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M I NUT E S
EUGENE CITY COUNCIL
February 25, 1980
Adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called
to order by His Honor Mayor Gus Keller at 7:30 p.m., February 25, 1980, with
the following Councilors present: Betty Smith, Scott Lieuallen, D. W. Hamel,
Eric Haws, Gretchen Miller, Brian Obie, and Emily Schue. Councilor Jack Delay
was absent.
I. INTRODUCTION OF STUDENTS WHO WILL BE GOING TO KAKEGAWA THIS SPRING
Mayor Keller introduced the group of students who are forming the youth
delegation that will leave on April 29 to go to Kakegawa, Japan, Eugene's
sister city. He thanked them for coming.
II.
DOWNTOWN EMPLOYEES' PETITION REQUEST REGARDING
DOWNTOWN PARKING PROGRAM (Information Distributed)
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Mr. Henry stated that representatives from a downtown employees' group
wished to testify regarding the Downtown Parking Program. The Council
enacted several new amendments which were passed regarding parking fees
and violations. These actions were directed at improving the parking
program and this was reviewed by the Downtown Development Board. A
hearing was held in January and the program amendments went into effect
in February. Mr. Henry introduced Duane Bischoff, Parking Administrator,
Jim Hanks, Traffic Engineer, and Navarre Davis from the Downtown Develop-
ment Board. Mr. Henry stated it is the staff recommendation that this
matter be referred to the Downtown Development Board.
Public hearing was opened.
Speaking in favor of the petition:
Nita Robertson, 825 East Park, stated that there is a large group of
downtown employees who are unhappy in this matter. Her three major
objections to the current Downtown Parking Program were that there'is a
lack of available permits in the current parking areas, there should be an
increase in the number of parking permits and metered lots, and that they
had been provided with unworkable and unusable alternatives. She further
stated there are many employees who do not live on or near a Lane Transit
District route and that the current shuttle system which has been provided
by the City is not a workable solution for many people. She made the
following recommendations: 1) keep the free parking but place a two-hour
time limit per space; 2) better busing--some of the money taken from the
City's budget to police parking could be put to work helping LTD develop
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. better routes; 3) security for parking garages; 4) temporary permits for
undersold lots; 5) reasonable rates for available space; and 6) reasonable
fines for parking violations without having parking control officers ~
following employees into their place of business or to have personnel from
Diamond Parking follow them to their place of work. She further stated
that although others driving cars of downtown employees are not supposed
. to be issued citations, if the parking control officers are unable to
contact them at work they put a citation on the car without determining
who the driver is; then the employee must post bail and take time off from
work to appear in court on the citation. She felt that the Downtown
Development Board does not address the employees' needs but their own
self-interests, and that the Downtown Development District and DDB should
be abolished. She questioned why the City felt they had to have control
over parking. She stated if the City Council is not willing to act
. on this matter it must be prepared to accept the consequences.
William Ikeda, 4030 Patterson, stated that the parking fee increases are
his most immediate concern, but there are other issues involved, such as
the $426,000 in enforcement costs which are not cost-effective in compar-
ison with the approximately $35,000 in generated revenue. He further
stated he felt the parking program is being mismanaged and questioned
items in the budget regarding the mall cover, the rain project, and
other items. Mr. Ikeda's final comment was that he felt a citizens'
committee should review this issue and make recommendations to the City
Council for parking for all working in the district.
There being no further testimony presented, the public hearing was closed.
Ms. Schue asked for clarification regarding the figures that had been
presented by Mr. Ikeda. Mr. Bischoff stated that the income of approxi-
mately $100,000 generated from downtown parking is primarily from the
downtown lots and from the Overpark, and covers enforcement costs but
not all the lease payments.
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Ms. Smith stated she is concerned with the assertion that the Downtown
Development Board is not responsive to the needs of the downtown employees
since they appear to not be supportive of this program. She also stated
she did not feel the Council could make a decision without additional
information, and she would like to know exactly what could be done to work
with the citizens' group.
Navarre Davis, Downtown Development Board, stated they are trying to work
out a program that is best for all. He further stated that some of the
information in prior testimony was not correct and suggested that any
interested citizens or employees should attend the DDB meetings. Perhaps
this way they could help determine how to divide 128 spaces among all
downtown employees. He also stated that he would like members of the
citizens' group to work with them and the DDB would listen to their
concerns regarding parking and also it would provide an opportunity to
clarify some misinformation. He further stated that private enterprise
could not work out a program for parking such as this unless they charged
$60-$70 a month for the same services. Ms. Smith stated she hoped the DDB
would talk with the employees.
