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cb~mercial and R-~ de~i~nati~ns than it, does in R-1, I am puzzled by the proposed approach to designate as R-1 since It IS unllkely that It would ever be developed in this way. It seems more a matter of convenience than practicality and an approach that could harm the district. --~-----_.. At 06:25 PM 3/1/2004 -0800, YEITER Kurt M wrote: .....We.are.putting JogetheLtbe.stafLreportto.atlthe CityJCounty. electedoffidalsin response to Metro Plan .periodic review. I'm forwarding the draft of the language pertaining to the Santa Clara school site -- mainly because I know it is not all what you wanted. We admittedly took a conservative approach because this process doesn't allow the public participation that an individual application would bring, For Westmoreland, we recommended Medium density Residential, but if the Hearings Official rulesdifferent!y before this goes to the elected officials, we may need to reconsider. Designation of 4J Schools: Santa Clara Elementary School Issue: What is appropriate Land Use Designation of school sites that will no longer be used for "Govel1U11ent and Education" pUl})OSes? School District 4.1 requests Commercial designation for the Santa Clara Elementary SchooL Staff Analysis: One ofthe purposes of the Metro Plan diagram update is to have the diagram better reflect land use designations shown in approved refInement plans. Many Eugene neighborhood refinement plan designations reflect current use of public propelties, such as schools and fairgrounds, as "Government and Education." Vv'hen the refinement plans were prepared (often over 15 years ago), it w'as not forecast that school districts m.{ljl-disGGutinU(}..sch{)GJ-a-Gti::v.iti~fl4-s~J-t.a.oo~p.rBpMieth,o..o:r:he....tirrrifl.g...Gf....fu.4%1-We..p4fll'}..'........,w.......oo.~.~....~~ diagram update corresponded with District 4rs disposition oftwo school sites, Santa Clard and Westmoreland Elementary Schools. It would be efficient ifthe land use designation were determined at this time, so as to illfonn the zone change application, if possible. On the other hand, more public discourse about the future use of these properties could be required, at 4J's expeu.se, if the sites were designated Government and Education and refinement plan amendments required prior to or concurrent to any zone changes. Amendments to the Ivfetro Plan diagranl will not automatically cha.nge the refinement plans, but could infonn future interpretations. The \vritten testimony provides d.ata regarding the interim nature of the "Government and. Instit11tionalH designation, current Metro Plan designations, and zoning of these sites, The old Metro Plan "blob" diagram shows commercial designation extending along both sides of River Road, to just nOlih of Hunsaker Lane. The rest of this area is designated Low Density Residential. The lvletro Plan diagram could suggest that some Conmlercial is on the Santa Clara School site. NaiTO'\' commercial zoning patterns suggest that the Commercial designation is not so wide as to encompass the entire school property, The River Road-Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan (3 non-site specifIc refinement plan) appears to designate the entire Santa Clara School site as Education. The plan narrative recognizes problems created by the strip commercial development patterns along River Road and enc.ourage buffering between commercial and residential uses, Policies in the plan discourage linear expansion ofthe strip conllilercial development patterns, but allow expansion fI by infilling, redevelopment. or expansion onto contiguous property that does not front on River Road" (policy 3.0, page 2-18) and to locate new neighborhood commercial uses "ay,;ay from River Road in locations thm facilitate the provision of commercial facilities scaled to a residential area and that allo-w for dispersal ofu".<;es throughout River Road-Santa Clara" (policy 6.0, pa.ge 2.19), Policy 22.0 in the Eugene Commercial Lands Study (1992, adopted as a refinement of the Metro Plan) states, in part, "Recognize that the commercial sites designated in the River Road/Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan provide adequate commercial suppzv for the area. . ." [the Santa Clara school site is not designated Commercial in the RRlSC Urban Facilities Plan]. Policy 11.0 states, tlPromote neighborhood-oriented commercial facilities and community commercial areas rather than additional major retail centers," Current zoning of the school property is a combination of Public Land and Neighborhood Commercial. Neighborhood ConU11ercjal is not a 11etro land use designation and maybe compatible withi\esidentialland use designations (determined at time of