Item A: Ordinance Amending Metro Plan and Willakenzie Area Plan (Huntington Crossing)

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Public Hearing: An Ordinance Amending the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan Land Use Diagram; Amending the Willakenzie Area Plan Pursuant to Section 9.7750(4) of the Eugene Code, 1971; Adopting a Severability Clause; and Providing an Effective Date (Huntington Crossing) Meeting Date: February 22, 2007 Agenda Item Number: A Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Lydia McKinney www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5485 ISSUE STATEMENT Popcorn LLC, as applicant, requests a Metro Plan amendment and Willakenzie Area Plan amendment for a 6.89-acre parcel located on the east side of Old Coburg Road, north of Chad Drive at 89295, 89297 and 89317 Old Coburg Road (please see attached maps). The applicant requests to change the current Metro Plan designation from Campus Industrial to Medium Density Residential, change the current Willakenzie Land Use Diagram from Special Light Industrial to Medium Density Residential, and change the Willakenzie Area Plan Coburg-Crescent Subarea diagram from Campus Industrial to Medium Density Residential. The Planning Commissions recommend approval of this request. Please refer to Exhibit C, Planning Commission Agenda Item Summery and Exhibit D, Staff Findings for further background on this request. The proposed Metro Plan amendment is a two-jurisdiction (Type II) Metro Plan amendment inside the Urban Growth Boundary but outside the city limits of Eugene. In accordance with the two-jurisdiction Metro Plan amendment procedures outlined in E.C. 9.7740(4), the governing bodies’ decision on the requested actions must be based solely on the evidentiary record created before the Planning Commissions; no new evidence is allowed at the council hearing (E.C. 9.7740(4)). The decision is quasi-judicial. BACKGROUND The City of Eugene and Lane County Planning Commissions held a joint pubic hearing on October 24, 2006, to consider the proposed amendment. Following the close of the public hearing, both Planning Commissions deliberated and passed motions to support the proposed amendment. It should be noted that a separate refinement plan amendment was submitted in the event any text amendment to the Willakenzie Area Plan was necessary. No text amendments were found necessary. Therefore, consistent with the provisions of EC 9.7750(4), a Metro Plan amendment automatically amends the refinement plan diagram when no text amendment is proposed. One letter of testimony from an adjoining neighbor in opposition to the proposed plan amendment was received during the public comment period for the public hearing before the Planning Commissions. L:\CMO\2007 Council Agendas\M070222\S070222A.doc