Item 3: PH on Ordinance Regarding State Motor Pool Metro Plan Amendment and Zone Change

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Goals 16 through 19 - Estuarine Resources" Coastal Shorelands" Beaches and Dunes" and Ocean Resources: There are no coastal, ocean, estuarine, or beach and dune resources related to the property effected by these amendments. Therefore, these goals are not relevant and the amendment will not affect compliance with Statewide Planning Goals 16 through 19. (b) Adoption of the amendment ~ust not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent. The Metro Plan diagram amendment to re-designate 1.7 acres of land from High Density Residential/Mixed UseINodal Development to CommerciallNodal Development will not create an internal conflictwith the remainder of the Metro Plan. No text or other diagram changes are necessary to ensure internal consistency with the proposed diagram amendments; adoption of this amendment will not make the Metro Plan internally consistent. Consistency with Metro Plan policies: The applicant concludes that" ...findings were made at the time of adoption of the Downtown Plan. The change of the Metro Plan map, when that change is only to make it conform with the text of the adopted refinement plan, and now the Metro Plan, should not require new findings of Metro Plan consistency" (applicant's letter to City June 8, 2006). Staff does not concur with the applicant's conclusion. That the refinement pl~n was earlier found to be consistent with the Metro Plan is not sufficient evidence that the specific plan amendment proposed is consistent with the Metro Plan. Staff presents findings below as evidence that the proposed Metro Plan diagram amendment is consistent with the policy direction contained in the Metro Plan. The following Metro Plan polices are applicable to the requ~sted amendment: Residential Land Use and Housing Element: Generally locate higher density residential development near employment or commercial services, in proximity to major transportation systems or within transportation-efficient nodes. (Policy A.II) Encourage residential developments in or near downtown core areas in both cities. (Policy A.19) The current Metro Plan designation of the parcel is High Density Residential/Mixed UseINodal Development. The Metro Plan also contains the following cautionary statement related to the residential land supply: "While all medium and high density allocations shown on the Metro Plan Diagram may not be needed during the planning period, there protection for these uses is important because available sites meeting pertinent location standards are limited" (pg. II-G-3). However, the proposed amendment has been found to have no actual effect on the buildable residential land supply (as noted in findings for Goal 10 under EC 9.7730(3)(b) above). In addition, the proposed designation of CommerciallNodal Development would accommodate both multi-unit residential and commercial uses. The applicant claims that a High Density Residential designation is not appropriate for the subject parcel. This is due to the fact that: