Item 2: Ordinance on South Willamette Metro Plan

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Goal 15 - Willamette River Greenway: To protect, conserve, enhance and maintain the natural, scenic, historical, agricultural, economic and recreational qualities of lands along the Willamette River as the Willamette River Greenway. The subject property is not within the boundaries of the Willamette River Greenway. Therefore, Statewide Planning Goal 15 does not apply. Goal 16 through 19 - Estuarine Resources, Coastal Shorelands, Beaches and Dunes, and Ocean Resources: There are no coastal, ocean, estuarine, or beach and dune resources related to the property affected by the proposed amendment. Therefore, these goals are not relevant and the amendment will not affect compliance with Statewide Planning Goals 16 through 19. (b) Adoption of the amendment must not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent. The Metro Plan diagram amendment to re-designate the property from High Density Residential to Commercial will not create an internal conflict with the remainder of the Metro Plan. The applicant has provided findings to show how the proposed amendment is consistent with the goals and objectives contained in the Metro Plan. Although those goals and objectives are not directly applicable to the proposal, the applicant has also provided findings (starting at page 13 of Metro Plan narrative) that describe how the proposal is consistent with four Economic Element policies, and one Transportation Element policy. Policies that are directly applicable to the proposed amendment are discussed further below. A. Residential Land Use and Housing Element Provide an adequate supply of buildable residential land within the UGB for the 20-year planning period at the time of Periodic Review. (Policy A.3) The proposed amendment will convert .5 acre of land designated as High Density Residential land to the Commercial land designation. As noted in the findings relative to Statewide Goal 10 (under EC 9.7730(3)(b) above), which are incorporated herein by reference, the subject property was already developed in non-residential uses prior to the adoption of the RLS and, therefore, was not considered as buildable residential land in the RLS. It has remained in office use and has never been available for a transition into residential development. Further, the proposed Commercial designation will enable zoning, such as the applicant’s proposed zoning to General Office, that would still allow for residential development. Based on this, the proposal is consistent with the above policy. B. Economic Element Findings – South Willamette Properties Page 8 of 16