DECISION OF THE HEARINGS OFFICIAL <br />FOR THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON <br />ZONE CHANGE <br />INTRODUCTION <br />Application File Name (Number): <br />Environ-Metal Properties, LLC/ Laurel Ridge (Z 15-5) <br />Applicant's Request: <br />Zone change from AG/WR - Agricultural with Water Resource overlay to PRO/PD/WR - <br />Parks, Recreation & Open Space with Planned Development and Water Resource overlays <br />and R-1/PD/WR - Low-Density Residential with Planned Development and Water Resource <br />overlays. <br />Subject Property/Location: <br />Located at the end of Riverview Street, north of 30' Avenue, west of Moon Mountain. <br />Assessor's Map 18-03-10-00 - Tax Lots 701 and 703. <br />Relevant Dates: <br />Application submitted on March 27, 2015; application forced complete on July 2, 2015; <br />public hearing held on August 26, 2015. <br />Applicant's Representative: <br />Richard Satre of the Schirmer Satre Group. <br />Lead City Staff: <br />Erik Berg-Johansen, Associate Planner, Eugene Planning Division. <br />Summary of the Public Hearing <br />The Hearings Official held a public hearing on this application on August 26, 2015. The <br />Hearings Official stated he had no conflicts of interests, was not biased, and had no ex parte <br />communications to disclose. No person objected to the Hearings Official conducting the <br />hearing. Erik Berg-Johansen (Berg-Johansen), Associate Planner, and Gabe Flock, Senior <br />Planner, were present for the hearing. Berg-Johansen presented the staff report at the public <br />hearing, recommending approval of the application. Richard Satre and Bill Kloos spoke in favor <br />of the application. A number of neighbors from the Laurel Hill area spoke in opposition to the <br />application. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the Hearings Official left the record open for <br />Hearings Official Decision (Z 15-5) Page 1 <br />