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

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Goal 11 - Public Facilities and Services: To plan and develop a timely, orderly and efficient arrangement of public facilities and services to serve as a framework for urban and rural development. The area affected by the amendments has long been located inside the city limits (annexed between 1864 and 1900). Adequate access to the City's storm water system, public wastewater lines, water and power are available to the site. The existing level of public facilities and service is adequate to serve the needs of existing and future development. The provision of this amendment does not affect the planning or development of future public facilities or services. Therefore, the amendment is consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 11. Goal 12 - Transportation: To provide and encourage a safe, convenient and economic transportation system. Goal 12 is implemented through the Transportation Planning Rule (TPR), as defined in Oregon Administrative Rule OAR 660-012-0060. The TPR states that when land use changes, including amendments to acknowledged comprehensive plans, significantly affect transportation facilities, measures must be put in place to assure that the allowed land uses are consistent with the function and capacity of those transportation facilities. Several streets border the site affected by the proposed amendments. Those streets are: Pearl Street, High Street, and 4th Avenue. On the south is the Southern Pacific RR right of way. Pearl and High streets are' classified as Major Collectors on the City of Eugene Street Classification Map, adopted in 1999. The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Transportation Plan (TransPlan) provides the regional policy framework through which the TPR is implemented at the local level. Implementation of transportation system improvements specific to the doWntown area are accomplished through the Central Area Transportation Study (CATS). A determination of potential impacts on local transportation facilities is a prerequisite to approval. of the proposed amendment from High Density Residential to Commercial. Pursuant to OAR 660-012- 0060(1), the State TPR requires a determination of which transportation facilities will experience a "significant effect" as a result of the proposed plan amendment, and defines what constitutes a significant effect. A plan amendment is considered to significantly affect a transportation facility if, for example, the amendment will reduce the performance of the transportation facility below the minimum acceptable performance standard (often describ'ed in terms of Level of Service standards or vehicle/capacity ratios). If a local government determines that an amendment would significantly affect a transportation facility, the local government must put in place measures to assure that the allowed land uses are consistent with the identified "function, capacity 'and performance standards" of the facility ((OAR 660-012-0060(1)). An example of such a measure is a minor street improvement. OAR 660- 012-0060(3) describes additional circumstances under which the City could approve the amendment, including instances in which the applicant demonstrates that the existing transportation facility is already performing below minimum acceptable performance standards and that the development resulting from the proposed amendment mitigates the impacts in a manner that avoids further degradation of the transportation facility. The application materials submitted in response to Goal 12 are inconclusive. The applicant appears to argue that the proposal complies with Goal 12 based on: 1) Council findings for the Downtown Plan adoption; 2) the Nodal Development/Transit Oriented Development zoning of the area; and 3) the Central Area Transportation Study (CATS). ()regon Motor Pool - Prelirninary Findings~ Septelnber 12~ 2006 Page 6 of 1 3