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Ms. Miller stated that the most serious charge against the Downtown
Development Board is that they are not responsive to the employees and
the general citizenry. She expressed hope that employees would attend
DDB meetings and insist on working with them. She also stated she does
not know why there are no employees on the DDB; economic development is
of interest to everyone. She asked two questions: 1) what do private
lots charge; and 2) what is the enforcement process. Mr. Bischoff
responded that the charges for private lots depend upon how close the lots
are to the downtown core and that right now they are rather scarce. He
further noted that prices are increasing at about the same rate as those
through the Downtown Development District. Regarding enforcement, Mr.
Bischoff stated that all employees are required to turn in their names and
vehicle license numbers which are then entered into the computer and they
attempt to determine who is using a lot or a space improperly. Once they
determine that a vehicle is abusing a free space, then they must determine
who is driving that vehicle.
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Ms. Miller then asked how long the waiting list is to get into one of
these City-controlled lots and Mr. Bischoff responded that until December,
at least for the Overpark, there was no list. The quota was removed from
that facility. He further noted that some lots have waiting lists but
they are outside the Downtown Development District. These waiting lists
can be up to two years or as short as 30 days.
Mr. Haws noted agreement with Ms. Smith's concerns and further stated he
did not know until recently that there was a problem. He suggested
sending this group to the Downtown Development Board to see if they
are unresponsive.
Ms. Robertson noted that there are private enterprise lots which have no
waiting lists; she uses one which costs $15 that is only two blocks from
where she works.
Mayor Keller noted that the downtown core area has different problems than
other areas. They need customer parking, which he congratulated the DDB
for providing, and employee parking. He did note that he is concerned
that they might destroy what they have tried so hard to improve. Mayor
Keller further noted this item has had legal challenges and it is his hope
that the employees' group and the DDB will meet and work together. He
further noted that the boycott of downtown merchants that the downtown
employees had held was successful. He also stated the DDB had given a lot
of time and energy to this situation and expressed hope that it would be
he 1 pfu 1 .
Mr. Ikeda asked about the boundaries of the Downtown Development District.
Mayor Keller responded that there has been a good deal of lobbying trying
to extend the boundaries of the Downtown Development District and this is
an item they might review. Mr. Ikeda further noted that it seemed as
though the parking program is quite a cost to the district.
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i Mr. Hamel felt the proposals presented by the group were very good and
that the OOB should listen to the proposals. He also encouraged the
: emp 1 oyees I group to go to the DDB. tit
Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, to refer the employees'
concerns regarding the Downtown Parking Program to the Downtown
Development Board. Roll call vote; motion carried unanimously.
III. MAHLON SWEET FIELD MASTER PLAN UPDATE (Memo Distributed)
Mr. Henry indicated that this resolution is to approve and accept the
amended Airport Master Plan for Mahlon Sweet Field and would repeal any
resolutions in conflict. He further stated that the matter had been heard
at a public hearing two weeks ago and that staff had put together addi-
tional information and a memo regarding possible amendments had been
distributed. The three amendments could be incorporated into the Master
Plan Update and the resolution has been amended. Manager introduced Bob
Shelby, Director of Aviation, to discuss the amendments and indicated that
Mr. Talbot was present if there were further questions.
Bob Shelby stated that the staff had addressed questions which surfaced at
the February 11 public hearing and that the memo that had been distributed
addressed those concerns. The first concern dealt with land use designa-
tions on property surrounding the airport and he stated that the plan
contained a list of the types of uses that are functionally compatible
I with airports, but that it is not a list of recommended uses for land
surrounding Mahlon Sweet Field. He further stated the recommendations ...
make no reference to specific uses or land use designations as this was ,.,
beyond the scope of the report. The second concern he addressed was the
closure of Greenhill Road. He stated that any change in the alignment of
Greenhill Road would require specific approval and action by Lane County;
no closure of Greenhill Road would occur without rerouting this road. The
third concern which he addressed was the potential effect of a fuel
shortage on airport operations. He stated that although any forecasts
regarding fuel availability or pricing are generalized, during the short-
age of the 1970's, the experience was that the demand for commercial
aviation services grew. He further stated that Lane Transit District is
currently doing a study to determine if there is sufficient demand for bus
service to the airport.
