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Eugene Planning Commission September 21, 2004 Page 6 of 7 Traffic Issues The Planning Commission expressed some interest in the overlap of jurisdiction over transportation issues relating to these applications. Pertinent here are addressing ODOTs Goal 12 related concern, which is the timing of the installation of the signal at the Moon Mountain Drive-Glenwood Boulevard-Glenwood Drive intersection, and the availability of City traffic facilities to serve uses allowed if the applications are approved. ODOT's concerns relate to the Plan Amendment and the City issue pertains to the zone change application. With the Plan Amendment application, applicants submitted a copy of the Cooperative Improvement Agreement (CIA) as Exhibit E to the original application. The CIA provides that the City shall install the signal at the intersection at the time the signal warrants indicate that the traffic volumes require the signal. Applicants believe that the CIA resolves the issue raised by ODOT's email that was included in the applicants' hearing materials. While a date is not set for when the signal will be installed, the City is committed to installing the signal when traffic volumes warrant. The actual date of installation depends on how development occurs in the area. The applicants believe that ODOT's concerns are addressed by the CIA and the City's recognition of its obligations under the CIA. Concerning local traffic issues, the applicants have proposed a solution to Public Work's concerns about keeping commercial traffic separate from residential traffic in the area. That proposal is presented in the first supplemental application material's amended transportation study. Consistent with that approach, it is appropriate for the City to make findings that the traffic conditions in the area will require that any development proposed for the subject property must include a Traffic Impact Analysis Review Application, consistent with the provisions of EC 9.8650 through EC 9.8680, to assess and mitigate the commercial traffic impacts resulting from the development proposal. That finding is due in part to provisions contained in the CIA that require the City to monitor "other" development proposals in the area. Furthermore, to ensure that the solution proposed by the amended transportation study can be implemented at the time of development, the zone change application approval should contain a condition of approval that requires the applicants to obtain and record an easement on Tax Lot 400, to the benefit of the subject property, that allows commercial traffic to travel across Tax Lot 400 in the manner described by the May 7, 2004, amended traffic study. Conclusion With this submission, the applicants believe that they have responded to all of the issues raised by the Planning Commissioners at the public hearing. Most importantly, applicants believe that they have demonstrated that the proposals satisfy all of the approval criteria for both applications. The applicants request that the Planning Commission recommend that the City Council approve RA 04-1 and Z 04-4.