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neighborhood plan and the Metropolitan Area General Plan with particular emphasis an Policy 19, Section II, pages 22, ~3 and 24 of the Commercial lands Study. Text and related map for the Bel tl i ne-Barger development node begins on page 7 and extends through page 11 of the Bethel -Danebo Refinement Plan. Background and findings are presented on pages 1 and 8. Recommendations addressing policies and proposals far the development node are located on pages 8 through 10, On page 11 is the map,del ineating proposed land uses and acreage. The analysis for the appl ~ cab1 a cry tern a pert i Went to a ref i nement plan amendment includes addressing specific changes to the text and the map on pages 8-11 for the development node. Based an the information , avai 1 ab1 a and the criteria far evaluation of an amendment to a ref i nement plan, the City makes the following conclusions . Section 9145 ~2~.,,,~,a) : The p1 an amendment i s consistent with the Metropa]I~~ tan Area General P1 an. The proposed map and text changes to the Bethel-Danebo Refinement P1 an are prompted by Policy No. 19 of the Eugene Commercial Lands Study, which calls for consideration of additional commerci a1 1 and i n the West Eugene Subarea to accommodate both neighborhood commercial needs and those of the larger community. The policy provides only far "consideration" of additiana] commercial lands to accommodate the needs described i n the policy. The policy i s, therefore, not mandatary but discretionary, The Neighborhood Plan text changes that are proposed are intended to reflect some of the recommended changes and to correct portions of the text affecting other portions of the development node where circumstances or facts have changed. The Commerc i a1 Lands Study was adopted as a "refinement p1 an" to the Metropolitan Area General P1 an i n 1992. These proposed changes are therefore consistent with the Metropolitan Area Plan because it has been "refined" by policies and recommendations of the Commercial Lands Study. Implementation Strategy 19.1, which was not adopted as pot i cy, calls for consideration of expanding the commercial site from five to fifteen acres to serve both neighborhood commercial needs and as a community commercial center. implementation Strategy 19.1 i s only a pass i b1 a way to implement the policies and was not itself adopted by the City Council. CLS III-1; App-~9. Further, the Impl ementati an Strategy only calls for "consideration" of an expansion to serve the commercial needs identified. The strategy is not mandatary. Of possible interest i s the language i n Implementation Strategy 19.1 of the Commercial Lands Study which states that the recommended commercial expansion should occur after the intersection improvements Barger-Bel tl i ne} are made. Applicant intends to "track" w~ th the ~ ntersect i on improvement schedule which now cal 1 s for an interchange to be started i n the first hal f of 1994. The interchange design i s now known and features a "diamond" type design with Barger Drive crossing aver Bel tl i ne. The proposed text and map changes affect only the refinement plan designation for the area. Assuming these changes are approved, applicant must come back 1 ater to obtai n a zone change and wi 11 nat do so unti 1 a contract i s awarded far construction of the interchange. In addressing the direction and consistency of the Metropolitan Area General Exhibit 1 Page 3 -- Findings and Conclusions of the Eugene City Council