Stan Long, City Attorney, in response to questions, stated the following
concerns: If the plan is a land use planning document, does it adhere to
State land use goals; whether or not to reopen the public hearing; and/or
whether to adopt the findings, especially in regard to agriculture. He
noted the chance was taken of advertising this as a public hearing in
hopes that it would be reopened. Mayor Keller asked for clarification if
another public hearing should be held and, if so, if a full report would
be necessary. Mr. Long stated it would be fair to open it to comments for
people to speak to additional findings.
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Public hearing was opened.
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Speaking against the Airport Master Plan Update:
Vernon Gleaves, 975 Oak Street, identified himself as an attorney repre-
senting Mr. Drake, the property owner at the corner of Greenhill and
Airport roads. Mr. Gleaves stated that the original notice of tonight's
meeting did not appear in the February 18 newspaper, but did appear on
February 19 and 20. This gave the public four days prior to the hearing
and he submitted that this was an inadequate amount of time to prepare to
attend a public hearing. Mr. Gleaves recommended that the update be
amended so that it stated that all land within the vicinity of the airport
be included, not just City-owned land. He further stated that if this is
adopted, the Council would be adopting a land use plan and they would be
performing land use action. He further stated there is no mention any-
where of attempts to apply the State land use goals. He stated that the
memo presented by Bob Shelby fails to recognize County involvement in the
airport development. Discussions with the County ought to be part of the
process as rerouting or closure of Greenhill cannot be done without the
County either. He added that the plan is defective and the amendments do
nothing to correct the problems.
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Mr. Shelby noted that in this particular matter Lane County, not the City
Council, has jurisdiction and final authority to make decisions regarding
land use planning. He further stated that this should be a cooperative
project between the Council and the Lane County Commissioners.
Michael Farthing, 975 Oak Street, stated that he represented the Shephards,
who own Bond Sports Center. He showed a map of the location of the
proposed general aviation runway, and the location of the Bond Sports
Center, which consists primarily of softball fields. He further stated
that the Bond Sports Center serves a great many people who play softball
and if this private company were forced to close down because of the
airport, it would then be the responsibility of the City to provide
softball programs for the people who are currently patrons of Bond Sports
Center. He stated that he was not sure why the City objected to Bond
Fields being located where they are, since most accidents occur one to two
miles from the end of the runway, which would put Shasta Ballfields, owned
by the City, much closer to the end of the runway. He further stated
there had been no problems last year in operation of this sports center
and that they do not expect any problems in the future. Mr. Farthing
continued by stating that even if the Metro Plan Update is adopted and
land is zoned EFU, that would still allow softball fields as a permissible
activity within that zoning. Mr. Farthing stated that he felt Lane County
should approve the update. He noted additional objections in regard to
the closure of Greenhill Road that citizens' participation, which is Goal
1 of LCDC, had been violated; that Goal 12 states that uses such as the
airport could not be on Classes 1 and 2 soils unless all other alterna-
tives had been checked out. He further stated that the Council should
examine what is really going on out there and see if the Bond Sports
Center is filling a need.
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'There being no further testimony presented, the public hearing was closed.
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Mayor Keller called for a recess.
Mr. Haws left during the break.
Mr. Long stated that he believes that the Master Plan is only that, a
master plan. He further noted that the suggestion is that the Council
,cannot adopt this plan and that the arguments seemed to be circular. He
indicated that if this is viewed by some as a land use action then an
acceptable process of adopting an exception to LCDC's goals has to be
I followed. He further stated this is not a rezoning action; it is in
response to Federal regulations, and if anything, it is a refinement
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Gary Chenkin stated the 1990 Plan had been adopted in 1972 and did include
, acknowledgment of the Airport Master Plan then being prepared. The
Airport Plan now under consideration is an updated refinement of the
1990 Plan. He further stated that there are many items to be considered
regarding specific off-airport uses and these should be included in the
Metro Plan Update process. He emphasized that specific off-airport land
uses are not currently under consideration in this adoption process. He
felt adoption of the Airport Plan need not be delayed until acceptance of
the Metro Plan Update. In response to the adequacy of the notice, he
stated he had checked with LCDC staff and received information that the
notice should be published in the paper with general circulation as soon
as it was realized an exception may be considered. He further noted there
was no request for any specific length of time for running this notice in ~
the paper and that it was published within their usual 15- to 5-day
guideline for hearings. It did appear in Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
nights' Register-Guard. He further stated that individual notices had
been mailed to people who had testified at the last hearing.
