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EXHIBIT C: METRO PLAN DIAGRAM 7. Parcel-Specific Plan Diagram and Adequacy of Residential Land Supply Issue: Elected officials requested information on the magnitude of the interpretations that would occur under the proposed Metro Plan policy guidance regarding the parcel- specificity of the Metro Plan Diagram. They also requested information on the negative impacts of having a diagram that is parcel specific in its entirety. In addition, testimony was submitted that the land use designations in the Metro Plan Diagram should be entirely parcel-specific and that no interpretations of the designation of any properties should be allowed. The following arguments were offered to support this contention: · Home Builders Association has objected to this as being contrary to Goal 2. · This would be contrary to state statutes, specifically ORS 197.296 and contends that there is not a sufficient supply of residential land. · This is a refusal to use available technolog. · It is a dumbing down of predictability and certainty in planning. · It is an accommodation for Eugene (as Lane County and Springfield are ready to go 100% parcel specific. · The proposed housekeeping changes would continue the ambiguous, conflicting relationship between the refinement plans and the Metro Plan. Staff Analysis: Staff offers the following responses. · A GIS analysis of the proposed Metro Plan Diagram indicates that about 8,355 parcels, between 10 and 11 percent of the 80,310 parcels in the Metro Plan area, border a different plan designation and thus potentially could be subject to interpretation in the revised Metro Plan text and diagram. This is a conservative estimate because interpretations of the designations of some of these parcels has already been made through a formal Metro Plan Diagram amendment or zone change process. In many of these cases, the interpretation will be clear, such as where a single family residence (Low Density Residential) borders a park (Parks and Open Space). · Staff recognizes the following significant problems with a diagram that is entirely parcel specific inside urban areas at this time: · All challenges and interpretations to the Metro Plan Diagram will need to be processed as an amendment to the Metro Plan Diagram, which requires both Planning Commission and City Council hearings; these are time consuming and expensive processes and would not be well integrated with other procedures (e.g., conditional use permit or zone change). Metro Plan Periodic Review Text and Diagram Amendments Staff Notes Page 19 of 28 City Council Agenda page 321