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ATTACHMENT D Planning Division City of Eugene th 99 West 10 Avenue M Eugene, Oregon 7401 EMORANDUM (541) 682-5562 (541) 682-5572 FAX www.eugene.or.gov DATE: November 19, 2007 TO: Eugene Planning Commission FROM: Jason Dedrick, Planning and Development Department ITEM TITLE: Update on Walnut Station Mixed Use Development Plan and Design Review Options ACTION REQUESTED: Endorsement of the Preferred Alternative for the Walnut Station Mixed Use Center project. BRIEFING STATEMENT: Phase One of the Walnut Station Mixed Use Development Plan resulted in an “emerging vision” consisting of design elements that had broad support. Phase One also produced a list of twelve key issues (since condensed to eleven) that were presented in the form of a “preferred alternative” to the Planning Commission on March 20 and May 8, 2006. At these meetings, the commission declined to endorse the entire staff-recommended “preferred alternative” given that several key design elements of the plan were not yet resolved. The Planning Commission suggested that staff work to resolve each of the key issues, which was the primary focus of Phase Two. While the Planning Commission has had discussion on several of these issues (Franklin Boulevard, EmX), this report will provide a summary of the staff recommendations for each of the key issues. Through a series of meetings with stakeholders and a public open house on May 9, 2007, the City has received significant input toward development of a staff recommendation. thrd The November 19 and December 3 Planning Commission meetings provide an opportunity to review, discuss and take action on these recommendations and for staff to present an overall vision for the Walnut Station Mixed Use Center. Staff recommends that the Planning th Commission focus its discussion on November 19 on issues that have been discussed rd previously (Issues 1-7) as well as the Design Review Options. The December 3 meeting will provide an opportunity to focus discussion on remaining issues as needed in order for the project to move into the next phase (Issues 8-11), which will flesh out the plan for pre-adoption public review. Staff has also provided follow up information regarding design review options for the form-based code (Attachment C), as requested at the May 8, 2006 Planning Commission _____________________________________________________________________________________ Walnut Station Agenda November 2007 1 Item Summary