Mr. Obie asked for clarification regarding the staff recommendations based
on the comments made at the last hearing. He desired additional informa-
tion regarding the location of private aircraft runways and stated he was
not aware of the letter from Mr. Henry regarding the ball fields, but that
he would look favorably toward continuation of that activity. He further
stated he heard Mr. Gleaves saying one thing and the amendment saying
another; at least as it is written in the memo. He did not understand.
Mr. Shelby noted that in 1972, six alternative locations were considered
for the parallel runway and three factors were considered in looking at
each of them. Those factors were cost, environmental impact, and capa-
city. He stated that because of environmental concerns, very few new
airports are being built. He further stated that there is a difference in
cost for the chosen runway which would make it cost about $50,000 less
annually in operations. He further noted that the airspace capacity will
become saturated if it continues at the current rate in about three-and-
one-half years. He further stated that even if additional airports are
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built in the area, there still needs to be adequate provlslon for training
and licensing of new pilots. He also noted that the suggestion is not
being made at this time that the new runway be equipped for instrument
landing, but if that need should occur the easterly location does allow
this. He emphasized that the selection of this location was not an
arbitrary decision.
Mr. Chenkin noted that two separate geographical areas are discussed in
this plan: off-airport (environs) and the airport itself. He stated that
the layout plan in the report (plan) includes publicly owned land.
However, he did note that the report contains references to treatment of
off-airport land, but does not give specific uses for off-airport land
except to state that they should be compatible with the airport operation.
It stops short of a specific listing of what land uses are but indicates
that this should be considered in the Metro Plan Update process due to its
importance.
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Mr. Long stated the City is "owner" of the airport. As sponsor, owner, or
operator, the Council is entitled to come to its own conclusions as to
what it thinks decisions for the airport should be. However, to implement
these decisions, they will need to go through the approved process and
appropriate arenas, such as the Metropolitan Plan Update for off-airport
uses, etc. Mr. Long further stated that the Council should be adopting
the plan as sponsors of the airport.
Ms. Miller stated that the ball field issue was not on the agenda for
tonight, but felt it should be brought up at a future Council meeting and
dealt with at that time. She further stated that she agreed with Mr.
Gleaves that off-airport land uses should be worked out cooperatively
between the City and County. She added that provisions for things such as
airport maintenance, expansion, and operation were to be resolved as far
as approving a plan tonight. In reference to land uses on the airport,
she felt that the land owned by the City should be changed from agricultural
to non-agricultural only by using the same criteria which would be applied
to anyone else. She further stated that the City's land should be used
for airport-related purposes. Also, she stated that she understood that
approval of the plan does not include any approval of specific non-airport-
related uses. She stated that any non-airport-re1ated proposed uses on
the airport would have to come back to the Council for further considera-
tion at another time and that they were not a part of this update, nor
part of this plan.
Res. No. 3308--A resolution approving and accepting the amended Airport
Master Plan for the Mahlon Sweet Field and repealing any
resolutions in conflict.
Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, to adopt the resolu-
tion and incorporate it into the Airport Master Plan. Roll call
vote; motion carried unanimously.
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IV. I ORDINANCES FOR SECOND READING
I A. Levying Assessments
The following council bill, read the first time
February 11, 1980, referred to the February 18, 1980, Hearings
Panel, and brought back for Council consideration to levy assess-
ment as proposed. There were no appeals.
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CB 2075--Levying assessments for paving, sanitary sewer, storm sewer,
and pedestrian way for Clarey Plat and Clarey First Addition
(78-27)
Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, that the bill be
approved and given final passage. Roll call vote. All Councilors
present voted aye. The bill was declared passed and numbered
18583.
The fOllowing council bill, read the first time January 30, 1980,
referred to the February 4, 1980, Hearings Panel, held over, referred
to Hearings Panel February 18, 1980, was brought back for Council
consideration to levy assessment as proposed. There were no appeals.
