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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/08/1984 Meeting (2) ,.... '~ ' M I NUT E S 4It Eugene City Council City Council Chamber October 8, 1984 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Cynthia Wooten, Ruth Bascom, Debra Ehrman, Richard Hansen, Freeman Holmer, Emily Schue, John Ball (7:34- 9:15). COUNCILORS ABSENT: Mayor R. A. "Gus" Keller, Councilor Brian Obie. Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by Council Vice President Cynthia Wooten in the absence of Mayor Gus Keller and City Council President Brian Obie. 1. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Glenwood Jurisdictional Study (memo, background information distributed Ci ty Manager Micheal Gl eason introduced the agenda item. Terry Jones of the Planning Department presented the staff report. She said the Glenwood study was initiated by Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County in 1983. The 4It purpose of the study was to determine which City should provide urban services to Glenwood by annexation. The timing of annexation was not a purpose of the study. The Metropolitan General Plan does not indicate which jurisdiction should provide urban services to Glenwood, but the plan indicates the issue should be settled. The recommendations in the study will help plan capital improvements for Glenwood. The Citizen Advisory Team (CAT) conducted the study and LCOG coordinated it. The team held public hearings and recommended that Eugene provide urban services to the area because of timing and cost. The Glenwood Policy Committee also recommended that Eugene provide urban services. The Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County Planning Commissions concurred with the recommendation which was Alternative 2 in the study. Although the Springfield Planning Commission approved the recommendation that Eugene provide urban services to Glenwood, it indicated two concerns. The first concern was the hope that Springfield citizens will be involved in the refinement planning process for Glenwood so that the area will be an attractive entrance to Springfield. The second concern recognized the fond feeling many Springfield residents have for Glenwood residents. The Spring- fi el d Pl anni ng Commi ss i on hoped Eugene woul d "treat Gl enwood ri ght. II e MINUTES--Eugene City Council Oc tober 8, 1984 P ag e 1 Ms. Jones said the next step will be the development of a refinement plan e for the Glenwood area by the jurisdiction that will deliver services. Two issues that the CAT requested be addressed by the refinement plan are the ability of Glenwood residents to use Willamalane recreational facilities and services and the concern of residents that their properties will be annexed without their consent. The Metropolitan General Plan will have to be amended to reflect the resolu- tion of the Glenwood issue. The amendment will probably be considered during the mid-review process. Mr. Ball had been on the CAT. He said the issues had been tough. He compli- mented the team and the staff for working professionally through the process. Responding to a question from Ms. Ehrman, Ms. Jones said the recreational services issue would involve negotiations between the Eugene Parks & Recrea- tion Department and the Willamalane Board of Directors. There is a precedent for the negotiations. Ms. Wooten opened the public hearing. There being no testimony presented, the public hearing was closed. Mr. Hansen had also served on the CAT and emphasized that the Glenwood Study is a long-range planning effort. It is not an aggresive annexation effort. He said the people of Glenwood will have a system within which to work if Eugene is designated as the provider of services. He complimented the staff e and the many Glenwood citizens who had worked on the study. CB 2780--An ordinance adopting the Glenwood Jurisdictional Study and selecting Alternative 2 of that study. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Ball, that the bill be read the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the City Council, and that enactment be considered at this time. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously, 7:0. Council Bill 2780 was read the second time by council bill number only. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Ball, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote; all councilors present voting aye, the bill was declared passed (and became Ordinance No. 19283). B. Lane County Referral of Metropolitan Plan Amendments (memo, background information distributed City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the agenda item. Terry Jones of the Planning Department presented the staff report. Lane County had initiated a series of amendments to the Metropolitan Plan and referred them to the City for consideration. The changes involved exception areas which surround the urban growth boundary but are within the Metropolitan Plan boundary. The e exception areas are not resource lands. MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 8, 1984 Page 2 Ms. Jones said the Planning staff would like to supplement the findings e from Lane County. Therefore, the staff recommended that the City Council close the public hearing for oral testimony, but allow the record to remain open for written testimony until October 18, 1984. The City Council could continue deliberations on the issue on October 24, 1984. The Eugene Planning Commission had voted 4:0 on