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a designation for commercial use. Therefore, the amendment will not affect Metro Plan housin .. g pollees and is consistent with statewide planning Goal 10. Goal 11-Public Facilities and Services: To plan and develop a timely, orderly and e cient arrangement of public facilities and services to serve as a framework for urban and rural development. All key urban public facilities and services have been planned and developed in conjunction with previous subdivision approvals concerning the subject site.. In particular, all streets and utili . , t3' services water, sewer, and electricity} are currently available. Stormwater facilities were constructed in conjunction with improvements to Willow Creek Road. Accordingly, the amendment will not affect Metro Plan public facility and service provision and is consistent with statewide planning Goal 11. Goal 12-Transportation: To provide and encourage a safe, convenient and economic transportation system. The subj ect site is accessed by a transportation system that includes Pitchford Avenue and Willow Creek Road, which are fully improved streets. Willow Creek~Raad, which was recentl . y improved, is a three-lane collector street feeding into West 11th .Avenue and West 1 Sth Avenue, which are arterial streets. Commercial development at the Willow Creek site will serve the nearby growing industrial development in the Willow Creek area ~i.e., Hyundai, Molecular Probes, Wester North and Wester South Business Parks}, as well as 22 acres of land across Willow Creek Road designated High Density Residential. The amendment locates the commercial use within convenient walking distance of those industrial and residential uses. Providing complementary uses within walking distance of one another potentially reduces the number and length of auto trips, helping reduce the number of vehicle miles traveled ~VMT} as required in the state Transportation Planning Rule TPR and codified in CAR 660-012-003 5 ~4}. As specified in CAR 660-012-0060 ~ 1 }, the TPR also requires that comprehensive plan amendments must not "significantly affect a transportation facility. CAR 660-012-0060 ~2} outlines the means by which a plan amendment "signif candy affects" a transportation facili : ~a} Changes the functional classif cation of an existing or planned transportation facility; fib} Changes standards implementing a functional classif cation system; (c} Allows types or levels of land uses which would result in levels of travel or access which are inconsistent with the functional classification of a transportation facility; or ~d} Would reduce the level of service of the facility below the minimum acceptable level identif ed in the TSP. A Traffic Impact Study ~TIS} conducted by the applicant was based upon a "worst-case" scenaxio