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

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Planning Commission September 15, 2006 Page 7 "... trip generation, trip distribution and assignment, existing levels and patterns of traffic/travel to and from the site and the level of service of each nearby (upstream or downstream) intersection, existing and planned access(es) and comparative analysis of each of these under existing plan designation(s) and proposed plan designation(s)." (Staff report, p. 11.) This is a curious request in light of that which was found satisfactory to meet the Goal 12 requirement when the Courthouse District,was rezoned. It may be recalled; two ordinances were presented in dealing with the downtown area. One ordinance adopted the new Downtown Plan. The other ordinance applied the nodal overlay to the entire Downtown Plan area and redesignated the federal courthouse site of 9+ acres from Heavy Industrial to Commercial. In making positive findings on Goal 12, the City cited the proposed transportation improvements plan in conjunction with the courthouse which included the 6th Avenue extension, a portion of Ferry Street and 8th Avenue and signalized the intersection of 8th and Mill~ the effect of the nodal development area and that this would be a "mixed-use, pedestrian- friendly center, neighborhood." The Council did not have before it a traffic impact analysis with the information the staff would like to require of the applicant here. It only had a memorandum from Public Works with the stated subject and content: "Courthouse District Trip Generation Estimates." This was a computation of trips generated by trying to project what the land uses would be on this 9+ acres of commercial land and the trips that would be generated if those land uses did in fact occur. As is apparent, this is only one type of data of the above list of types of data the City now deems necessary. In spite of the generation of 10,775 new trips, no detailed analysis such. as level of service analysis, was required and the Council found that the . change in land use designation would not significantly affect the transportation facility. c. Conclusion The State of Oregon, both directly through contact by members of the Department of Administrative Services staff and through counsel, participated in. development of the Downtown Plan from the outset.