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In conclusion, the proposed text and map changes by the staff are based on the applicant's request that an additianal 10 acres of commercial is consistent with the recommendations, including pal i ci es and proposal s adopted for the development node by the City Council in September 1982 and by the adapted Eugene Commercial lands Study. Although an increase i n intensity of development to allow community commercial type development i s "recommended" i n the Commercial Lands Study, i t i s onl y a recommendat i on and the City chooses to increase the size of the parcel but to maintain the neighborhood commercial designation. Sect ~ o ,,, .__ ', n„ 9.1,45~2~,~c} : The plan amendment i s found to address one or more of Ithe ~fo]~ll~owi ng: ~. An error in the pub] ication of the p1 an; 2. A change i n circumstances i n a substanti a1 matter not anticipated i n the p1 an; 3. Yncorporati on i n the p1 an of new inventory materi a1 s which relates to a statewide goal; and 4. a change in public policy, The amendments related to the Bel tl i ne-Barger development node address two of the four criteria 1 i steel above. 1. Incorporation in the plan of new inventory materials which relates to a statewide goal. The completion and legislative adoption of the Commercial Lands Study is based upon a finding that the West Eugene Subarea, which contains the Bethel -Danebo Area i s expected to roughly double i n 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 III-14, Commercial Lands Stud . In addition, the West Eugene Subarea contains the 1 argent amount of undeveloped commercial 1 and and the most potential for additianal 1 ands t~o be designated commercial Mpg III-22, Commercial Lands Stud ~. Upon examination, the vast majority of the undeve1 aped commercial 1 and i s located near the Beltline-West 11th intersection, well outside the Bethel- Danebo nei ghborhaod. In addition, four of the undevel aped sites i n the West Sub-area are affected by the presence of wetlands, thereby reducing the effective acreage available for use. The Commercial Lands Study i s 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 Division 9. 2. A change in public policy. The Eugene Commercial Lands Study was legislatively adopted in 1992. Because of this, and because the study was adopted as a ref i nement to the Metropolitan Area P1 an, the pot i c i es found i n the study are public policy and represent a change i f they differ from alder pot i ci es ar plan implementation strategies, Far example, the Metro Plan provides that a Neighborhood Commercial Facility site "shall be no more than 5 acres, including existing commercial development." The Commercial Lands Study, however, provides the following for Neighborhood Commercial designations: "The Metro Plan Exhibit 1 Page 9 -~ Findings and Conclusions of the Eugene City Council