lot to the south. City Manager Johnson asked the council to consider Council Bill 4715, an ordinance amending the Jefferson/Far West refinement plan diagram to redesignate property identified as tax lots 11700 and 11800, map 17-03-31-42, from public facilities and open space to commercial, and rezoning the property from PL Public Land to C-2 General Commercial. Councilor Meisner, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved that the Bill, with unanimous consent of the council, be read a second time by Council Bill Number only and that enactment be considered at that time. The motion passed unanimously. City Manager Johnson asked that the Council consider Council Bill 4715 by bill number only. Councilor Meisner, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved that the bill be approved and given final passage. The motion passed unanimously, and the bill became Ordinance 20180. V. PUBLIC HEARING: ORDINANCE CONCERNING KEY WATERWAYS, AND ADDING SECTIONS 6.650, 6.655, 6.670, AND 6.675 TO THE EUGENE CODE, 1971. City Engineer Les Lyle provided introductory comments to the Council. He submitted additional written public testimony to the council. Mr. Lyle stressed that the proposal that was before the council was to designate key waterways where no piping or filling would be allowed to occur. He said that there were a number of benefits associated with the proposal such as; clarifying which open systems would continue to be part of the drainage system within Eugene, furthering the objectives of the last few years to move from a conventional pipe system to a more open natural system for the City's drainage system; providing water quality benefits; and providing a response to some of the anticipated community Endangered Species Act Issues. He stressed that phase one of the proposal could stand on its own as an independent action. Mr. Lyle believed that the process had allowed enough time for public involvement. He outlined the process of the Stormwater Management Department Advisory Committee and noted that there had been a "drop-in information session." He added that there were some issues that needed to be addressed in more detail and asked that the record be held open for written testimony for another two weeks. Mayor Torrey opened the public hearing. He noted that the rules for the public hearing were the same as those for the public forum. Bruce Anderson, 777 High Street, spoke as a representative of Madstien and Scientific Developments. He urged the council to proceed with caution on the ordinance and closely examine the individual applications of it. He spoke of the impacts of the ordinance to his clients and submitted more detailed information in written form. MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 22, 1999 Page 5 7:30 p.m.