Item 1: Ordinance on Oregon West Management

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designation of Commercial to a designation of Medium Density Residential. Refinement Plan Change: (City file RA 07-1) to amend the River Road/Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan land use diagram to change approximately 7.3 acres of the site north of Green Lane from a designation of Government and Education to a designation of Commercial; to change 1.3 acres of the site south of Green Lane from a designation of Commercial to a designation of Medium Density Residential; and to amend the refinement plan text to include site specific development requirements. Zone Change: (City file Z 07-3) to rezone 7.3 acres of the site north of Green Lane from the existing zoning of PL and C-l, Public Land 7Dne and Neighborhood Commercial zone, to C- 2/PDISR, Community Commercial zone with Planned Unit Development and Site Review overlays; and to rezone 1.3 acres of the site south of Green Lane from R-l, Low Density Residential zone to R-2/PDfSR, Medium Density Residential with Planned Unit Development and Site Review overlays. Mr. Duncan asked the commissioners to indicate any ex parte contacts and/or conflicts of interest, as per Eugene Code (EC) 9.7065. No commissioners had any disclosures to make. Mr. Duncan stated that his firm had been involved in an app~aisal of one of the properties. He stressed that he had not been directly involved in it and that it had not biased him in anyway. Ms. O'Donnell provided the staff repmi. She explained that the only item in the hearing was a request for approval of a Metro Plan amendment, a Refinement Plan amendment, and a zone change. She reviewed the changes in detail. She stated that public notice of the proposal was mailed and posted consistent with Eugene Code requirements. She noted that two letters had been received and were attached to the agenda packet on page 315, received from Patricia Gilbert and from Kate Perle who wrote on behalf of the Santa Clara Community Organization (SCCO). She said stafI had received one additional letter of testimony from Sue Prichard, 2671 Emerald Street, that had been in general support of the proposal. Ms. O'Donnell wished to recognize efforts by the applicant, the applicant's representatives, and the neighborhood group who had met several times on the proposal. She noted that the applicant had revised the application in response to both staff and neighborhood comments. Ms. O'Donnell reiterated that staff was not able to recommend approval based on the available information. Staff had found that the proposal met quantitative requirements such as compliance with statewide planning Goal 12 and the transportation planning goal. She noted that the applicant had brought to staff s attention that the staff report cited previous Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) for Goal 9 and after further review staff believed that Goal 9 had been met by the application. She said based on the revised OAR the commercial land study analysis was more relevant as a refinement of the Metro Plan. She entered into the record a memorandum from staff that explained the revised OAR and relocated the commercial land study analysis to the analysis of consistency with the Metro Plan. Ms. O'Donnell stated, regarding the overall policy direction, particularly the policies and findings of tile refinement plans, that it was staff's opinion that the policies provide direction to build less commercial development and a higher density residential development in this particular location. She said the land in this area was recognized as having adequate commercial land supply but MINUTES-Eugene Planning Commission Public Hearing October 18. 2007 Page 2