Item 1: Ordinance on Oregon West Management

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Metro Plan, Policy B. 29. Encourage the expansion or redevelopment of existing neighborhood commercial facilities as surrounding residential densities increase or as the characteristics ol the support population change. . The Santa Clara School stood as a center of neighborhood activity for many years. The proposed amendments will support redevelopment of the site, thereby continuing and expanding that tradition. If the fornler school grounds were developed under the cUrrent low-density residential designation, it w-ould be a retreat from the role this site has played providing vital services to the neighborhood. The City has identified a potential nodal development area that includes this site. When implemented, residential densities will increase and require goods and services that can be provided with approval of the proposed amendments, but not with the existing designation. Concern that reducing the area of C-l zoning and increasing C-2 land may result in a more intense community rather than a neighborhood commercial area is addressed by the refinement plan amendment. This amendment requires Plmmed Unit Development or Site Plan review that will provide opportunities for the City and the Neighborhood association to scrutinize development proposals. It also limits the size of commercial buildings on the site and requires buildings oriented toward internal streets and sidewalks rather than exclusively to the arterial. Although the Community Commercial zoning district will allow slightly more flexibility of uses, the proposed retinement plan policies requiring subsequent development reviews and limiting building scale "",ill assure the neighborhood character of future development. For these reasons, the proposed amendments support and implement Metro Plan policies "B.2S" and "B.29." F Tramportation Element The project area is currently served by River Road (a Major Arterial), Hunsaker Lane (a Major Collector) and Green Lane. Hunsaker Lane is a county road that is not improved to urban standards; development of the subject site will include improvements to Hunsaker, proportionate to the impact of development that will bring the road to urban standards. Additional infonnation in this statement's response to Statewide Planning Goal 12 - "Transportation" is hereby referenced and incorporated. Metro Plan, Policy F.l: Apply the nodal development strategy in areas selected by each jurisdiction that have identified potential for this type of transportation-efficient land use pattern. Response: The subject site is identified in TransPlan as "Potential Nodal Development Area 5-C". Although the area is identified as a potential nodal development area the City has not identified the site for development as a node. Although the applicant is not specifically developing the site under the nodal standards the applicant's mixed-use center concept is support of the intent of the node concept. Future development of the site shall take advantage of its proximity to nearby commercial services and existing and proposed transportation networks that complements the nodal standards and provides a scale that is compatible with existing and future residential areas. Please see discussion under Jvletro Plan, Policy A.l3 for more information on how this policy is met. Santa Clara .- Zone Change Application Written Statement - August 2,2007 Page 15 of41