Item 1: Ordinance on Oregon West Management

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designation to any other use designation, pursuant to a post acknowledgment plan amendment, it must address all applicable planning requirements and (a) demonstrate that the proposed amendment is consistent with the parts of its acknowledged comprehensive plan which address the requirements of OAR 660 Division 9; or (b) amend its comprehensive plan to explain the proposed amendment pursuant to OAR 660 Division 9; or (c) adopt a combination of (a) and (b) consistent with the requirements of Division 9. The applicant states that OAR 660-009-0010(4) does not apply because the proposed amendment will remove less than two acres from the commercial land supply. The 1.3 acre portion of the subject site south of Green Lane is an "other employment use designation" of Commercial in the context of this requirement; however it is less than 2 acres, therefore subsection (4) is not applicable. Further analysis of the Eugene Commercial Lands Study (ECLS) is provided under EC 9.7730(b) and is incorporated herein by reference. Based on these findings, the proposal is consistent \vith Statewide Planning Goal 9. Goal 10 - Housing: To provide for the housing needs of the citizens (~fthe 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 p01tion of the subject property was included in the RLS supply analysis. Regarding the portion of the property to the n01th 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 with 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-I, it is designated as Commercial and developed with a single-family residence and thus not part of the inventory. As such, it is determined that the proposed amendments do not am~ct the residential land supply because the subject property was not included in the RLS 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 it is determined that the residential land supply is affected by the amendments because the subject property was included in the RLS. Should it be determined that Goal 10 analysis is needed, the following is noted. 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. Findings- November 19.2007 Page 5