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

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, , , Goal 11 - PubHcFacilitie.s and Services: . To plan and develop a ti~ely, orderly and efficient arrangement of public facilities mid servicf;!s to serve as a framework for urban and rural development. . The site has long been within the City limits and served by public facilities which will be adequate to serve the. needs of existing and future developme~t. The plan amendm~nt is, therefore" consistent with Statewide Planning .Goal 11. '.' Goal 12 - Transportation: To provide and encourage a safe, convenient and . ec()nomic transpo~ation system. . , . Goal 12 is implemented through the Transportation Planning Rule (TPR, OAR 660-12). TransPlanprovides the mutual policy framework through which the.TPR is enacted at the local.level. The Downtown Plan. supports a safe, convenient and economic tra.I)sportation system and. is consistent with ' Statewide Pla~ning Goal 12. Transpian states in part: "Provide for' trarisit-supportive land use patterns. and development, including higher intensity, .transit-oriented development near ... .' downtown areas; and developm'ent and redevelopment.in designate~ areas that are. or ..coul4 h.e well served by existing or planned transit." (TransPlan Land Use Policy #3.) The subject site is part of a nodal area and near transportation systems~ The Central Area Transportation Study (CATS) adopted May ~4, 2004 specifically addresses this area and the 2004 update of CATS. specifically states that it is focused on changes to the ,transportation system that result f~om the update to the Eugerie Downtown Pl~ (see p. .6). At page 61, the trahsit system discussion map indicates the partion of High Street adjacent to the property is to .be a Downtown Shuttle Service route and potential future BRT route. The Tran~portation Planning Rule req~ires that amendments to . ackn.owledgeci comprehensive plans which significantly affect a transportation f~cility shall assure "that the allowed land uses' ar~ . consistent with' 'the . identified" function, capacity and performance standards.(e.g., level of service, volume to capacity ratio, etc.) ~f the faci~ity. In adopting the 'Downtown Plan, the Council found that the Downtown Plan and the related code amendments would not significantly' affect a transportation facilitY since they do none of the things desc~ibed in the TPR (OAR 660-0 12-q060(a)-(d)). . In the Downtown Plan, four streets are proposed to be characterized .as "great streets:" Broadway, Willamette, 5th Avenue and 8th Avenue. The plan proposes that design' standards artd gujdelines be drafted for each street to emphasize pedestrian amenities" and to attract pedestrian friendly development, in an effort to create a "walkable" downtown. The findings state: WRITTEN STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE METROPOLITAN PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION, STATE OF OREGON MOTOR POOL SITE - 7