CB 2066--Levying assessments for paving, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer
to serve White Oak Heights Subdivision, and sanitary sewer within
160 feet of the west boundary of White Oak Heights (79-11)
Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, that the bill be ~
approved and given final passage. Roll call vote. All Councilors
present voted aye. The bill was declared passed and numbered
18584.
The ;ollowing council bill, read the first time November 21, 1979, as
CB 2025 and had first reading again as CB 2054, January 16, 1980,
was referred to January 21, 1980, Hearings Panel, and held over,
referred to February 18, 1980, Hearings Panel, was being brought back
for Council consideration to levy assessment as proposed. There were
no appeals.
CB 2054--Levying assessments for paving, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer
to serve First Addition to Sweetbriar Subdivision; sanitary
sewer to serve area within 160 feet of the east boundary of First
Addition to Sweetbriar Subdivision; sanitary sewer and storm
sewer within Sweetbriar Subdivision; and sanitary sewer to serve
area within 160 feet of the southeast boundary of Sweetbriar
Subdivision; and storm sewer to serve Tom's Plat (78-52)
Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, that the bill be
approved and given final passage. Roll call vote. All Councilors
present voted aye. The bill was declared passed and numbered
18585.
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v. ADOPTION OF FINDINGS OF FACT (Attached)
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A. Mr. Henry stated that this matter is an adoption of findings of fact
of an appeal from the decision of the Zoning Board of Appeals to grant
a variance from the off-street parking requirement for properties at
861, 865, and 873 Willamette Street. He stated that the Zoning Code
Board of Appeals, at the request of the Eugene Renewal Agency, approved
the variance. This was appealed to the Council and the Hearings Panel
upheld the appeal.
Mayor Keller indicated that there was a request from someone in the
audience who wished to speak on this matter. Mr. Henry indicated that
it would require a two-thirds vote of the Council for this to be allowed.
Mr. Obie said he would speak in favor of holding a hearing on this
matter. Two bodies within the City have disagreed, the Hearings Panel
and the Zoning Board of Appeals. This issue, the relation of parking
and downtown housing, is critical in achieving the objectives of down-
town housing. In his opinion, the more input on this matter the
better.
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Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, that this be opened to
public hearing.
Mayor Keller asked for clarification if it was Mr. Obie's desire to
allow the one speaker who had indicated an interest in speaking on
this issue to speak, or to open the issue to public hearing at another
time. Mr. Obie stated that if a public hearing was going to be held,
it should be held at another time.
Ms. Schue stated that although she had no objection to hearing what
people had to say on this issue, it seemed to be clear-cut and involving
only six parking spaces. She noted that the Council would be dealing
with a request for variance for six cars and indicated that a policy
does need-to be established for this sort of matter. Ms. Schue and
Mr. Lieuallen both thought it would be unfortunate to set the policy
by this one case, however. Mr. Lieuallen noted agreement with Ms.
Schue but further stated there are a lot of people interested in this
issue, as the issue includes housing and transportation, as well as
parking. He further stated he could not support reopening the hearing.
Ms. Miller stated that she doubted if another hearing on this one case
would add a lot of additional information and felt a public hearing on
the entire issue of what the relationship should be between downtown
parking and housing, and how to deal with those matters would be more
beneficial. However, she would listen to any people who had come to
this meeting, but felt the decision should be made on this particular
case at this particular meeting.
Tom Slocum, 2125 Fairmount Boulevard, stated that Park Willamette
Associates do not wlsh another public hearing on this matter.
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Mayor Keller indicated that a motion was on the floor and this motion
would be to call for another public hearing at a future date.
Roll call vote; motion failed, 4:2, with Councilors Lieuallen,
Hamel, Miller, and Schue voting nay; Councilors Obie and Smith
voting aye.
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Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, to allow the people present
at the meeting to speak for two minutes each regarding this
matter. Roll call vote; motion carried unanimously.
Tom Slocum, a partner in Park Willamette Associates, with offices at
215 Oak, stated that his firm had proposed to put housing downtown to
benefit Eugene and needed to have a variance granted in order to be
able to do this. The Zoning Board of Appeals granted this variance,
but this variance was appealed by several parties. He further stated
that because of comments made by the Hearings Panel, he felt any
future efforts for appeal would be futile. Mr. Slocum felt it was
unfortunate that this appeal for a variance was not upheld and what
would have been housing in the downtown area now will be offices.
