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a particular .and use application. Pvlic 8 of the Downtown as Commercial Center, Destination Point, ~. y~ Plan states the olio of r . ~ and Neighborhood portion of the Downtown p Y t. ~ ~ ~ the City to "provide the highest degree of physical security far the downtown area" and that '{security measures must be address urban design, police resource deployment, and public education and awareness , " This is a general direction to city govern~aent rather than a standard that is in all aspects relevant to a particular land use application. The use here addresses security in terms of deli n of the facility and com~aunication with the city pertaining g to security issues. In determining the issue of approval of a mass transit center, the Eu ene-~Springf a.eld Metropolitan Area Transportation Plan g ~TransPlan~ is not irrelevant but does not contain goals, ab'ectives or policies relevant to this proposal that are intended 7 as a royal criteria for particular land use applications . As the pp statement of purpose .f or the TransPlan begins: "The Eu ene-~S rin field Metro olitan Area Trans ortation Plan ~TransPlan~ is designed to serve as the Eugene-- Springfield Metropolitan Area's long--range transportation plan. TransPlan addresses the principal modes of transportation use for travel within the metropolitan area including autos, buses, bicycles and walking..." Generally, the goals, policies ar objectives are stated in such a ~~::~'. manner as to not indicate an intent to set standards far approval ~~~~~~ of a articular use. As stated at page 4 of the TransPlan: P "The objectives and policies proposed below are designed to support the goals from the Metropolitan Plan and to hel attain the transit and alternative mode assumptions .p ~ ~ « discussed elsewhere in this report. The olicies and objectives contained in the TransPlan are general p eats and their Tanning in nature, are largely directed tv gavernm P activities and many contain aspirational language. zt is noted that while generally the language of the TransPlan does not su est that goals, objectives or policies are applicable to gg b the Tan a e of the particular land use applicata.ons, some, y gu g individual policy, can be construed to be a standard far a articular devela meat. Such was found to be the case pertaining p p e 18 Or LUBA 13 5 to one standard in Stoner vs. Clt of Eu en , 1989. I find Wane of the policy statements in the TransPlan ~ } relevant to the issue at hand to be standards for approval here. As aimed out b the staff, certainly the location of the transit p, y ~ ative Modes Element station as proposed is consistent with Altern Policy 8 of the TransP~lan which states: ..~~-:~ 17 ~- FINDINGS GF HEARINGS OFFICIAL ~~7 9~-3 } -- t_