Item 1: Ordinance on Oregon West Management

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applications. The requests \Nil! be heard before the City Council in a separate public hearing, following action by the Planning Commission. New evidence will be accepted by the City CounciL The quasi- judicial hearing procedures applicable to this request are described at EC 9.7065 through EC 9.7095. Application, Referrals and Public Hearing Notice On February 26, 2007, Oregon West Management LLC (Steve Graves) submitted applications to the City of Eugene for amendments to the Metro Plan and applicable refinement plan, as well as a concurrent rezoning. In response to the City's completeness review comments, the applicant provided supplemental application materials on .hme 1,2007 and on August 2, 2007. On August 24,2007, the applicant requested that the City deem the applications complete and then provided additional supplemental application materials on August 29, 2007. A public hearing before the Planning Commission is scheduled for October 18, 2007. Referrals were provided to the appropriate agencies, and notice of the October 18, 2007 public hearing was mailed and posted consistent with Eugene Code requirements. In response to the public notice, the Planning Division has received two letters of public testimony as of the date of the staff report (October 8, 2007), including one letter from the affected neighborhood group the Santa Clara Community Organization. To the extent possible, public testimony relevant to the applicable approval criteria is addressed in the staff report. Any additional written comments received afler the preparation of this staff report \vill be provided to the PImming Conu11ission at the public hearing for inclusion into the public record. Applicable Criteria The Eugene Plalming Commission shall address the relevant approval criteria from Eugene Code (Fe) sections 9.773{}(3), 9.8424 and 9.8865 in making recommendations to the Eugene City Council on the proposals, as listed below. Preliminary findings addressing the required approval criteria have been prepared by staff and are attached. EC 9.7730(3) Criteria for Approval of Plan Amendment. The following criteria shall be applied b)' the city council in approving or denying a Metro Plan amendment application: (a) The amendment must be consistent with the relevant Statewide Planning Goals adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission; and (b) Adoption of the amendment must not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent. EC 9.8424 Refinement Plan Amendment Approval Criteria. The planning commission shall evaluate proposed refinement plan amendments based on the criteria set forth below~ and forward a recommendation to tbe city council. The city council shall decide whether to act on the application. If the city council decides to act, it shall approvc~ approve with modifications or deny a proposed refinement plan amendment. Approval, or approval with modifications shall be based on compliance with the following criteria: (1) The refinement plan amendment is consistent with all of the following: (a) Statewide planning goals. (b) Applicable provisions of the Metro Plan. (c) Remaining portions of the refinement plan. (2) The refinement plan amendment addresses one or more of the following: (a) An error in the publication of the refinement plan. (b) New inventory material which relates to a statewide planning goal. (c) New or amended community policies. (d) New or amended provisions in a federal law or regulation, state statute, state regulation, statewide planning goal, or state agency land use plan.