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<br />HAND DELIVERED <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT D <br /> <br />RECE!\!ED <br /> <br />October 10, 2006 <br /> <br />r-. .~-.'-_._'''~---~. .~ <br /> <br /> <br />\ OCT 1 0 2006 <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />l L__.,."...,_,*~...._,.__,.__....._'.n~'..'..-. <br /> <br />(~ ! '"('{ C) F E LJ'C:f: E i;~ .: E <br />_ftj~~~i~:~..~~,,~7~~_,.".~:i~!:'i 'Tjyl E f\JI- <br /> <br />Planning Commission <br />City of Eugene <br />Planning & Development <br />99 West 10th Avenue <br />Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> <br />Re: Post Hearing Submittal <br />Oregon Motor Pool Site (MA 06-2 and Z 06-9) <br /> <br />Dear Commissioners: <br /> <br />The record herein remained open at .my request so that I could provide <br />further comment in response to the dialog that ensued between staff <br />and Commissioners following my presentation and to allow an <br />opportunity for me to submit a trip generation analysis similar to that <br />submitted by the City in support of redesignation of 9+ acres of <br />Industrial property to Commercial at the courthouse site. <br /> <br />A. Policy at Issue <br /> <br />The Downtown Plan contains the following discussion and Policy at <br />Chapter II of the Plan, entitled "Building a Downtown," in the section <br />entitled "Facilitating Development": <br /> <br />"... All zoning regulations for downtown should be <br />reviewed to look for ways to simplify and expedite <br />development downtowh. In addition, there are underused <br />and vacant sites throughout downtown. Some of these <br />parcels are not designated for commercial use in the Metro <br />Plan, or are designated commercial but not commercially <br />zoned. These sites, which include surface parking lots <br />downtown, need to be redesignated or rezoned to allow for <br />the commercial development envisioned in this plan." (p. <br />13) <br /> <br />Consistent with this statement, the Plan adopts as a Policy the <br />following: <br /> <br />"3. Facilitate downtown development by re-designating <br />and rezoning underutilized properties, such as surface <br /> <br /> <br />Phone: <br />(541) 686-8833 <br />Fax: <br />(541) 345-2034 <br /> <br />975 Oak Street <br />Suite 800 <br />Eugene, Oregon <br />974V1-3156 <br /> <br />Mailing Address: <br />P.O. Box 1147 <br />Eugene, Oregon <br />97440-1147 <br /> <br />Email: <br />info@orbuslaw.com <br />Web-Site: <br /> <br />www.orbuslaw.com <br /> <br />Sean M. Bannon <br />Frederick A. Batson <br />Jon v. Buerstatte <br />Joshua A. Clark <br />A. J, Giustina <br />Thomas P. E. Hernnann* <br />Dan Webb Howard <br />Stephen 0 . Lane <br />William H. Martin* <br />Laura T. Z. Montgomery* <br />Tanya C. O'Neil <br />Standlee G. Potter <br />Ian T. Richardson <br />Martha J. Rodman <br />Douglas R. Schultz <br />Malcolm H. Scott <br />James W. Spickerman <br />Kate A. Thompson <br />Jane M. Yates <br /> <br />* Also admitted <br />in Washington <br />