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Exhibit B March 31, 2014 Written Statement – Willamette Stationers Metro Plan Diagram Amendment / Zone Change Application Applicant/Owner: Elizabeth L. Nielsen 510 Oak Street Eugene, OR 97401 (541) 342-5861 Representative: Philip Farrington, AICP Farrington Community Planning & Development, LLC 1160 Monroe Street Eugene, OR 97402 (541) 600-7030 farringtoncpd@gmail.com Subject Property: 510 Oak Street, Eugene, OR Lane County Assessor’s Map No. 17-03-31-11, Tax Lot 1300 1. Request The above-referenced Applicant/Owner of the subject property seeks to amend the Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) diagram and rezone the property. Specifically, we request redesignating the property on the Metro Plan diagram to Commercial, retaining the site’s existing Plan diagram Mixed Use (/MU) and Nodal Development (/ND) plan overlays. The Applicant/Owner requests concurrent amendment of the Eugene zoning map, changing zoning classification for the property from Light Medium Industrial with Transit-Oriented Development zoning overlay (I- 2/TD) to Community Commercial, retaining the existing zoning overlay (C-2/TD). Approval of this Metro Plan diagram amendment and zone change would correct the existing plan/zone conflict, remove non-conforming status from the site’s current commercial use, align the property’s land use designation and zoning with its long- standing commercial use, and match the designation and zoning of neighboring properties with complementary commercial uses. The Applicant is retiring and seeking to sell the subject property and building. But that is virtually impossible without first addressing the inconsistency between its commercial use and zoning. Removing the existing non-conforming status and having its zoning and land use designation conform to the decades-long commercial use is important to maintaining the integrity of the use, and is consistent with numerous City objectives and plan policies as outlined below.