Item C: Mixed-Use Centers - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Work Session: Implementation of Mixed Use (Nodal) Development Program Meeting Date: July 20, 2005 Agenda Item Number: C Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Allen Lowe www. eugette-or, gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5113 ISSUE STATEMENT The council has requested a work session to discuss the relationship of the Mixed Use Development program to adopted City policies. Planning Division staff is seeking City Council confirmation that the current approach to implementation of this program is consistent with adopted policy. BACKGROUND The mixed use (nodal) development concept is at the heart of Eugene's transportation and growth management strategies. Evidence of its prominence is reflected in the fact that the City Council has discussed Mixed Use (Nodal) development more than 100 times over the past eight years in various work sessions and public hearings related to the adoption of TransPlan, the Eugene Growth Management Study, the Land Use Code Update, the Eugene Arterial and Collector Street Plan, the Eugene Local Street Plan, Bus Rapid Transit and numerous other work items. Since 1992, the Planning Commission and City Council have held joint annual meetings to review the commission's work program and annual report. Mixed use development and mixed use neighborhoods were discussed extensively in the November 2002, July 2003, and October 2004 joint work sessions. Staff expects that the mixed use development program will also be included in the upcoming joint work session scheduled for July 27, 2005. In recent meetings with the council, it has been suggested that the program is out-of-synch with and does not conform to adopted policies, particularly growth management policies. This work session will focus on the Mixed Use Development program' s conformance, or lack thereof, with policies adopted by the council. RELATED CITY POLICIES The adopted 2001 TransPlan and 1998 Eugene Growth Management Policies provide the policy basis for mixed use (nodal) development. Eugene Growth Management Policy #10 states: "Encourage the creation of transportation-efficient land use patterns and implementation of nodal development concepts." Virtually all of the other adopted growth management policies, with the possible exception of#16, #17, and #19, are directly related to implementation of the mixed use development program. TransPlan Land Use Policies 1 through 5 also support implementation of the mixed use (nodal) development concept in the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area. L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M050720\S050720C.doc