October 2 to refer the proposed changes to the City Council. The minutes of the commission meeting were placed at each councilor's place. The Metropolitan Area Plan Advisory Committee (MAPAC) had considered the proposed changes. MAPAC had not recommended the proposed changes because the findings needed to be augmented. It probably will approve the recommendation at its next meeting. The proposed changes in the Metro Plan text involved the creation of a Rural Industrial district and a clarification of the procedure for making changes in land use in the exception areas. The proposed changes in the Metro Plan diagram involved the addition of a Rural Industrial designation in the legend and the designation of the Knight Trucking property at Beacon Drive and Prairie Road as rural industrial. Two proposed changes to the background Exception Working Paper involved the Bloomberg Road area. They were the designation of three tax lots at 30th Avenue and McVay Highway as rural commercial and the inclusion of findings addressing the proposed Emporium expansion. If the findings are accepted, the Emporium property will be desi gnated Rural Industrial. In addition, Lane County referred two proposed zone changes to the City for comment. They were a change of zone for the Starwood Nursery from agricultural to rural commercial and the reduction of the rural commercial zoning in the Bond Kennel exception area. e Ms. Wooten opened the public hearing saying five minutes had been planned for testimony from each side. Dick Miller, 2460 Malabar, asked the City Council for an extension of time to testify. He said the policy of providing enough land for businesses to expand at present sites was the issue. He distributed written testimony to the council and referred to it. Mr. Miller said the Emporium had seven stores when it moved its corporate headquarters to McVay Highway. It now has 13 stores and plans to double that number in five to seven years. Di scussi ng the operations of the Emporium distribution center and the need for expansion, he said the new building will be to the southwest of the existing building and additional parking will be to the southeast. Mr. Mi" er sai d two re si denti al properties that do not now abut commercial or industrial property will abut the Emporium expansion. Four properties on Bloomberg Road currently have ; ndustri al uses. The T-2000 Plan indicates McVay Highway is a corridor. Drainage had been identified as a problem, but it could be solved. The Goshen Fire Department had indicated it had no objection to the proposed expansion. Councilor Wooten said the proponents could take until 8:15 p.m. to present their testimony. The opponents could take an equal amount of time which would be until 8:35 p.m. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 8, 1984 Page 3 Joe Sneddon, 2535 West 22nd Avenue, narrated slides of the Bloomberg Road/ e McVay Highway area. He said the Emporium will buffer its operations from the surrounding area. An average of eight trucks leave the Emporium distribution center each morning and return in the evening. The new building will be in a low area which should make it less objectionable than a higher building to the nei ghbors. Later in the hearing, Mr. Sneddon said the present site of the Emporium headquarters was approved in 1977. The Metro Plan with its designations was not approved until 1979. He said Oregonians want clean industries and the Emporium is a clean industry. It deals with over 250 local suppliers. Twenty-five additional people need to be hired. Parking and other space is needed for them. The company owns three of the five acres needed for the expansion. It will work with the neighbors to be a good neighbor. Bob LaCoss, 1873 Garden Avenue, is a landscape architect. He discussed the effect of the new construction on properties below the site. He said the non-permeable surfaces would be increased, but the water will be collected in the existing 18-inch culvert which goes under 1-5 directly to the river. The off-site drainage probably will be improved. Terry Green, 691 Walnut, is an architect. He said an expansion to the south- west of the existing building will work functionally for the Emporium. The scale can be kept low which will appeal to neighbors. He recommended approval of the request so that the Emporium headquarters will remain in Lane County. Janet Shelby, 33389 Bloomberg Road, opposed the Metro Plan amendments. She e had a dream of building a home on Bloomberg Road. If the amendments are approved, she wondered what other warehouses would be built in the area. Mary Alice Brown, 33481 Bloomberg, opposed the proposed amendment, but she did not want the Emporium corporate headquarters to leave Eugene. She questioned whether the proposed expansion belonged at the present site. In 1977, a Lane County Planning Commissioner said expansion of the Emporium was not an issue. Ms. Brown said there was no need to apply the Rural Industrial designation to property to accommodate the Emporium expansion because there is rural commer- cial property to the south. The neighbors would like to keep the commercial development on McVay Highway. The criteria for the new Rural Industri al designation indicates it is appropriate if it reflects existing patterns of development or commitment to rural lifestyle. Changing rural residential 1 and to rural industrial land will not reflect existing patterns of development. Ms. Brown said it is not possible to say adequate services are available