Item 1: Ordinance on Oregon West Management

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RR/SC Urban Facilities Plan, Commercial and Industrial Land Use Policy 3.0 Prohibit the linear expansion of existing strip commercial areas fronting on River Rd. /!'xisting strip commercial development may expand by infilling, redevelopment. or expansion onto contiguous property that does notfront on River Rd. RR/SC Urban Facilities Plan, Commercial and Industrial Land Use Action 3.1 Discourage future commercial rezone applications for parcels that would expand the fringes of strip commercial development along River Rd. · Although Santa Clara has a surplus of C2 land, it has a dearth of C lland and appropriate neighborhood scale commercial development. The supply of neighborhood commercial land within node 5-C is reduced by 100% with this application. Metro Plan policies B28 and 829 encourage the use of neighborhood commercial facilities to meet the needs of our residential areas as their densities increase. The area East of the proposed development has experienced significant amounts of R2 development and could greatly benefit from neighborhood commercial services. Metro Plan policy B28 Recogniz~ the vital role of neighborhood commercial facilities in providing services and goods to a particular neighborhood. ft-fetro Plan policy B29 Encourage the expansion or redevelopment of existing neighborhood commercial facilities as surrounding residential densities increase or as the characteristics of the support population change. . The applicant is proposing a "horizontal mixed-use center", The actual lay out of the proposal segregates the residential from the commercial areas and does not achieve a balance of residential and commercial uses, but is heavily weighted toward C2 usage. A more balanced apportioning of land for both residential and neighborhood scale commercial use on the Santa Clara School site property would reflect the definition of mixed use and nodal development. According to the City of Eugene pamphlet J-fixed-Use Development in Eugene: Design Principles for More Livable Neighborhoods '(Mixed-use development will combine many activities in the same area> reversing the pattern of segregated land uses. In areas designated for mixed-use development, a mixture of retail, service, education, office and residential uses intermingle and support one another. " "Residential uses in all mixed-use development areas should provide a mix of housing types and help support a viable retail center and transit system. Residential densities within centers will achieve an overall net density of at least 12 dwelling units per acre. Nodal development as defined in the Metro Plan (p.II-G-8): "Nodal development is a mixed-use, pedestrianfriendly land use pattern that seeks to increase concentration of populations and employment in well defined areas with