Item 5: Ordinance Amending Metro Plan and Refinement Plan - Huntington Crossing

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Goal 13 - Energy Conservation: To conserve energy. Goal 13 requires that land and uses developed on the land shall be managed and controlled so as to manage all forms of energy, based on sound economic principles. Changing the designation from Campus Industrial to Medium Density Residential does not specifically impact energy conservation or preclude sound energy conservation measures. The proposed amendments are consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 13. Goal 14 - Urbanization: To provide for an orderly and efficient transition from rural to urban land use. The amendments do not effect the transition from rural to urban land use, as the subject property is already within the Urban Growth Boundary. 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. Goal 16 through 19 - Estuarine Resources, Coastal Shorelands, Beaches and Dunes, and Ocean Resources: There are no coastal, ocean, estuarine, or beach and dune resources related to the property effected by these amendments. Therefore, these goals are not relevant and the amendments will not affect compliance with Statewide Planning Goals 16 through 19. (b) Adoption of the amendment must not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent. The Metro Plan diagram amendment to re-designate 6.89 acres of land from Campus Industrial to Medium Density Residential will not create an internal conflict with the remainder of the Metro Plan. No text or other diagram changes are necessary to ensure internal consistency with the proposed diagram amendments; adoption of this amendment will not make the Metro Plan internally consistent. The applicant provided findings regarding how the Metro Plan diagram amendment is consistent with the policy direction contained in the Metro Plan. Those policies found to be applicable to this request are addressed below. Although the applicant addressed additional Metro Plan policies, they do not provide further, relevant guidance or mandatory approval criteria with respect to the proposal. However, to the extent that they may be applicable, the applicant’s findings are incorporated herein by reference as further evidence that the amendment does not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent. The Metro Plan diagram included in the applicant’s written materials is outdated, and not applicable. The Metro Plan diagram in the applicant’s written materials shows the northern portion of the subject property as designated for Low Density Residential use. However, the applicable Metro Plan diagram (Ordinance No. 20319) does show the entire subject property designated as Staff Findings – January 16, 2007 Page 7