Item 3: Ordinance on Walnut Station Mixed-Use Center (2)

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Attachment A Planning & Development Planning City of Eugene th 99 West 10 Avenue M Eugene, Oregon 97401 EMORANDUM (541) 682-5377 (541) 682-5572 FAX www.eugene-or.gov Date: July 6, 2010 To: Mayor Piercy and Eugene City Council From: Lydia McKinney, 682-5485 Metro and Community Planner Subject: Walnut Station - Staff Response to June 21, 2010 Public Hearing Testimony This memorandum provides a staff response to testimony submitted at the public hearing on June 21, 2010 and within the open record period thereafter. The issues raised are summarized in bold categories below in . Traffic Impacts Fairmount neighbors indicate, and staff concurs, that any additional development within the Walnut Station area, regardless of what regulatory provisions are in place, will have impacts on the neighborhood. Throughout this planning process, maintaining the integrity of the Fairmount neighborhood has been a critical factor. If development consistent with the Walnut Station mixed use center does have adverse traffic impacts on the Fairmount neighborhood, staff believes these should be mitigated. Staff worked with the neighborhood to craft specific policy language to address these potential impacts, as provided below. In March 2005, the City initiated a study (The Agate Street and Fairmount Neighborhood Traffic Calming Study) that identified strategies to improve the function and carrying capacity of Agate Fairmount/University of Oregon Special Area Study Street as called for in the . The Fairmount/University of Oregon Special Area Study also calls for an area-wide traffic calming study for the streets within the Fairmount/University of Oregon Special Area Study boundary to determine appropriate mitigation for through-traffic utilizing neighborhood streets. Some mitigation measures identified in the Agate Street and Fairmount Neighborhood Traffic Calming Study have been constructed by the City, and others will be constructed by the University of Oregon in conjunction with the completion of the Matthew Knight Arena. However, The Agate Street and Fairmount Neighborhood Traffic Calming Study and the resulting mitigation measures did not take into consideration the area within the Walnut Station plan. As such, staff has incorporated the following policy into the Walnut Station Special Area Zone: The city shall update the 2006 Agate Street and Fairmount Neighborhood Traffic Calming Study (“Study”) to add mitigation measures that address the impacts likely to occur to the Fairmount neighborhood as a result of development/redevelopment within the S-WS Walnut Station Special Area Zone. City staff evaluation and identification of these mitigation