for the expansion because the only thing the Emporium has definitely proposed is an expansion of the parking lot. Discussing the requested exception to Statewide Goal 2, Ms. Brown read special requirements for an exception from OAR 660 -04-022 (3). She said findings for such an exception could not support the Emporium expansion. The urban growth boundary is northeast of the Emporium. The only approach consistent with the statewide goals would be to amend the urban growth boundary to include the Emporium property. Many LUBA and LCDC cases support that conclusion. Ms. Brown said the area needs long-range pl anni ng. She did not want the needs of one business to rush the process so e quickly that the long-range impact of decisions is not understood. MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 8, 1984 Page 4 Joanne Rodin, 33506 Bloomberg, wondered if Troutman Investments was the e same as the Emporium. She said no information had been given about why Troutman Investments needs to take residential property for expansion. She felt everyone1s needs could be met if the process could be slowed down so that options could be considered. Consistency is needed in land use plans so that land owners can rely on them. The Emporium received C-2 zoning in 1974 by indicating offices, not warehouse space, would be built. Th at zoni ng was not correct, she said, because warehouse space was built and warehousing should be zoned Light Industrial. Changing the designation to Rural Industrial woul d not sol ve the probl em bec ause the rural industrial designation is appropriate for egg farms, quarries, or industries that are hazardous. Discussing available services, Ms. Rodin said services outside the urban growth boundary are not adequate for the intensity of the proposed development. She gave details about the Emporium septic system and said the growth of the Emporium had produced a significant off-site impact. Many of the residents living below the Emporium have had to replace their septic systems or their we 11 s. Ms. Rodin said the police service in the neighborhood is not adequate for an industrial development. If the warehouse expands into the residential area and a fire occurs, she does not think the rural fire department will be adequate. Three years ago there was a fire on the Emporium property. The fire fighters went through a neighbor1s back yard. Ms. Rodin advocated following standard land use goals which indicate property should be used to its full potential. She said the existing commercial property could accommodate the expansion. It has a private sewer line. She discussed two other options. Urban services could be brought to the Emporium - property by expansion of the urban growth boundary or the corporate head- quarters could be moved, perhaps to the Bancroft default property in Spring- fi e 1 d. She said approval of the proposed amendments would set a precedent. Jim Hale, 4064 Meredith Court, is chair of MAPAC. He thought MAPAC had not recommended approval of the amendments because a majority of the members felt the inadequate findings would cause serious problems. Concerns expressed in the MAPAC motion which passed were the the lack of findings related to the statewide planning goals, the lack of findings addreSSing the criteria for a Rural Industrial District, and the lack of assurance to the neighbors that the site review suffix would be attached to the zoning.. MAPAC members also felt legislative action, such as approval of the amendments, should apply to more than one property. There being no further testimony, Councilor Wooten closed the public hearing. Jim Farah of the Planning staff said there is a need for detailed findings for the proposed amendments that each jurisdiction can adopt. The Pl anning staff is consulting the LCDC staff about how to address the administrative rule cited by Ms. Brown. Concerning expansion of the urban growth boundary, Mr. Farah said the Emporium is within the Lane Community College Drainage Basin and the expansion issue involves the whole basin. It was discussed during adoption of the Metro General Plan. The urban growth boundary is almost a mile to the north of the Emporium on that side of the Willamette River and across the river on the other side. It would be difficult to e MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 8, 1984 Page 5 extend urban services to the property. The three involved jurisdictions are cooperating in developing the findings which will be presented to the e City Council on October 24. The findings will balance the issues. Councilor Schue was concerned about the Bloomberg Road area. She wondered how much property the Emporium owns and what its future plans are. Mr. Farah did not know about future plans, but he said the proposals did not involve an expansion of the exception area. The exception boundary will remain the same. The findings which the City Council will consider will set a direction for future development in the area. Councilor Wooten said written testimony would be accepted until October 18. The City Council will take final action on October 24. II. ORDINANCE CONCERNING SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION ON SORREL WAY (memo, ordinance attached to agenda; minutes and findings distributed) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the agenda item. Bert Teitzel, City Engineer, presented the staff report. The request for sidewalks on Sorrel Way from Roan Drive to Co burg Road was presented to the City by the