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residential areas were inconsistent with the Metro Plan, as a hospital would not in all cases, constitute an "auxiliary use" to residential uses. The court also held that the changes to allow hospitals an as outright permitted use in industrial areas were inconsistent with the Metro Plan, as a hospital would not, in all cases, "serve a primary industrial use." CHOICES did not challenge before LUBA or the Court of Appeals the ordinance changes to the commercial zones, and the decision of the Court of Appeals did not call into question those changes. Following adoption of Ordinance 20299 and during the appeals process, McKenzie-Willamette Triad chose the EWEB site as its preferred site for location of its hospital facilities. The EWEB site is designated heavy industrial in the Metro Plan and is zoned public land. RELATED CITY POLICIES Adoption of Ordinance 20299 addressed the council's goal to "Prioritize and implement next steps in Growth Management" under the Council Goal of " Sustainable Community Growth and Change - A community that retains a high quality of life and a healthy economy, effectively links land use and transportation planning, and successfully manages growth and change in the urban environment." Policy 3 in Section VI of the Downtown Plan, adopted by Ordinance 20316 in April 2004 (which is also reflected in Section 9.9540 of the Eugene Code, 1971) states that: "A master plan for the EWEB riverfront property must be approved by the city before any redevelopment, land use application, rezoning, Metro Plan or refinement plan diagram amendments are approved for uses not associated with EWEB functions. The master plan shall be evaluated based on the master plan's consistency with principles A through D below: A) Create a 'people place' that is active, vibrant, accessible and multi- use; B)Provide appropriate setbacks, deeper where environmental or habit at issues are more critical, shallower in other areas; C) Incorporate appropriate building and site design techniques that address environmental concerns; and D) Incorporate an educational aspect, so that the riverfront improvements teach us about our river, our history and our city. The master plan shall be considered using the City's Type II application procedures, unless the applicant elects to have the master plan reviewed concurrently with a Type III, Type IV or Type V application." Also relevant to this work session is the following motion adopted by the council on September 18, 2002: "That it shall be the policy of the City of Eugene to encourage hospital uses in the central city to support health care for Eugene citizens and as a method of stimulating economic development and downtown redevelopment. The City Manager shall proceed with appropriate staff work necessary to encourage the development and/or redevelopment of sites for hospital uses in the central city and return to Council in November with options for appropriate siting opportunities and other incentives." COUNCIL OPTIONS In light of (a) the two objectives noted under "Background," and (b) Triad's selection of the EWEB site as its preferred site, there are at least three questions that the remand poses. First, does the council desire to retain the unchallenged ordinance provisions, particularly those related to commercially zoned property, in order to facilitate expansion of PeaceHealth's Hilyard campus and possible use by Triad of the EWEB site? Second, does the council desire to facilitate Triad's use of the EWEB site? And third, is there any reason, at this time, to attempt to retain the provisions in the ordinance (primarily related to industrially and residentially zoned lands) to facilitate location of a new hospital throughout the City? L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M050209\S050209A. doc