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zoning and plans to relocate existing structures are consistent with Housing Policy A~25. 6. Metro Plan Housing Policy A-35 Coordinate local residential land use and housing planning with other elements of this plan, including public facilities and services, and other local plans, to ensure consistency among policies. The proposal, if adopted, would clarify the Metro Plan Diagram, and, by extension, Metro Plan policies related to the arrangement of land uses in the region, by applying the Govemment and Education designation to parcels owned by the University (State Board of Higher Education). The Government and Education designations represent two of three categories described, in the Metro Plan, as Public and Semi-Public. As the Metro Plan provides for designation of publicly- owned land as Government and Education, the change from High Density Residential and Medium Density Residential to Government and Education represents a clarification of intent that furthers policy consistency and supports Housing Policy A-35. 7. Metro Plan Environmental Design Policy E-4 Public and private facilities shall be designed and located in a manner that preserves and enhances desirable features of local neighborhood areas and promotes their sense of identity. The proposed amendments include several policies and other elements intended to preserve and enhance desirable features and identity of the neighborhood. These include: · a policy that encourage existing residential structures to be moved or otherwise preserved when property is redeveloped; · a policy that ensures long-term maintenance for street-front landscaping on University-owned properties along Villard Street; · a policy that limits the size, scale and nature of conditional uses allowed on University-owned land within the low-density residential area fronting on Villard Street; · a policy that requires demonstration of compatibility of new development with the "historic architectural, single-family residential character" in the area to the east and south of the East Campus area; and · a "buffer" or transition area, lying between the single-family neighborhood and the intensive, institutional uses on the University campus. Within the transition area, building heights are limited and many uses are prohibited. 8. Metro Plan Public Facilities Policy G-5 The cities shall continue joint planning coordination with major institutions, such as universities and hospitals, due to their relatively large impact on local facilities and services. The City collaborates with the University of Oregon on a regular basis on matters pertaining to campus development and the impacts of campus development on surrounding neighborhoods. The City is a participant in meetings of the University/Community Liaison Committee, a group formed to facilitate discussions 11 City Council Agenda page 245