neighborhood group in 1983. This area was given a high priority when the City Council adopted the sidewalks be constructed. The code requires initiation of sidewalk projects by ordinance. After City Council action, the City will ask property owners to construct sidewalks before a deadline. If the owners do not construct the sidewalks, the City will request bids, hold another public hearing, and construct the sidewalks, if approved. e Mr. Holmer pointed out the ordinance indicated property owners had until July 15, 1984, to construct sidewalks. Mr. Teitzel said the matter had first been scheduled for City Council consideration in the summer. The code allowed 20 days for property owners to construct sidewalks, but he suggested the date be changed to April or May 1985. Answering questions from Mr. Hansen, Mr. Teitzel said Sorrel Way from Rustic Place to Road Street is not a high priority by the City and the school district had not commented on the project. The City had simply responded to a request from the neighborhood group. The area is in Mr. Hansen's ward. He was con- cerned about a process that could be initiated by a request and, apparently, not stopped. The residents had indicated they do not want the sidewalks. He thought the City's sidewalk program should be reconsidered. Many other areas without sidewalks should have a higher priority than the Sorrel Way neighbor- hood from a safety or a transportation standpoint. It is not the main thoroughfare to the schools. Responding to a question from Ms. Schue, Mr. Teitzel said the Sidewalk Plan indicates sidewalks are needed on Sorrel Way from Co burg Road to Rustic Place. Mr. Holmer said the City Council had not fully discussed the Sidewalk Plan since he had been a councilor. He wondered if the City Council still agreed with the priorities. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 8, 1984 Page 6 Ms. Ehrman pointed out 32 percent of the people who objected to the project e had sidewalks. She also had not heard the Sidewalk Plan fully discussed, but she would support the project because a public hearing had been held and the findings recommended it. Mr. Hansen reiterated his concern about the process. Apparently a neighbor- hood group could request sidewalks in the whole neighborhood and, if property owners did not construct them, the City would construct them. He wanted to review priority areas and what triggers City construction of sidewalks. Mr. Hansen moved, seconded by Mr. Ball, to table consideration of sidewalk construction on Sorrel Way for a month until the City Council has a clear understanding of what triggers the construction of pedestrian walkways. Ms. Schue pointed out the City must have requests from 50 percent of the property ownership before street paving projects are initiated unless there is a special need. Answering her request for information, Mr. Teitzel said sidewalks are required in the City when new construction is valued at $5,000 or more. However, the Sorrel Way area was developed before annexation and sidewalks were not required. The code provides for City Council consideration of sidewalk requests in such areas. Another code provision requires that . the City Engineer ask the City Council to initiate sidewalk construction if there are sidewalks on more than 50 percent of the block. Because Sorrel Way is a collector street that feeds into Coburg Road, Ms. Bascom thought it is important to have sidewalks along it. She said the e City policy is to have sidewalks and the necessary process had been followed. She would support the request. Restating his motion, Mr. Hansen moved to table consideration of sidewalk construction on Sorrel Way until November 14 so that a committee could be formed to make a recommendation concerning the triggering of sidewalk con- struction in the community on a demand basis. Mr. Ball accepted the restated motion. The motion failed, 2:5, with Councilors Hansen and Holmer voting aye; Councilors Wooten, Bascom, Ehrman, Schue, and Ball voting nay. Ms. Schue said she had voted against the motion because it came tied to a specific request. She suggested the City Council schedule consideration of the City's sidewalk policies. Responding to a suggestion from Ms. Wooten, Mr. Gleason said consideration of the sidewalk policies would be scheduled for November 14. CB 2779--An ordinance concerning the Sorrel Way sidewalk project; adopting findings; and declaring an emergency. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Ball, that the bill be read the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the City Council, and that enactment be considered at this e time. MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 8, 1984 Page 7 \ Mr. Sercombe pointed out the dates in Section 0 and Section 2 in the proposed - ordinance would be changed from July 15, 1984, to May 1, 1985. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously 7:0. