Item 1: Ordinance on Oregon West Management

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With regard to OAR 660-012-0060(1)(c)(C), the analysis determined that two facilities within the scope of the study are otherwise projected to operate below the performance standard in the plan year. These facilities are: · River Road at Green Lane intersection · River Road at Hunsaker Lane and Irving Road intersection. The commenting agencies determined that the proposal's contribution to the projected '''F'' Level of Service at the River Road at Green Lane intersection is negligible, not worsening the performance. Therefore under this definition, the proposal does not significantly affect that facility. By a small margin, the proposal worsens the perfomlance of the River Road at Hunsaker Lane and Irving Road intersection in the plan year. Therefore, it significantly affects that facility under this definition. OAR 660-012-0060(3) permits local governments to approve a PAPA that significantly affects a facility without requiring that mitigations bring the facility up to the applicable perfom1ance standards. This is allowed only where the facility is currently operating below the perfomlance standard and, despite any planned facilities as defined in Section (4) of the TPR, it is also projected to operate below the perfomlance standard in the plan year. Taking into account all planned facilities, the TIA demonstrates that these conditions are met at the River Road at Hunsaker Lane and Irving Road intersection. OAR 660-012-0060(3)(c) requires transportation improvements that mitigate the net impact and avoid further degradation in the development (opening) year. The TfA used 2008 as the development year in this analysis. The impact analysis shows that even without mitigation there is no measurable development year degradation of the facility. Therefore, no mitigation is needed to meet the requirements of OAR 660-012- 0060(3)(c). Proposed Improvements: The TIA has shown that the Proposed PAPA significantly affects only one facility in the plan year and that the eUcct in the development year is so minute, the requirements of the TPR can be met without mitigation. Nonetheless, the applicant and commenting agencies have informally agreed that certain improvements to the existing facilities are desired. Because these improvements wilt be specified in conditions of approval for the proposed PAP A, the proposal must be reevaluated as conditioned. The planned improvements are offered as "minor transportation improvements" as defined OAR 660-0121-0005(15) and pursuant to OAR 660- 012-0060(2)( e). These improvements are: . Construct an additional Hunsaker Lane westbound approach lane . Construct an additional Green Lane westbound approach lane. With the proposed improvements specified as conditions of development, the TIA has determined that, measured at the end of the planning period, the proposed amendment will neither reduce the performance of existing or planned transportation facilities below the minimum acceptable performance standards identified in TransPlan, nor worsen the perfomlaI1Ce of transportation facilities that are othef\vise projected to perform below the Santa Clara - Metro Plan Amendment Application Written Statement - August 2,2007 Page 19 of32