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

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ATTACHMENT J Attachment A Staff Findings Oregon State Motor Pool Site (MA 06-2, Z 06-9) Metro Plan Diaeram Amendments The proposed amendment would change the current Metro Plan land use designation of High Density Residentiall Mixed UselNodal Development to CommerciallNodal Development. The High Density Residential designation is intended for multi-unit developments of typically over 20 units per acre. The Mixed Use designation is typically applied within a designated Special Area Plan, however, the subject parcel is not located within a Special Area. There is no corresponding zoning that implements this designation. The Nodal Development designation has been applied to all the downtown area to recognize Eugene's central business district as a mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly center, pursuant to OAR 660-012-0060(7). Eugene Code Section 9.7730(3) requires that the following criteria be applied to a Metro Plan diagram amendment: (a) The amendment must be consistent with the relevant Statewide Planning Goals adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission; and (b) Adoption of the amendment must not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent. After review of the proposal, staff made a preliminary determination that additional information would be needed to demonstrate the proposal's consistency with Statewide Goals, particularly with Goal 12, Transportation, as required in criterion (3)(a) above. Staff requested additional information of the applicant (applicant/applicant's representative) related to transportation, such as could be provided in a traffic impact analysis. The additional information is not provided, for reasons stated in the application materials. Based on the. information in the record, staff cannot make positive findings that the criterion in EC 9.7730(3)(a) is satisfied. Staff finds that the approval criterion in EC 9.7730(3)(b) is satisfied. Staff findings relative to both Metro Plan diagram amendment criteria in EC 9.7730(3) (with criteria in bold italics) are presented below. (aJ The am.endment must be consistent with the relevant Statewide Planning Goals adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission. The applicant states that at the time of adoption of the Downtown Plan that "Goal findings were made on all applicable Statewide Goals and the Downtown Plan, including the specific policies that called for redesignation of particular pa~cels..." and that, therefore, "the direction of the Downtown Plan with regard to this parcel is not conditional upon any additional findings of need or land use inventory considerations" (applicant's letter to City of Eugene June 8, 2006). Staff does not concur with the applicant's conclusion that. Statewide Goal findings have already been made supporting the specific proposed Plan amendment. Below are staff findings relative to the proposal's consistency with all Statewide Goals.