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Ball, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote; the motion carried, 6:1, with Councilors Wooten, Bascom, Ball, Ehrman, Holmer, and Schue voting aye; Councilor Hansen voting nay; the bill was declared passed (and became Ordinance No. 19284). II I. NOMINATIONS TO SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL (memo, ordinance, background information distributed) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the agenda item. Lee Beyer of the Eugene Development Department presented the staff report. He sa i d the nominations before the City Council and the changes in the ordinance were the first step of the intergovernmental agreement signed last August with Lane County and Springfield. The agreement created the Southern Willamette Private Industry Council (SWPIC). The SWPIC will replace the Eugene Private Industry Council. The SWPIC will have 22 members. Each government will appoint four business representatives and one government official. The two mayors and the chairman of the Lane County Board of Commissioners will jointly appoint seven agency posi ti ons. Federal law specifies the nomination process. As Eugene's busi- e ness appointments, Mayor Keller nominated Renee Haake, Sandra Rolene, Chris Pryor, and Jim Stephenson. As the elected official appointment, he nominated Brian Obie. After the representative are appointed, the SWPIC will outline a working agreement to merge the Lane County and the Eugene program. City Council action would appoint the four business representatives and the one elected official, ratify the seven agency appointments, and adopt an ordinance which would add SWPIC to the City's list of boards and commissions and end the Eugene Private Industry Council after January 1, 1985. Councilor Ball noted that two of the applicants were not residents of the city of Eugene. Mr. Gleason said the code provides for appointment of people who live outside the city limits under certain circumstances. Because three jurisdictions are involved in SWPIC, duplicate appointments had to be avoided. CB 2781--An ordinance concerning the Southern Willamette Private Industry Council under the Job Training Partnership Act (Public Law 97-300); amending Section 2.013 of the Eugene Code, 1971; repealing Sections 2.137, 2.139, and 2.141 of that code; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council Oc tober 8, 1984 Page 8 Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Ball, to appoint the Mayor's nominations to the Southern Willamette Private Industry Council, . confirm the agency appointments, and that the bill be read the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the City Council, and that enactment be considered at this time. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously, 7:0. Council Bill 2781 was read the second time by council bill number only. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Ball, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote; all councilors present voting aye, the bill was declared passed (and became Ordinance No. 19285). IV. HEARINGS OFFICIAL REPORT AND FINDINGS/LEVYING ASSESSMENTS (memo distributed) A. Adoption of Hearings Official Report and Findings (report, findings distributed) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the agenda item. He recommended the City Council adopt the Hearings Official findings by motion and then levy the assessments by council bill. Bert Teitzel, City Engineer, was available to answer questions. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Ball, to approve the Hearings Official report and findings concerning the hearing held October e 1, 1984. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously, 7:0. B. Levying Assessments CB 2782--An ordinance levying assessments for paving and side- walks on Roosevelt Boulevard from Highway 99 to Garfield Street (#83-18) (845). CB 2783--An ordinance levying assessments for sanitary sewer in Bertelsen Road from 300 feet south of 18th Avenue to Bailey Hill Road (#84-28) (1922). Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Ball, that the bills be read the second time by council bill numbers only, with unanimous consent of the City C~uncil, and that enactment be considered at this time. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously, 7:0. Council Bills 2782 and 2783 were read the second time by council bill numbers only. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Ball, that the bills be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote; all councilors present voting aye, the bills were declared passed (and became Ordinance No. 19286, CB 2782; and Ordinance No. 19287, CB 2783). e MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 8, 1984 Page 9 V. MAYOR'S NOMINATION TO INTERIM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (memo, e background information distributed City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the agenda item. Council or Wooten said the Mayor's nomination to the Interim Community Development Committee was Ruben Sholander, 2236 Floral Hill Drive. Mr. Sholander would replace Don Jacobs. The term expires April 23, 1985. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Ball, to appoint Ruben Sholander to the Interim Community Development Committee. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously, 7:0. Ms. Ehrman pointed out two of the applicants are on the Downtown Commission. VI. ITEM FROM COUNCILOR BASCOM Reporting on a request made at the City Council's Goals Session, Ms. Bascom said the Eugene Water & Electric Board of Directors would be interested in a tour and dinner on October 26. Ms. Wooten noted she thought the City Council had requested a tour and social hour. It was decided that Ms. Bascom will work with Mr. Gleason on the arrangements. The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m. to October 15, 1984. e ~y SUbm~t~ ./ ~.:':"7 r?~_ Micheal D. Gleason City Manager (Recorded by Betty Lou Rarick) BLR:db/CM23a1 . MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 8, 1984 Page 10