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Ms. Keller said that the hearing was not a forum for determining the location of industrial growth <br />in the community. She said other venues existed for that purpose. She supported <br />redevelopment of brown field sites that currently existed, not the creation of new brown field <br />sites. <br /> <br />Alan Stein, 1049 Almaden, indicated he owned a video store on 14th Avenue. He supported the <br />planning commissions's recommendations. He said that everyone else has to follow the rules. <br />Mr. Stein asked the elected officials to protect the public process, obey Federal regulations, and <br />consider the future of our children. <br /> <br />Tania Baildon, 128 Bushnell Lane, spoke against Mr. Cornacchia's recommendation that roads <br />and pipes under roads should not be considered as connections in the plan. She opposed his <br />suggestion to combine protection criteria 6, 7, and 8, noting it would be more difficult for a site to <br />meet five of seven criteria as opposed to five of ten criteria. Ms. Baildon said that Mr. <br />Cornacchia's amendments made it more easy for a site to be developed because only three <br />development criteria must be met. She believed the approach skewed the balance in the plan. <br /> <br />Ms. Childs noted that the elected officials had received a request to hold the written record open <br />for 14 days. She recommended the extension. All the elected officials agreed to hold the record <br />open for 14 days for additional written testimony. <br /> <br />Mr. Torrey closed the public hearing. <br /> <br />Mr. Cornacchia said that his letter to Ms. Childs had reflected his own concerns. He had waited <br />until the hearing to bring up those concerns so that the elected officials could consider them. He <br />questioned the tolerance of those who indicated their disagreement with him. Mr. Cornacchia <br />maintained that he had culled the majority of his recommendations from a careful review of the <br />minutes of the two planning commissions. He said that during the commissions' deliberations <br />the criteria had not been discussed very much, and he had been concerned about that. Mr. <br />Cornacchia said that people criticized him for wanting to change the plan, but he pointed out that <br />the plan amendments themselves changed the plan. He said that he was not committed to his <br />recommendations but wished to put them forward for consideration. Mr. Cornacchia asked what <br />the community was coming to when a person put forward their thoughts and was ridiculed <br />publicly because people disagreed. <br /> <br />Mr. Cornacchia noted that he had talked to a representative of Hyundai approximately two <br />months previous, who indicated to him that Hyundai did not object to the recommendations of the <br />planning commissions. <br /> <br />Mr. Cornacchia agreed with Ms. O'Brien's remarks related to connectivity and indicated his <br />strong respect for the O'Briens. He said that he was committed to his recommendation that <br />protection criteria be combined in a single protection criteria so the number of protection criteria <br />was equal to the number of development criteria. He believed that an equal number of protection <br />and development criteria would "level the playing field." Mr. Cornacchia believed it was important <br />to keep in mind the importance of specialized light industrial to the community. He reminded the <br />audience of the poor economic conditions that prevailed in the 1980s and said he would not <br />apologize for being supportive of jobs in the community. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Joint Elected Officials-- February 18, 1998 Page 14 <br /> Eugene City Council/Lane County Board of Commissioners <br /> <br /> <br />