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) Refinement Plan Amendment - TRS 18-03-03-2-3, Tax Lots 199, 200, 300 January 13, 2004 Page 15 fashion. (III-B-5) Findings: Approval of the proposal will promote the effective consolidation of the commercial planning for relatively small-sized subject property with the commercial planning for the adjacent commercial/residential node. That will allow the continued comprehensive approach to commercial development in the East Laurel Hill area that the City and neighborhood have adopted. Conclusion: The proposal is consistent with this Metro Plan provision. (Objective) Maximize the efficiency and safety_ of existing transportation facilities and services for the movement of people and goods. (III-F-4) Findings: The transportation facilities around the subject property are currently being upgraded. Those facilities include the Glenwood 1-5 interchange, improvements to Moon Mountain Drive, and other facilities being developed pursuant to a Cooperative Improvement Agreement entered into between ODOT, the City of Eugene and the City of Springfield. The proposal will increase the efficiency of these improvements by using them to serve areas to the north and west of the improvements, areas that would otherwise remain vacant. The proximity of the site to the commercial/residential node will also help concentrate commercial services around public transportation facilities that will serve those other commercial uses, thereby decreasing vehicle trip length and promoting increased pedestrian and bicycle movement between the commercial uses in the node area. Conclusion: The proposal is consistent with this Metro Plan provision. Conclusion: The proposal is consistent with the Metro Plan. C. "(1) The refinement plan amendment is consistent with all of the following: "(c) Remaining portions of the refinement plan." Findings: The relevant area refinement plan is the Laurel Hill Plan. That plan is broken down into two sections. One section addresses the Laurel Hill Valley Neighborhood and was largely adopted in 1974. The other addresses the East Laurel Hill Area and was adopted in 1982. The goals of the 1982 amendments to the refinement plan were to update the Laurel Hill Neighborhood Plan to comply with the Metro Plan, to locate the Glenwood collector road, and to provide guidelines for development of a commercial/residential node in the East Laurel Hill area. Generally it is the East Laurel Hill Area section of the Laurel Hill Plan that applies to this subject property. That section established the location of the commercial/medium-density residential node, and plan designated all other property in the area, including the subject property, II-B-15