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than a minimal impact on the livability of the area and will be reasanabl compatible with the abutting properties and the 'Y ' establishes that there will surraunding neighborhood. The evidence , be a incremental increase in sound level but slight enough that ~.t will liked not be discernible by the human ear. The ~.ncrease in y noise also represents minimal impact in the context of other uses that could be developed on this site including as suggested in the a licant's rebuttal statement, a multi-story building that would pp result in reflecting sound to gl~.ve Plaza with more extreme effects than the sound associated with this use. As reco nixed above, sound associated with the transit center g to ether with the increase projected in traffic noise will g eventuall create a discernible increase in noise of fecta.ng the Y ~ e evidence establishes that most sensitive site, Ol~.ve Plaza. Th noise wi~,l reach undesirable levels at alive Plaza whether or not the transit center is built, and that center itself will not make a discernible difference. I have found the impact of the use,at issue will. be minimal. I have, however, ,imposed a condition ' ternatives~to address the impact that will occur containing two al eventuall to alive Plaza. I find, based upon the Minor report y that either of these mitigation measures will reduce even long-term livabilit im act to olive Plaza to a minimal level and well y P rovide a means to meet state, c~.ty and HUD requirements . p Condition B.2. requiring a design of the LTD facility that bloc s a direct line of sight and sound tv the first two floors of gl~.ve Plaza will sufficiently buffer the patio area of olive Plaza and '~~ ove the livabilit of this portion of the residential use. ~ . imp r y .. ' u on the materials submitted that the A finding is made based p ~develo went has the ability to meet all applicab~.e City of Eugene p and DES noise code requirements . Y construe the cvnd~.tianal. use ' er~ait criteria to not require that federal, state and city p re lotions are shown to be met but only that they can be xaet. Obviously, the development and the operation of the use remains subject to those laws, evidence establishes that there will be no significant air The alit im acts as a result of construction of this use on this ~ Y p site, The EIS and the CH2M Hill Studies establish that odors near 41ive Plaza will not increase as a result of the trans~.t center o erations , There are air quality cans ideratians in the area with p the existin uses but allowance of the conditional use w~.ll ,not g create a wore than minimal impact and will be reasonably compatib~.e in the context of existing uses. With the res ect to the issue of security for residents and users p• e uses that exist in the of the area, it must be recognized that th area are le al uses . The fact is that in the downtown area ~ there g o e edestrians and ma be mare persons perceived as security are m r p Y ' ore s ecific tQ the concerns expressed, it is recogn1zed risks. M p ~~:~~:~ 12 ~•~ FINDINGS 4F~ HEARINGS OFFICIAL CCU 94-3 } --~ . -.;