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District and is developed with a variety of industrial uses, Evaluation of the Refinement Plan Amendment The request far an amendment of a refinement plan must address the criteria contained in Section 9.145 of the Eugene Code. The applicant requested an amendment to the text and the proposed Iand use diagrammatic designation for the Barger-Beltline development node in the Bethel Danebo Refinement Plan adopted September 13,1982, The applicant's statement, Section II on pages 1, 2, 3, and 4 presents background addressing history for adoption of the Bethel- Danebo Refinement Plan, and how the Eugene Commercial Lands Study integrates into the neighborhood plan and the Metropolitan Area General Plan with particular emphasis on Polic . Y 19, Section II, pages ~2, Z3 and 24 of the Commercial Lands Study, Text and related map for the Beltline-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 7 and 8. Recommendations addressing policies and proposals for the development node are located an pages 8 through 10. 4n page 11 is the map delineating proposed land uses and acreage, The analysis for the applicable criteria pertinent to a refinement plan amendment includes addressin .. g specific changes to the text and the map on pages 5-11 for the development node. Text changes will include deletions by a dashed line and additions by a solid underline. Based on the information available and the criteria for evaluation of an amendment to a refinement plan, the City makes the following conclusions. Section 9.145 2 a : The plan amendment is consistent with the Metropolitan Area General Plan, The map and text changes to the Bethel-Danebo Refinement Plan are prompted by the findings of the Eugene Commercial Lands Study which recommends a 1o-acre commercial addition to the existing 5-acre designation and a corresponding change to permit Community Commercial Uses, The Neighborhood Plan text changes are intended to reflect the recommended changes and to correct portions of the text affecting other portions of the development node where circumstances or facts have changed. The Commercial Lands Study previously mentioned was adopted as a "refinement plan" to the Metropolitan Area General Plan. According to Section 9.138~2~~a~ of the Eugene Code, a "Refinement Plan" means a "comprehensive Iand use plan for a discrete part of the geographic area regulated by the Metropolitan Area General Plan--and includes special area studies listed in the Metropolitan Area General Plan. " The policy recommendations in the Commercial Lands Study affect discrete parts commercial lands} of the geographic area regulated by the plan and therefore are refinements to the Metropolitan Area Plan. 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. 0f possible interest is the language in Implementation Strategy 19.1 of the Commercial Lands Study which states that the recommended commercial expansion should occur after the intersection improvements Barger-Beltline} are made. Applicant intends to "track" with the intersection improvement schedule which now calls far an interchange to be started in the first Exhibit 1 Page 3 -- Findings and Conclusions of the Eugene City Council