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The City of Eugene has aggressively pursued city-wide parking management strategies to meet TPR parking reduction objectives. The City of Eugene also supports and participated in the development of the TransPlan Parking Management Plan which anticipates that the 10% reduction per capita mandated by the State for the metropolitan area will be met. In fact, TransPlan projections significantly exceed the 10% reduction required for the metropolitan area. Eugene's earlier code amendments have played a significant part in efforts to achieve that reduction target. Removing the 20 space surface parking limit for properties zoned C-3 Major Commercial would not affect TPR compliance. Parking would still be limited to a ratio of one space per 1000, less than the three spaces per thousand required as a minimum for commercial properties outside of the parking exempt zone. In addition, the area zoned C-3 is a small percentage of the overall non-residentially zoned area to which parking restrictions apply. Commercial Lands Study The Commercial Lands Study is considered a refinement to the Metro Plan. The code amendments directly address Policy 6.0: Promote redevelopment of existing commercial areas and compact, dense growth by encouraging business to revitalize and reuse existing commercial sites. The amendments also indirectly address Policy 7.0: Recognize private sector costs of redevelopment, especially in the downtown area, and offer public incentives to assist redevelopment efforts. The code amendments assist private developers to invest in the downtown area by removing impediments in the land use code. Central Area Transportation Study (CATS) The Central Area Transportation Study (CATS) is considered a refinement of TransPlan for the greater downtown area. CATS includes two policies relevant to the code amendments: 8. Support intensive development in the downtown area by balancing new parking supply with specific area demands and ensure an adequate supply of parking is available downtown to meet the needs of residents, workers and customers of downtown facilities. 9. Make parking downtown convenient, affordable, safe and easy to use. In the long term, surface parking lots are not a preferred land use downtown. However, convenient, safe, affordable and easy to use parking supports existing and potential new development downtown. The code amendment to permit more than 20 surface spaces when associated with a new development addresses these policies. Currently underground parking is not included in the calculation of the required FAR. However, underground parking supports intensive downtown development, is an investment in compact Exhibit A - 9