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<br />ATTACHMENT A <br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />Council Chamber—City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br />September 26, 2011 <br />7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Mike Clark, <br />Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka, Pat Farr. <br /> <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the September 26, 2011, regular meeting of the Eugene City <br />Council to order. <br /> <br />1. PUBLIC FORUM <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy reviewed the rules of the Public Forum. <br /> <br />Kristin Taylor <br />, TGB Architects and Planners, 132 East Broadway, Suite 200, represented Guard <br />Publishing, which owned land on Chad Drive currently zoned I-1, Campus Industrial. She supported <br />council initiation of a land use code amendment to revise the I-1 zone to remove the zone’s prohibition on <br />clinics, which was item 2C on the Consent Calendar. Ms. Taylor spoke to the frustration felt by many <br />owners of I-1 property who found it very difficult to develop their land due to the limited allowed uses <br />and restrictive development standards in the zone. She suggested those limitations and restrictions were <br />outdated. Guard Publishing had spent thousands of dollars on land use processes, including going <br />through the City’s planned unit development (PUD) process voluntarily. Four years had passed since the <br />PUD was approved and Guard Publishing was still unable to find a buyer or tenant for its land. She <br />believed the proposed land use code amendment was an excellent opportunity to open up viable sites to <br />development such as the proposed Veterans Administration Clinic and a first step in updating the zone to <br />reflect the current market. <br /> <br />Josef Siekiel-Zdzienicki <br />, 1025 Taylor Street, urged the council to communicate with the public about the <br />potential loss of right-of-way associated with the establishment of transportation corridors. He <br />recommended that the council hold public forums and perhaps even hold a vote. Mr. Siekiel-Zdzienicki <br />said the City had “grand plans” it was not sharing with those most affected. <br /> <br />Mr. Siekiel-Zdzienicki recalled the Free Speech Movement and suggested that the council should keep <br />that movement in mind when considering the Sign Code issues raised by opponents of EMX. <br /> <br />Cynthia Kokis <br />, 2465 Jefferson Street, expressed concern that many Eugene buses did not operate past <br />7:45 p.m., making it more challenging for her to attend evening meetings. She also expressed concern <br />about automobile-pedestrian conflicts and the lack of proper signage at many crosswalks. She suggested <br />that Eugene should work more to be like Ashland, where drivers approached pedestrians more slowly. <br />Ms. Kokis believed that automobiles had top priority in Eugene and it was hazardous to be a pedestrian in <br />Eugene. She suggested pedestrian walk lights were much too short. She advocated for a driver education <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council September 26, 2011 Page 1 <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> <br />
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