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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Action: Downtown Plan Update and Related Metro Plan and Code Amendments An Ordinance Amending the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan Diagram to Add the ND Symbol to the Eugene Downtown Plan Area; Redesignating the Federal Courthouse Site From Heavy Industrial to Commercial; Adopting a Severability Clause; and Providing an Effective Date; and An Ordinance Adopting a New Eugene Downtown Plan as a Refinement of the Eugene- Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan; Repealing Resolution No. 3882 and the Eugene Downtown Plan Adopted Therein; Amending Section 9.9540 of the Eugene Code, 1971; Adopting a Severability Clause; and Providing an Effective Date Meeting Date: April 12, 2004 Agenda Item Number: B Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Nan Laurence www. cl. eugene, or. us Contact Telephone Number: 682-5340 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY The updated Downtown Plan will provide long-range direction for future development, improvements, and activities in the downtown area. When adopted, this plan will replace the 1984 Eugene Downtown Plan as a refinement to the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan. The final text draft of the Downtown Plan is included as Attachment A. Adoption of the Downtown Plan as a new refinement plan and approval of the Land Use Code Amendment and Metro Plan Amendments listed above must be by ordinance; please refer to Attachments B and C. BACKGROUND This discussion is a follow-up to the January 26, 2004, public hearing. Additional information on the review and approval process for the Downtown Plan and related Land Use Code and Metro Plan amendments can be found in the Agenda Item Summary for that hearing. Council Action History City Council held a work session on the Downtown Plan and related Metro Plan and Code amendments on December 1, 2003. The council held a public hearing on these items on January 26, 2004, and closed the record following the close of the hearing. Changes requested by the council at the work session and the public hearing have been incorporated into a text only version of the Downtown Plan, as shown on Attachment A: Downtown Plan, Final Text Draft, dated February 9, 2004. Staff is in the process of developing a Downtown Work Plan based on the implementation strategies and project examples in the plan. This work plan will be presented to the council at a future work session. L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M040412\S040412B.doc