Item 1: Ordinance on Oregon West Management

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The applicant proposes to re-designate approximately 7.3 acres from 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 unit" (less than 1 %) (RLS, page 27). With the proposed amendment, the maximum number of units on the 1.3 acre site is 37.ln the Santa Clara Subarea, the applicant finds that the proposed amendment will increase the medium density residential dwelling unit supply by approximately 1.1 % and decrease the low density residential dvvelling unit supply by approximately 1.7% (page 14 of the written statement). The applicant also incorporates the updated residential supply analysis provided by the City at the time of the Goal 5 ordinance. The applicant's findings indicate that there is still an excess of low density zoning and medium density zoning, even with the proposed amendments, but the applicant asserts that the change in zoning acreage is so small that no further analysis is necessary. Therefore, based on the findings above the amendments are consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 10. Goal 11 - Public Facilities and Services: To plan and develop a timely, orderly and efficient arrangement of public facilities and services to serve as aframeworkfor urban and rural development. The area affected by the amendments is located inside the City limits. The existing level of public facilities and service is adequate to serve the needs of existing and future development. However, specific design details related to public improvements such as stonnwater remain to be resolved in the context of any future development proposaL The provision of these amendments does not significantly affect the planning or development of future public facilities or services. Therefore, the amendments are consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 11. Goal 12 - Transpoltation: To provide and encourage a safe, convenient and economic tramportation system. Goal 12 is implemented through the Transportation Planning Rule (TPR), as defined in Oregon Administrative Rule OAR 660-012-0000, et seq. The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Transportation Plan (TransPlan) provides the regional policy framework through which the TPR is implemented at the local level. The TPR (OAR 660-012-0060) states that when land use changes, including amendments to acknowledged comprehensive plans, significantly affect an existing or planned transpOltation facility the local government shall put in place measures to assure that the allowed land uses are consistent with the identified function, capacity and performance standards (level of service, volume to capacity ratio, etc.) of the facility. To address the TPR, the applicant submitted findings and a Transportation Impact Analysis (TIA), dated August 28, 2007, which was prepared by the consulting firnl of Branch Engineering, Inc. Subsequent to the August 28th submittal, the applicant revised the TIA several times, responding to comments from the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), the City and Lane County. The T1A evaluates the cun-ent performance of impacted transportation facilities~ the performance of these facilities in 2022 with the proposed amendments (re-designate 7.3 acres from Low Density Findings-November 19,2007 Page 6 ..