Item 3: Ordinance on Lane Memorial Metro Plan and Refinement Plan Amendment

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The applicant’s findings, which are incorporated here by reference, notes that the Willow Creek Special Area Study identifies areas for active and passive recreation and that many of the identified areas are now established. The developed parks and a series of other neighborhood parks, while to the east there are open spaces oriented to passive uses including the Willow Creek Natural Area and Murray Hill which is part of the Ridgeline trail system. As noted in the Goal 8 – Recreational Needs findings above, which are incorporated here by reference, there are no areas on the subject property that have been identified for future public park use. A portion of the subject site would be considered to have “significant vegetation”. The forested slopes on the southern portion of the site are identified as a “Scenic Area” in the April 12, 1978 Scenic Sites Working Papers, Figure H2, which is included as part of the City’s adopted Goal 5 inventory. The adopted working papers define standards for identifying sites and characteristics of scenic sites, but do not set standards for preservation of these sites. Furthermore, when the Willow Creek Special Area Study was adopted in 1982, and West Eugene Wetlands Plan was adopted in 2000, no additional or specific open space protection requirements were established for the subject site other than plan policies which consider the potential need for planned unit development or site review land use application procedures, as appropriate. Those policies are discussed further below. The Willow Creek Special Area Study, adopted as a refinement to the Metro Plan, provides policy guidelines to apply planned unit development, cluster subdivision or site review procedures based on a variety of site characteristics including elevation, slope and soil types. The West Eugene Wetlands Plan also identified additional wetland resource protections in the area. As discussed per the findings below at EC 9.8865(2), which are incorporated here by reference, this site does not meet the guidelines provided in the Willow Creek Special Area Study to apply further land use procedures and no additional wetland resources are identified on the subject site in the West Eugene Wetlands Plan for protection. Given the findings, the proposal is consistent with the above policy. F. Transportation Element The project area is currently served by Pitchford Avenue along the southern boundary. Pitchford Avenue is a local road which is not improved along the frontage of the subject property. Future development of the subject site will include improvements to Pitchford Avenue, proportionate to the impact of development that will bring the road up to urban standards. Information and findings in this report above, in response to Statewide Planning Goal 12 – Transportation, are also hereby referenced and incorporated. Provide for transit-supportive land use patterns and development, including higher intensity, transit oriented development along major transit corridors and near transit stations; medium and high density residential development within ¼ mile of transit stations, major transit corridors, employment centers, and downtown areas; and development and Findings – Lane Memorial Gardens (MA 08-1and Z 09-1) Page 15