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ATTACHMENT C o "Site Planning." The Chambers Reconsidered project (in progress) explores two implementation strategies recommended from the Chambers Nodal Development Study, 1998: compatibility guidelines for infill development and traffic control measures. Opportunities for site specific planning work are being explored for other high priority Mixed Use Centers. TransPlan Compliance There was much discussion at the joint work session (October 2004) about compliance with the TransPlan requirements. Staff has summarized, for your information, some quick points related to compliance. 1. Eugene has zoned 900 of the 1,000 regional acres required to be rezoned for nodal development by 2005. Springfield has told the state that they expect to rezone approximately 400 acres by mid-2005. Eugene, alone, meets 90% of the performance target. With Springfield acreage, we expect to exceed the State's 2005 performance goal by about 30%. 2. Initial LCOG research from last winter indicates that of the 12,000 dwelling units built in the region since 1994, approximately 4,000, or 1/3 of the total dwelling units, were built within mixed use (nodal) development areas. Since the nodes only represent 12 percent of the total land area, housing is being built in nodes at a much higher rate than in non- mixed use areas. The dwelling unit performance not only exceeds the 2005 performance goal, it exceeds the 2015 performance goal by more than 10 percent. 3. The same LCOG research shows that new employment in the Eugene UGB is about 11,700 jobs between 1994 and 2003. The net increase in employment in mixed use areas is about 4,100 jobs - or 35 percent of the total. Again, a very high percentage of the increase in jobs is within the nodes. This exceeds both the 2005 and the 2010 TransPlan performance goals of 10 and 25 percent, respectively. We do not have figures readily available regarding other TransPlan performance measures, such as changes in modal share or reductions in per capita Vehicles Miles Traveled (VMT). In November 2004 the Land Conservation and Development Commission heard an update on the Transportation Planning Rule (TPR) which included a compliance report of statewide Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPOs, of which we are one). The Commission took no action in November 2004 but did direct their staff to consider TPR amendments in the context of the broader review of the TPR. According to the state staff, any amendments to the requirements for MPOs will occur later in 2005 as part of the department's long term efforts with ODOT to revise the TPR and other state transportation policy. Attachment: 2 year Mixed Use work program Page 3 of 3