Item B: Walnut Station Mixed-Use Center

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choose to offer their products to market segments demanding less parking. The parking requirements resulting from the ICS process calculate parking spaces per bedroom, and this parking requirement is applied to a specific geographic area in response to trends in that area. In the remainder of the City, including Walnut Station, parking requirements are calculated based on dwelling units. Participants in development of the Walnut Station form based code recognized that parking requirements can significantly impact the way an area builds out and that parking requirements can be one of the most significant elements in creating walkable communities. The Walnut Station mixed use center has some unique characteristics that are conducive to a reduction of required parking. The EmX is now established in the area, and the availability of transit means fewer people will need to arrive to the area in a vehicle. The University of Oregon is directly adjacent to the area, so students and faculty have easy walking access to the area. The new code proposed for the area has focused on facilitating mixed use development, and this also reduces parking demand since motorists only need to park once to visit of a number of destinations. Staff has worked closely with all the stakeholders in crafting the parking requirements for Walnut Station, and there is support for the existing proposal from all stakeholders. In order to address the need to reduce parking requirements to achieve the desired urban form while also addressing the potential for negative impacts for spillover parking in the Fairmont neighborhood, a number of potential solutions were evaluated. Residential Parking Programs (RRPs) are one of the most effective means of addressing spillover. The Arena Parking District established as part of an agreement for the Matthew Knight Arena provides a Residential Parking Program for the Fairmount neighborhood which regulates parking in that neighborhood to two hours in any given off-street parking space. This RPP adequately addresses the neighborhood concerns regarding spillover impacts. While it is the City’s intent that this Residential Parking Program remain in place, the following policy is proposed for inclusion in the Special Area Plan to provide assurance that it remains in effect: The City shall ensure that the neighborhood protections provided by the Fairmount Neighbors Event Parking District Section (5)(b) of the Arena Impact Mitigation Agreement are maintained. 7.How many parking spaces are lost by implementation of the multiway boulevard design and how many are gained in other places? Public works staff has provided an analysis that indicates approximately 20 spaces south of Franklin Boulevard and 77 spaces north of Franklin Boulevard would be lost as a result of full build-out of the multiway boulevard. Approximately a third of these spaces would be gained back by parallel parking constructed on the local access lanes of the multiway boulevard. In addition, the proposed angled parking spaces along Orchard, Villard, and Walnut Streets could replace the remainder of lost spaces, resulting in no net loss of parking spaces. It is noted however that the parking spaces gained on the streets are public parking spaces, and the parking spaces that are lost are located on private property. See item #10 for information on business impacts of the multiway boulevard. 8.Traffic impacts/calming/mitigation: A number of concerns regarding traffic impacts on the Fairmount neighborhood have been expressed. Public Works staff indicates that traffic volumes on Walnut and Orchard are actually lower today than when the former one-way couplet supported daily traffic to and from the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Oregon Department of Transportation maintenance yard and the Joe Romania auto sales lots and offices. Villard Street used to carry a variety of commercial traffic including that from Williams Bakery and a convenience store and gas station. These auto-dependent uses no longer exist. Staff Response to April 20, 2010 Public Hearing Page 4 of 7