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SUMMARY MINUTES Regular Meeting Eugene Planning Commission Sloat Room—Atrium Building—99 West 10th Avenue October 22, 2007 11:30 a.m. PRESENT: Rick Duncan, President; Randy Hledik, Vice President; Jon Belcher, member; Phillip Carroll, Ann Kneeland, John Lawless, Anthony McCown, members; Lisa Gardner, Steve Nystrom, Kurt Yeiter, Planning and Development Department. ABSENT: Mike Sullivan, ex officio. PUBLIC COMMENT I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES April 16, May 21, and June 18, 25, 26, 27, 2007 Mr. Lawless, seconded by Mr. Hledik, moved that the April 16, May 21, and June 18, 25, and 26, 2007 minutes be approved as submitted, and that the June 27, 2007 minutes be approved as corrected. The motion passed unanimously, 7:0. II. PREPARATION FOR JOINT MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL: PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PROGRAM Staff: Lisa Gardner, 682-5208 III. ITEMS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF A. Other Items from Staff B. Other Items from Commission MINUTES—Eugene Planning Commission October 22, 2007 Page 1  MINUTES Regular Meeting Eugene Planning Commission Sloat Room—Atrium Building—99 West 10th Avenue October 22, 2007 11:30 a.m. PRESENT: Rick Duncan, President; Randy Hledik, Vice President; Jon Belcher, Phillip Carroll, Ann Kneeland, John Lawless, Anthony McCown, members; Lisa Gardner, Steve Nystrom, Kurt Yeiter, Planning and Development Department. Others ABSENT: Mike Sullivan, ex officio. Mr. Duncan convened the meeting of the Eugene Planning Commission. PUBLIC COMMENT Zachary Vishanoff, a resident of Patterson Street, distributed a handout entitled Shadow falls on condo market. Some of the people involved in condominium development in Portland, where the condo market was collapsing were involved in the University of Oregon (UO) arena project. He expressed frustration that many City of Eugene refinement plans were outdated. I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES April 16, May 21, and June 18, 25, 26, 2007—no changes. June 27, 2007—Page 8, paragraph 6, should read: Mr. Hledik said noted that this was a long established use, in place probably prior to the adoption of Goal 5 Sand and Gravel OAR, and there was no 1,500 foot maximum established, as established by a June 30, 2006 from DLCD, in which the agency acknowledged it had erred. The DLCD letter of September 13, 2006 implied continued belief there was a potential impact on an undesignated, unspecified impact area. He said OAR 660-0123-0180(5)(b) should be of concern, pertaining to uses that were sensitive to noise, dust or other discharges, and asked if the term sensitive was particularly applicable to a hospital use. Furthermore, OAR 660-0123-0180(5)(a) identified the impact on local roads used for access and egress to the mining site which posed another concerning under that OAR. Mr. Lawless, seconded by Mr. Hledik, moved that the April 16, May 21, and June 18, 25, and 26, 2007 minutes be approved as submitted, and that the June 27, 2007 minutes be approved as corrected. The motion passed unanimously, 7:0. II. PREPARATION FOR JOINT MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL: PLANNING MINUTES—Eugene Planning Commission October 22, 2007 Page 2  COMMISSION WORK PROGRAM Ms. Gardner provided the staff report. She distributed the Eugene City Council minutes dated September 27, 2006, which had been a joint meeting with the Planning Commission. She explained she had recently met with Mr. Duncan and Mr. Hledik to develop a strategy for the presentation before th City Council. Ms. Gardner offered a PowerPoint presentation entitled City of Eugene PLANNING COMMISSION, a preliminary outline for the October 24, 2007 meeting. Commissioners reviewed potential talking point assignments for the meeting and offered suggestions for changes to the PowerPoint presentation. Mr. Lawless stated he recently met with his City Council buddy, Bonnie Bettman. He commended staff for a great job on the annual report. III. ITEMS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF A. Other Items from Staff None. B. Other Items from Commission None. Mr. Duncan adjourned the meeting at 1:17 p.m. (Recorded by Linda Henry) c:\documents and settings\cemnllh\desktop\linda\2007\09 september\pc070917.doc MINUTES—Eugene Planning Commission October 22, 2007 Page 3