Item A: Low Impact Development: Results of Review

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areas for further implementation of LID, and identification of barriers which may limit or prevent increased implementation. In completing the review it was noted that increasing use of LID is consistent with a number of existing City plans and policies. Increasing use of LID is aligned with the Metro Plan Facilities & Services element, CSWMP, Stormwater Basin Plans, and Growth management policies 9 and 17. The primary recommendation emerging from this review is that Council consider findings of this report, weigh opportunities and barriers, consider relative priorities for pursuit of initiatives, and provide direction on the degree to which to further pursue increased use of LID practices. Should Council direct that elements of the land use code be considered for modification to further use of LID practices, staff further recommends that, as an initial step in the process, development of proposed changes be considered in the context of the Planning Division Work Plan and Planning Commission priorities for land use code amendments. Opportunities likely to have the greatest overall potential for increasing use of LID have significant barriers to their implementation, such as substantial complexities, competing objectives, and resource requirements. However, a number of opportunities to better encourage, integrate and improve LID implementation have relatively minor barriers. Staff can proceed to implement some administrative adjustments not requiring policy direction or requiring significant change to resource allocation. Using LID objectives as a screening and filtering mechanism, along with other objectives, when evaluating the effects of code and policy change may assist in incrementally increasing LID implementation. Additional integration of LID practices with other existing initiatives and program development efforts may also be feasible. September, 2008 City of Eugene LID Report, Page 21 of 26