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o Incentives for Mixed Use Development · Website. A Mixed Use Development website is a prominent feature of the Planning and Development internet site. All information pertaining to the program is placed on that site, including project-specific information on each of the City's mixed use development projects. · Presentations to Neighborhood and Civic Groups. City staff has contacted more than 40 neighborhood and civic groups seeking a time to meet with those groups to discuss the program. Since January staff has made 24 presentations to a variety of groups and has scheduled several others over the next two months. · Working Ci~. Video. A short video on the Mixed Use program was featured on the first Working City television show produced for public access television. That video was shown throughout the month of September 2004. · TechnicalAssistance. Technical assistance is primarily provided through the larger planning projects (like the Royal Avenue and Chase Gardens Specific Area plans) that are largely supported with Transportation Growth Management funds. Technical assistance has also been provided to several individual property owners who requested assistance with implementation of mixed use projects. · Workshops In 2003 the City sponsored a public workshop featuring several presentations by local and regional architects and developers on mixed use development implementation. TransPlan Land Use Policy #3: Transit-Supportive Land Use Patterns. Provide for transit-supportive land use patterns and development, including higher intensity, transit-oriented development along major transit corridors and near transit stations; medium and high-density residential development within ¼ mile of transit stations, major transit corridors, employment centers, and downtown areas; and development and redevelopment in designated areas that are or could be well served by existing or planned transit. Program Consistency with the Policy. The mixed use (nodal) development program is based on the provision of these transit-(and pedestrian) supportive features. All of the projects associated with this program are focused specifically on implementation of a transit- and pedestrian- supportive land use pattern that exhibits these features. (See program brochures Exhibit 1-2 and 1-3). From its inception, the nodal development program has been integrated with planning for transit facilities. A key feature of all mixed use (nodal) development areas is their location on an existing or planned transit line. As the ideas for Nodal Development and Bus Rapid Transit matured through the TransPlan process, these two concepts were completely integrated. Sixteen of the 39 potential mixed use areas within Eugene are located along potential Bus Rapid Transit Routes; the remainder are all on existing or planned transit lines.