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<br />/.......*'.\ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />. Patricia Thomas, AlA 0 ) <br />July 24,2006 <br />Page 2. . <br /> <br />Exhibit 1. Also enclosed, is a copy of. an e.:.mail from Emily.to me <br />wherein she set forth the language to clarify what was intended by the <br />language that you cite in the Downtown Plan, Exhibit 2. <br /> <br />. The' concern of the Coun~i1ors was that the criteria for some land use <br />. ~pplications include the requirement that_deci~ions be cO'nsistent with <br />(mandatory) policies. If policies are deemed only "aspirational," they <br />would not be. interpreted as criteria for the decision, th€tefore, would. <br />not prevent or discourage development downtown. That IS explained <br />further in th~ Eugene City Council Agenda Item Summary for April 12, <br />2004, page 2. A copy is enclosed as Exhibit.3. <br /> <br />The language in the Plan and this addition~ informatio.n I include <br />clear~y indicate that these policies 'have the force and effect of any <br />other policies in the Metro Plan or refinement plans in setting direction <br />for future land use actions. <br /> <br />While it is our position~ particularly as stated in .my June 8, 2006 <br />letter to you, th~t the Downtown Plan, as~dopted, clearlydir~cts <br />redesignation and rezoning of the subje'ct property, therefore', <br />necessarily found the redesignation and rezo~iJ?g consistent with t~e <br />Statewide Goals at the .time the Downtown Plan ~as adop~ed, the <br />following.'comD;1ents are submitted to supplement those, in the original <br />application and our previous correspondence. <br /> <br />Goal 9 - Economic Development: ~To provide adequate <br />opportunities throughou~ the state for a variety of <br />economic activities vital to the health, weJare, cirid <br />, prosperity of Oregon"'s citizens. <br /> <br />The. D.owntown.Plan supports deI?-sity and inten.sity .of commercial uses <br />d<?wntown and speGifically add.resses the need to capitalize on <br />development opp~rtunities. The subject site is designated an <br />"opportunity area" in the Downtown Plan. The plan amendment is <br />. also consistent'with several'policies of t~e Eugene Commercial Lands <br />Study (ECLS), the local refinement plan implementing Statewide Goal <br />9. <br />