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III. METRO PLAN AMENDMENTS MUST BE CONSISTENT 'WITH APPLICABLE <br />METRO FLAN POLICIES. <br />The following policies appear to be mast relevant: <br />a. Policy 19 originally 17~ on page III-B-G in the Economic Element calls for <br />reserving areas for large-scale, campus-like, light manufacturing uses. <br />b. Policy 3 an pages III-A 4 in the Housing Element stipulates that the <br />community is to increase the supply of land zoned for low, medium and high <br />density housing correlated with demand. Policy 11 on the next page calls for <br />retention of large parcels of residentially zoned land for projects requiring <br />such parcels. <br />c. Policy 3D in the Transportation Element on page III-A 7 directs that the <br />community encourage higher density residential development near industrial <br />and commercial centers throughout the metropolitan area. <br />This proposal is to redesignate an area on the Metro Plan diagram from Low and <br />Medium Density Residential to Special Light Industrial. As can be seen above, the Plan <br />contains policies that support retaining the residential designations and others that support <br />the change to an industrial designation. The fallowing findings support the industrial <br />designation: <br />a. The draft Willakenzie Plan includes a designation change of about 60 acres <br />in the Chase Gardens area east of Garden Way and south of the Q Street <br />Channel} from Light-Medium Industrial to Medium and High Density <br />Residential. That will more than make up for the area North of Chad that <br />would be subtracted from the inventory of undeveloped residential land. <br />Bath locations are in the same planning district, but the Chase Garden area <br />is closer to downtown and the University of Qregon, two of Eugene's major <br />employment centers. <br />b. The draft Willakenzie Plan includes approximately 95 acres of Medium <br />Density Residential land earth of Beltline and within a mile of the North of <br />Chad site. About 3~ of those acres are immediately adjacent and to the <br />north of the site. Adding 53 acres of Special Light Industrial land in this <br />area would provide increased opportunity far industrial development close <br />to planned and existing medium density residential areas. <br />c. Redesignating the North of Chad Street site to Special Light Industrial would <br />compensate the Stewart Road site designation change from Special Light <br />Industrial to Light-Medium Industrial. In fact, it is likely that compared to <br />Attachment B - 5 <br />