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<br />5. On May 4, 2001, the Commission held a public hearing on the subject request and the <br />Department's report and recommendation. The Com.mission received oral testimony from <br />Mr. Tom Schwetz, Ms. Jan Childs, ~r. Greg Mott, Ms. Pat Hocken, Mr. Rob Handy, Mr. <br />Rob Zako, Mr. Kevin Mathews, Mr. Thomas Boyatt and Mr. Allen Johnson. Copies of the <br />tape of the Commission's hearing and written materials presented to the .Commission as part <br />of this testimony and hearing are included as Exhibit.E. ' <br /> <br />6. Based on its review, the Commission approved the alternative standard propos~d by the Eugene- <br />Springfield metropolitan area with the following conditions, that are to be complied with by <br />incorporation of the approved standard in.to TransPlan when it is adopted locally: <br /> <br />1. Assure that the methodology for calculating non-auto mode split is adjusted to <br />account for improved counting of non-auto trips to assure that results in <br />, achieving this standard are not the result qf improved counting of non-auto <br />,trips. <br /> <br />2. Deveiop a definition of qualifying dwelling units and employment in nodes that <br />includes only those dwelling units and employment that are clearly <br />, collsistent with implementing the nodal development strategy. <br /> <br />3. Revise the "interim benchmarks" for d~ellings and employment in nodes to be <br />clearly consistent with achieving the 20-year perfonnance standard~ . <br /> <br />7. Based on its review, the Commission also adopted the following recommendations to provide <br />guidan.ce to Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan area local governments as they prepare and <br />implement the regional transportation system plan, TransPlan: <br /> <br />1:. <br /> <br />1. LCOG should amend TransPlan to include a schedule for implementation of the nodal <br />development strategy. This schedule should incorporate the items listed below and the requirements <br />for an "integl1lted land use and transportation plan" over the ne'!:t three years. <br />2. Eugene and Sprintzfield need to specify specific areas for nodal development within one year. <br />TransPlan identifies approximately 50 areas as having potential for nodal development. Eugene and <br />Springfield need to move quickly to pic~ which of the 50 areas to designate as nodes and set general <br />boundaries to guide subsequent detailed planning. . <br />3. Eugene and Springfield need to adopt Metro Plan designations and zoning amendments for the <br />specified nodes within two years after TransPlan adoption. Currently, most of the ,identified nodes . <br />are planned and zoned to allow continued auto-oriented development. This means j nappropri ate and <br />poorly designed uses that could easily frustrate nodal development can be located in nodes. To be <br />TransPlan July 2002 Appendix G, Page 2 <br /> <br />I. <br />I <br />! <br /> <br />City COUlicil Agenda page 185 <br />