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Regarding potential impacts to the 4J school district, while the 2016 Amendment projects are not directed at residential projects, they are likely to increase jobs and amenities downtown, which will ideally increase the number of people living downtown. (See Chapter 9 for a summary of the financial impact that the Downtown District has on 4J.) The Fiber Implementation Plan includes the acquisition of telecommunications infrastructure that would provide a publicly owned and/or operated connection from a local internet connection point to large, regional internet exchanges. The infrastructure could lower the telecommunications operating costs for public agencies, including 4J. The 2016 Amendment projects, like all development projects, are expected to impact police services, transportation, utilities, and other public services. City Council selected projects within the Plan Area for the way in which they support planning efforts and strategies, such as Envision Eugene, and adopted policy documents, such as the Eugene Downtown Plan. Developed with significant public input, the planning documents were based on assumptions about the value of and expected need for higher density of uses and development, with a consequent need for new and improved services and amenities. The Plan is expected to facilitate improvements within the Plan Area, thereby addressing the goals and policies in these documents. The policies of the Downtown Plan strongly support increased residential and mixed use development downtown, and the reinforcement of downtown as the economic and cultural center of the community. The Downtown Plan also contains specific policies in support of improvements to public open spaces downtown. Similarly, the pillars of Envision Eugene that will be addressed from the 2016 Amendment are to provide ample employment opportunities, to provide housing affordable to all income levels, and to promote compact development and efficient use of transportation. Specifically, the 2016 Amendment projects are expected to increase jobs and amenities downtown, which could increase housing demand downtown, thereby implementing Envision Eugene strategies to meet more of Eugene's multi -family housing and jobs needs downtown, increase job opportunities, and transform downtown into a mixed-use neighborhood that fosters active, walkable community living. The projects in the Plan do not result in an intensification of development beyond that previously anticipated under the planning documents. The Agency will use tax increment revenues to carry out the Plan. The use of tax increment revenues will affect the property tax revenues and bonded debt tax rates of other taxing jurisdictions that share assessed value with the Plan Area. The property tax impacts are described in Chapter 9. Report on the 2016 Amendment 7