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both inside and outside multi-modal corridors, but must at least be located along a planned or existing transit route." An excerpt from the TransPlan Land Use Measures (LUM) Strategies Document that describes "nodal development" and other related strategies is attached as Exhibit B. Eugene Local Street Plan (1996). The local street system is a critical component of the mixed use (nodal) development concept. Prior to adoption of the Eugene Local Street Plan (LSP), the City had no philosophy and very little policy for guiding the development of the local street system. The LSP established planning principles and design standards for local streets that reflect the City's intention to design multi-modal streets that emphasize features that improve comfort and safety for the pedestrians, bicyclists and transit users. To that end, the LSP introduced street connectivity requirements, traffic calming standards, restrictions on the number and length of cul-de-sac streets, design standards for transit facilities on local streets, standards for setback sidewalks with planting strips to be planted with canopy street trees, etc. Narrow streets with on-street parking that reduce traffic speeds are now common in new subdivisions throughout the city. An excerpt from the Eugene Local Street Plan that outlines the Planning Principles for the Layout and Design of Local Streets is attached as Exhibit C. Growth Management Policies (1998). In February 1998, the City Council adopted Growth Management Policies for the City of Eugene. Those Growth Management Policies, along with the adopted 2001 TransPlan, provide the policy basis for nodal (mixed use) development. The Growth Management Study, also known as Shaping Eugene's Future, initiated a sustained community conversation about Eugene's future and the actions that are necessary to realize that future. The study involved thousands of residents in setting the agenda for the study, and in advising the City Council and Planning Commission on broad policy direction and specific actions that should be taken to manage growth. In the final phase of the project, citizens were asked to evaluate four alternative growth management scenarios and sets of actions to implement those scenarios. The scenarios were labeled "Current Trends," "Discourage Growth," "Encourage Growth," and "Recycle Eugene". The "Recycle Eugene" scenario, and the actions that support that scenario, were selected by a clear majority of participants as the preferred description of how growth should occur in the future and how it should be managed. The Planning Commission used that scenario as the basis for developing the draft Growth Management Policies that were later adopted by the Council. The "Recycle Eugene" scenario was based on the mixed use (nodal) development concept. Most of the adopted Growth Management Policies that derived from this work are directly applicable to the City's mixed use development strategy. In essence, they provide a policy roadmap for implementing the program. Those policies are discussed in more detail in the "Policy Framework" section that follows this history summary. The adopted Growth Management Policies are attached as Exhibit D.