LaVerne Edwards, 1260 President, stated that in the first hearing it
was apparent to her that Jim Hanks, Traffic Engineer, was opposed to
this plan. In the goals formulated last September, it was stated that
downtown housing would be ideal for the handicapped, but she noted
that parking would be needed for these people. She further stated
that the Urban Renewal Plan says that the proposed action would not
result in a shortage of off-street parking. She further stated that ~
there are many reasons present on both sides for consideration on this ~
matter.
Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, to approve the Hearings
Panel minutes and adopt as the Council's own the Findings of Fact
submitted by the Hearings Panel of February 4, 1980.
Mr. Obie asked how many parking spaces they would need to provide if
it would be six small businesses. The response was 25.
Ms. Smith indicated she would be voting against the motion; however,
she would like the Council to look at other options at a future date.
Mr. Lieuallen stated that the proper forum for dealing with this reso-
lution would be in a joint meeting with the Eugene Renewal Agency and
that piecemealing this matter would not be a good idea. He further
stated that everyone wanted to create housing in the downtown area, but
people were opposed to the mechanism of policymaking in this instance,
and he felt that they should try to formulate a policy on this matter
in a comprehensive fashion. Ms. Schue expressed agreement with Mr.
Lieuallen and felt it was unfortunate that this issue revolved around
downtown housing. She further stated that this plan was not one that
required adjustments for parking, but that the plan had made no provi-
sions for parking at all. She also felt that this would be setting a
precedent which have a long-term effect that would be inappropriate.
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Mr. Obie urged the Council members to vote against the motion. He
stated he does not have enough information to make a decision on this
matter. He further stated he feels that piecemealing, taking each
issue as it comes up, might be the answer. He also said that the
Council would need to break through some of the past hurdles and move
into unfamiliar areas. He said th~t if this variance were allowed, it
would not be a commitment to anything beyond the six units in the
variance request.
Mayor Keller asked for clarification from Mr. Obie if it was the size
of the units that they were dealing with which was the real concern.
Mr. Obie stated he would be more concerned if this request for a
variance would be dealing with 300 units. Mayor Keller noted that
everyone is working for the same thing and it seems the Council could
get together on common ground on this matter. He would prefer to have
staff make a report for resolution of this issue. He noted that the
six units and their location are critical. Mr. Obie stated that he
would like additional information before he would be willing to
approve th is.
Ms. Smith noted that she would like to see if other options are avail-
able to be presented to the Council for accommodating the parking for
these six units. She also stated she feels the Council has the oppor-
tunity to start with six units, rather than deny this opportunity.
Ms. Schue noted that all the Council is dealing with is the appeal
from the Zoning Board decision for the proposed variance and that is
why it is a difficult forum in which to reach a decision on this issue.
Roll call vote; motion passed 4:2, with Councilors Obie and Smith
voting nay; Councilors Lieuallen, Hamel, Miller, and Schue voting
aye.
VI.
ADOPTION OF HEARINGS PANEL MINUTES, JANUARY 30, 1980 (Attached)
Manager Henry stated that these minutes were from a Hearings Panel meeting
considering an exemption from Ordinance No. 18535 for property located
at 1313 Lincoln Street, submitted by Willamette Towers Enterprises,
Inc., on the basis that this would have a minimum adverse effect in
the condominium conversion process. He further stated that the owners
have withdrawn all their litigation. He also said that the City had
hired a housing counselor to assist the residents of Willamette Towers in
relocating; this consultant's wages will be paid by Willamette Towers
Enterprises, Inc.
Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, to approve the
Hearings Panel minutes and adopt as the Council's own the Findings
of Fact as set forth in the minutes of January 30, 1980. Roll
call vote; motion carried unanimously.
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VIr.
PAYMENT OF BILLS AND CLAIMS
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Res. No. 3314--Authorizing payment of bills and claims for the period
February 11, 1980, through February 25, 1980.
Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Lieuallen, to adopt the
resolution.
Ms. Miller asked why the City is buying an organ. Mr. Henry indicated
that this will be a part of the Performing Arts Center. This organ will
be built in Springfield and this is the only place in the country where
this kind of organ is built. He further noted that the organ builder
works on a four-year cycle, building certain kinds of organs in certain
years, and the kind that the City needs is being built this year.
Roll call vote; motion carried unanimously.
The meeting adjourned to February 27, 1980.
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Charles T. Henry ~
City Manager
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