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Eugene Arterial and Collector Street Plan (1999) The Eugene Arterial and Collector Street Plan_(ACSP) along with the companion Eugene Local Street Plan (LSP) focuses on the continued development of a multi-modal street system for the City that accommodates all users of the transportation system and supports compact urban growth. Together, these two plans provide an essential set of tools to help the city implement key aspects of the transportation-related policies contained in the Eugene Growth Management Study and TransPlan. Those policies promote community livability by: · Maintaining and enhancing mobility for all modes of surface transportation including automobiles, bicycles, pedestrians, transit vehicles, emergency responders and freight vehicles; · Seeking to create a transportation-efficient land use pattern; and · Achieving a better balance between all modes of transportation. An excerpt from the ACSP that describes the relationship of the ACSP to TransPlan and to the Growth Management Policies is attached as Exhibit E. Early Pilot Nodal Development Project (Specific Plans) (1998). Bolstered by community support for nodal development evident in the Growth Management Study, staff moved forward with plans to implement those policies in two distinct settings and areas of the City. As noted in the attached Nodal Development Implementation Status Report (Exhibit F) Eugene's process for identifying specific areas for nodal development proceeded in two stages. In April 1997 the City applied for State Transportation Growth Management (TGM) funds to assist with this process. Acknowledging the experimental nature of the work, the City applied for TGM funds to initiate two "pilot" projects to test a process and a set of planning tools to implement the nodal development concept on a newly developing "Greenfield" site and in a mature neighborhood where infill and redevelopment were the likely vehicles of change. The sites ultimately selected by the Planning Commission and confirmed by the Council, were West Royal (Newly Developing) and 11th and Chambers (Redevelopment/Infill). Those planning processes concluded in 1999 with the Planning Commission not recommending adoption of the Draft Chambers Nodal Development Plan and with the ultimate adoption, in 2003, of the Royal Avenue Specific Plan. Land Use Code Update (2000). Over a five year period beginning in 1995, the City was engaged in a lengthy process to overhaul and update Chapter 9 (Land Use) of the Eugene Code. Many fundamental elements of the mixed use (nodal) development program were addressed in that code update. New design standards were adopted for multi-family development, as well as for general and neighborhood commercial development. New lot development standards to allow higher residential densities and multi-modal street standards to improve conditions for alternative modes were incorporated in the code. Hundreds of changes were made to the code in the update. Many, but certainly not all of the changes were directed at implementing the nodal development concept. 4