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Wetlands’ future
topic of meeting
■ West Eugene business owners and Eugene residents
take their ongoing disputes about plans for the sensitive
lands to local governing bodies for resolution
By Sara Lieberth
Oregon Daily Emerald
A public hearing before a
joint meeting of the Eugene City
Council and the Lane County
Board of Commissioners
Wednesday evening pitted resi
dents against west Eugene busi
ness owners — including repre
sentatives of Hyundai — over
proposed amendments to the
city’s wetlands plan.
At issue are three ordinances,
each requiring separate action
from the council and the board,
which would forbid the semi
conductor plant from further
development on its 205-acre
site near Willow Creek because
the city’s planning and develop
ment department has called for
restoration and protection of
the wetlands on the site.
A vote on the amendments is
scheduled for the June 1 coun
cil session and the June 28 com
missioners meeting. Hyundai
could appeal an unfavorable de
cision to the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, which has the fi
nal determination under federal
wetlands protection laws.
“This is corporate bigotry,”
Bethel resident Eric Hall said in
support of Hyundai. “I urge you
to find creative steps toward a
solution. Anything less is no
way to treat a valuable member
of our communi
ty.
“Hyundai is not
a citizen, the peo
ple who work
there are,” argued
Jan Spencer of Eu
gene. “I think the
integrity of this
process is on the
line with miscon
ceptions like
that.”
When Hyundai
negotiated the
property purchase
before breaking
ground in 1995, it
was intimated that they would
not need to expand into the al
ready-designated wetlands area.
Now, however, the corporate
headquarters has said it wants
to expand and build two more
plants at the west Eugene site.
Hyundai spokesman John
Lively was on hand with sever
al maps outlining the two auxil
iary plants the company wants
to build to the south of its cur
rent plant location.
“What we’re talking about is
an additional eight acres mov
ing southward from the existing
site,” he said. “We are concen
trating our development to the
north as much as possible.”
But local residents want the
land protected instead, and
they made their point clear en
masse at Wednesday’s forum.
“The environmental unique
ness of this area requires our
stewardship,” said Debra
Michaels. “This needs not to be
framed as anti-business or pro
environment, but as the inheri
tance we’ll pass on to our chil
dren.”
Retired University biology
professor Bayard McConnaugh
ey said 99 percent of the
i C This needs not to be
framed as anti-business
or pro-environment, but
as the inheritance we’ll
pass on to our children.
Debra Michaels ^ ^
Eugene resident //
Willamette Valley’s wetlands
have already been lost to popu
lation growth and development
and that the remaining 1 per
cent must be preserved.
“Wetlands-species animals
require continuous land to suc
cessfully survive,” he said.
“The wildlife area they propose
to keep is totally inadequate.”
After several years of struggle
between com
munity mem
bers, environ
mental groups
and the South
Korean-based
manufacturer —
as Wednesday’s
forum exempli
fied — the com
pany has recent
ly suggested it
may no longer be
feasible to con
tinue operations
at the 830-em
ployee Eugene
plant.
In response to
this, Edward Aster, owner of
Westech Rigging on West 11th
Avenue, said the company’s
presence here is crucial in at
tracting more businesses to the
area.
“It acts as an important mag
net for others to settle here,” he
said, noting that five national
companies are looking at west
Eugene sites for expansion.
“It was big business that
helped build this city,” he con
tinued. “Let’s not shoot our
selves in the foot on this. I im
plore you to look very, very
hard at the future of job oppor
tunity and growth for the fami
lies in Eugene.”
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