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designation(s) and proposed plan designation(s). Empirical data on a wide range of land uses is available from the Trip Generation report published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers, which is the industry standard utilized nationwide to determine traffic impacts of development. Once the local government has determined "significant effect," there are a number of remedies for applications that to enable plan amendments to comply with the TPR. The applicant's original application materials were revised with additional transportation data (submitted on October 10, 2006). The data submitted includes trip generation estimates for allowable uses under the existing HDR designation and for allowable uses under the proposed Commercial designation. These estimates assume the following: that allowable uses under a HDR designation would be ground floor retail with 2 additional floors of residential uses; that allowable uses under a Commercial designation would be ground floor retail with an additional floor of office; and that up to one-half of the parcel area could be covered in structures (with remaining area absorbed by parking, circulation, landscaping, etc.). Staff concurs that these are reasonable assumptions based on the site, current market conditions, and typical zoning requirements. The applicant's trip generation analysis estimates that less than 200 additional weekday trips would be generated by a change from a HDR to a Commercial designation, and approximately 36 additional weekday peak hour trips would be generated under proposed designations. Based on City engineering staffs knowledge of existing traffic volumes and existing roadway capacity, surrounding streets are currently operating at between LOS A and LOS C. Given the traffic volumes anticipated in the applicant's trip generation analysis, staff believes that the proposed designations will not result in a significant impact on the function, capacity or performance standards of these transportation facilities. Therefore, staff finds that the proposed change complies with the State TPR Statewide Goal 12. Goal 13 - Energy Conservation: To conserve energy. The proposed plan amendment does not specifically impact energy conservation. Therefore, the proposal is consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 13. Goal 14 - Urbanization: To provide for an orderly and efficient transition from rural to urban land use. The amendment does not effect the transition from rural to urban land use, as the subject property is already within the City limits. Therefore, Statewide Planning Goal 14 does not apply. Goal 15 - Willamette River Greenway: To protect, conserve, enhance and maintain the natural, scenic, historical, agricultural, economic and recreational qualities of lands along the Willamette River as the Willamette River Greenway. The subject property is not within the boundaries of the Willamette River Greenway. Therefore, Statewide Planning Goal 15 does not apply.