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south and west portion of the site, adjacent to Barger Drive and Beltline Road. This area, in turn, will transition into high-density residential and to medium-density residential to the east, which will encompass a majority of the proposed development node. The proposed changes to the text and the map for the subject area are intended to enhance the quality of the proposed development, recognizing the existing surrounding residential and commercial development. In conclusion, the proposed text and map changes by the staff are based on the applicant's request that an additional 10 acres of commercial is consistent with the recommendations including policies and proposals adopted for the development node by the City Council in September 1982 and by the adopted Eugene Commercial lands Study. Section 9.145(2)(cl: The plan amendment is found to address one or more of the following: 1. An error in the publication of the plan; 2. A change in circumstances in a substantial matter not anticipated in the plan; 3. Incorporation in the plan of new inventory materials which relates to a statewide goal; and 4. a change in public policy. The amendments related to the Beltline-Barger development node address two of the four criteria listed above. 1. The completion and legislative adoption of the Commercial lands Study is based upon a finding that the West Sub-area, which contains the Bethel-Danebo Area is expected to roughly double in population between the years 1988 and 2010 (from 28,090 to 54,420), the largest such growth area in the city. See Table 5, page 111-14, Commercial lands Study. In addition, the West Eugene Subarea contains the largest amount of undeveloped commercial land and the most potential for additional lands to be designated commercial (pg 111-22, Commercial lands StudY). Upon examination, the vast majority of the undeveloped commercial land is located near the 8eltline-West 11th intersection, well outside the Bethel-Oanebo neighborhood. In addition, four of the undeveloped sites in the West Sub-area are affected by the presence of wetlands, thereby reducing the effective acreage available for use. The Commercial lands Study is new, corrected, or refined inventory information which relates directly to Statewide Planning Goal 9, Economy of the State and to the Industrial and Commercial Planning Administrative Rule found in OAR 660 ~ivision 9. 2. The Eugene Commercial lands Study was legislatively adopted in 1992. Because of this, and because t~e study was adopted as a refinement to the Metropolitan Area Plan, the policies found in the study are public policy and represent a change if they differ from older policies or plan implementation strategies. The text and diagram amendments to the Bethel-Danebo Refinement Plan are necessary to make the refinement plan consistent with the Commercial . lands Study, a portion of the Metro Plan. In addition, the proposed STAFF NOTES--Planning Commission November 29, 1993 Page 10