Item 1: Ordinance on Oregon West Management

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To the extent that the proposal is inconsistent with the City's acknowledged Goal 9 plan provisions, specifically including the adopted policies of the ECLS, the amendments do not comply with Statewide Planning Goal 9. 'N'l1en considered in combination, the direction of the ECLS policies, specifically Policies 6,8 and 22, do not support the addition of the proposed 7.3 acres of . Commercial. Goal 10 - Housing: To provide/or the housing needs olthe citizens a/the state. Goal 10 requires that communities plan for and maintain an inventory of buildable residential land for needed housing units. The Administrative Rule for Statewide Planning Goal 10 (OAR 660 Division 8) states that "the mix and density of needed housing is determined in the housing needs projection. Sufficient buildable land shall be designated on the comprehensive plan map to satisfy housing needs by type and density range as determined in the housing needs projection. The local buildable lands inventory must document the amount of buildable land in each residential plan designation." The comprehensive plan map for the City is the Metro Plan land use diagram. The 1999 Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Residential Lands and Housing Study (RLS) is acknowledged for compliance with the requirements of Goal 10 and its Administrative Rule. There is not sufficient evidence to show that any portion of the subject property \vas included in the RLS supply analysis. Regarding the portion of the property to the north of Green Lane, page 50 of the RLS states that it was assumed that 32 percent of residential land would be used for all non- residential uses, and that land used for non-residential uses, such as schools, were subtracted from the available amount of buildable land. The site north of Green Lane has been up until recently developed vv'ith the Santa Clara Elementary School, so it would have been subtracted from the available buildable land supply. Regarding the portion of the site south of Green Lane, although zoned as R-l, it is designated as Commercial and developed with a single-fan1ily residence and thus not part ofthe inventory. As such, staff finds thatthe proposed amendments do not affect the residential land supply because the subject property was not included in theRLS and therefore the proposal is consistent with Goal 10. However, the applicant's responses (pages 13-15) are incorporated herein by reference as demonstrating compliance with Goal lOin the event that the Planning Commission finds othef\vise, that the residential land supply is affected by the amendments because the subject property was included in the RLS. Should the Planning Commission determine that Goal 10 analysis is needed, staff notes the following. The portion of the property north of Green Lane is designated as Low Density Residential on the Metro Plan. The portion of the subject property south of Green Lane is designated as Commercial on the Metro Plan. The applicant proposes to re-designate approximately 7.3 acres fTom Low Density Residential to Commercial, and to re-designate 1.3 acres of Commercial to Medium Density Residential. The applicant provides analysis of the RLS and indicates that the subject property was not individually considered in the detailed supply and demand analysis; however the site is included within the supply analysis. The applicant notes the RLS contains a detailed analysis of dwelling units and finds that the Santa Clara Subarea has the highest percent of single-family dwellings (88%) and the lowest percentage of multi-family units (less than 1%) (RLS, page 27). With the proposed amendment, the maximum number of units on the 1.3 acre site is 37. In the Santa Clara Subarea, the applicant finds that the proposed amendment Stafr Findings - October 8, 2007 Page 7