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(a) Changes the functional classification of an existing or planned transportation facility; (b) Changes standards implementing a functional classification system; (c) Allows types or levels of land uses which would result in levels of travel or access which are inconsistent with the functional classification of a transportation facility; or (d) Would reduce the performance standards of the facility below the minimum acceptable level identified in the TSP. On August 1, 2003 the applicant submitted the University of Oregon East Campus Lands Trip Generation Study (dated November 17, 2002) as information supporting the plan amendment applications. On August 30, 2003 City staff requested additional information fi.om the applicant regarding traffic impacts, including data related to the operation of 7 intersections within and adjacent to the East Campus planning area. On October 27, 2003, the applicant submitted most, but not all of the requested data in a revised East Campus Lands Traffic Impact Study (TIS) dated October 22, 2003. On October 31, 2003 City staff requested additional information related to the mid-block pedestrian crossing on Agate Street, PM peak turning movements at several intersections, and assumptions related to the number of parking spaces in future parking structures that might be built ' within the East Campus area. On November 4, 2003 the applicant submitted all of the materials requested by City staff. Several streets intersect or border the area affected by the proposed amendments. Those streets include Agate Street, 15th, 17th and 19th avenues, Columbia, Moss and Villard streets. Agate and Villard are accessed from the north via Franklin Boulevard, a state facility. Franklin Boulevard, Agate and 19th are classified as "major streets" on the City of Eugene Street Classification Map, adopted in 1999. Franklin Boulevard is classified as a Major Arterial; Agate as a Minor Arterial, and 19th as a Neighborhood Collector. All other streets in the area are classified as local streets. The proposed amendments will not change the functional classification of an existing or planned transportation facility. Nor will they change standards implementing a functional classification system. Further, the amendments will not allow types or levels of land uses which would result in levels of travel or access which are inconsistent with the functional classification of a transportation facility. Though the amendments will not reduce the performance standards of the facility below the minimum acceptable level identified in the TSP, this finding warrants some additional discussion. The TIS concludes that the intersection of Agate Street with Franklin Boulevard will exceed ODOT level of service standards (Franklin Blvd. is a state highway) by 2025 with or without the proposed plan amendments. Even though this would exceed the maximum volume to capacity ratio allowed for the facility through the Oregon Highway Plan (OHP), the plan amendments will not cause a "significant effect" on the area transportation system. In spite of this finding, the TIS suggests and 7 City Council Agenda page 241