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thecommerciallandsupplyasfoundin1992,itisconsistentwiththispolicy.Additionally,the <br />draftEnvisionEugeneestimateshaveidentifiedadeficitofcommercialjobsthatcannotbe <br />accommodatedinƵŐĞŶĞ͛ƐcurrentUGBoverthenext20yearswithoutthecityadopting <br />jobsinsidetheUGB. <br />measurestoaccommodatemore <br />E.TransportationElement <br />LandUse <br />F.3Providefortransitsupportivelandusepatternsanddevelopment,includinghigher <br />intensity,transitorienteddevelopmentalongmajortransitcorridorsandneartransit <br />stations;mediumandhighdensityresidentialdevelopmentwithin¼mileoftransit <br />stations,majortransitcorridors,employmentcenters,anddowntownareas;and <br />developmentandredevelopmentindesignatedareasthatareorcouldbewellserved <br />byexistingorplannedtransit. <br />J.EnergyElement <br />J.7Encouragemediumandhighdensityresidentialuseswhenbalancedwithother <br />planningpoliciesinordertomaximizetheefficientutilizationofallformsofenergy. <br />Thegreatestenergysavingscanbemadeintheareasofspaceheatingandcoolingand <br />transportation.Forexample,thehighestrelativedensitiesofresidentialdevelopment <br />shallbeconcentratedtothegreatestextentpossibleinareasthatareorcanbewell <br />servedbymasstransit,paratransit,andfootandbicyclepaths. <br />J.8Commercial,residential,andrecreationallandusesshallbeintegratedtothegreatest <br />extentpossible,balancedwithallplanningpoliciestoreducetraveldistances,optimize <br />reuseofwasteheat,andoptimizepotentialonsiteenergygeneration. <br />ConsistentwiththesepoliciesF.3,J.7andJ.8,underdevelopedmediumdensityresidentialareasthat <br />maybemoresuitableforlowdensityresidential(CrowRdStudyArea,GilhamRd)wouldbere <br />encouragehigherdensityhousingtoredevelop <br />designatedtolowdensityresidential,helpingto <br />aroundexistingandplannedcommercialareas,nearmajortransportationsystemsandcreating <br />mixedusecompactdevelopment.Further,aspartofEnvisionEugenestrategies,thecityisfocusing <br />areaplanningandinvestmentstoachievethistypeofdevelopmentindowntown,alongkeytransit <br />corridorsandincorecommercialareas.Theredesignationsarepartofthesestrategies. <br />MetroPlanAmendmentConclusion <br />Basedontheabovefindings,theproposedMetroPlandiagramamendmentsareconsistentwithEC <br />9.7730.AdditionalMetroPlanpoliciesapplicabletotheproposedrefinementplanamendmentsare <br />addressedundertherefinementplanapprovalcriteriaEC9.8865(1)(b)below. <br />Findings17 <br />