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to Commercial and 1.3 acres. of land from Commercial to Medium Density Residential will create an internal conflict with the remainder of the Metro Plan. The applicant provided detailed findings intending to show how the Metro Plan diagram amendment is consistent with the policy direction contained in the Metro Plan. Those polices are addressed below. The following Metro Plan polices are applicable to this request: Growth Management Goals. Findings. and Policies The UGB and sequential development shall continue to be implemented as an essential means to achieve compact urban growth. The provision of all urban services shall be concentrated inside the UGB. (Policy 1) As detailed in the response to Statewide Goal 11 (above) urban services are available to the subject property and the property is within the Eugene portion of the metropolitan UGB and within the incorporated City limits. As such, the subject property is providing for compact urban growth and has the essential services available for development. As defined in the glossary of the Metro Plan compact urban growth is defined as: Thefilling in of vacant and underutilized lands in the.UGB, as well as redevelopment inside the UG B. The amendments will allow compact urban growth to occur on lands that are currently within the UGB and underutilized for an urban area. The redevelopment of the site will provide needed commercial employment opportunities and also provide medium density residential development. As such the proposed amendments support this policy. To accomplish the Fundamental Principle of compact urban growth addressed in the text and on the Metro Plan Diagram, overall metropolitan-wide density of new residential construction, but necessarily each project, shall average approximately six dwelling units per gross acre over the planning period (policy 24) The proposed development seeks to increase the amount of medium density residential designated land within the subject site area and thus increase the supply of land available for higher density development within the River Road/Santa Clara subarea. The future development of the site, therefore, will help the region achieve its goal of compact urban growth. As such the proposed amendments support this policy. Encourage development of suitable vacant, underdeveloped, and redevelopable land where services are available, thus capitalizing on public expenditures already made for these services. (Objective 8) The subject property is currently underdeveloped with access to readily available public facilities and services. Approval of this proposal will capitalize on the public services and expenditures Findings- November 19, 2007 Page 12