Item 4: Ord. on Rexius-Amazon Meadows Metro Plan Amend

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result of the proposed plan amendment, would a reduction in recreation facilities occur. Therefore, the proposed plan amendment is consistent with Goal 8. Goal 9 - Economic Development: To provide adequate opportunities throughout the state for a variety of economic activities vital to the health, welfare, and prosperity of Oregon’s citizens. The Oregon Administrative Rule for Goal 9 (OAR 660 Division 9) requires that the City “[p]rovide for at least an adequate supply of sites of suitable sizes, types, location, and service levels for a variety of industrial and commercial uses consistent with plan policies[.]” Among other things, the rule requires that cities complete an “Economic Opportunities Analysis.” Based on the Economic Opportunities Analysis, cities are to prepare Industrial and Commercial Development Policies. Finally OAR 660-009-0025 requires that cities designate industrial and commercial lands sufficient to meet short and long term needs. OAR 660-009-0010(2) provides that the detailed planning requirements imposed by OAR 660 Division 9 apply “at the time of each periodic review of the plan (ORS 197.712(3)).” In addition, OAR 660-009-0010(4) provides that, when a city changes its plan designations of lands in excess of two acres from an industrial use designation to a non- industrial use designation, or another employment use designation to any other use designation, pursuant to a post acknowledgment plan amendment, it must address all applicable planning requirements and (a) demonstrate that the proposed amendment is consistent with the parts of its acknowledged comprehensive plan which address the requirements of OAR 660 Division 9; or (b) amend its comprehensive plan to explain the proposed amendment pursuant to OAR 660 Division 9; or (c) adopt a combination of (a) and (b) consistent with the requirements of Division 9. The applicant proposes a change in plan designation for land in excess of two acres from Light- Medium Industrial, to a non-industrial use designation. The amendments will decrease the supply of available industrial land for the purpose of facilitating a mixed-use commercial and residential development. As addressed in the findings below, the proposed change is consistent with the Metro Plan and therefore also consistent with requirements of OAR 660 Division 9 (option (a), noted above). The City’s adopted industrial land inventory is also acknowledged for compliance with the requirements of Goal 9 and its Administrative Rule, and based on the last adopted inventory the City has a surplus of industrial land. While more recent industrial land inventories have been completed, they have yet to be adopted. The City’s adopted industrial land inventory is the Metropolitan Industrial Lands Inventory Report (1993) and its companion document, the Metropolitan Industrial Lands Policy Report (1993). These inventory documents depict the southern portion of the subject property as a “long-term site” which included approximately 19.5 acres overall (Site 65 in Subregion #2). However, most of Tax Lots 100 and 200 on the site, which amounts to approximately 10 of the 19.5 acres identified for this “long-term site” were and currently remain designated for Low-Density Residential use and are not proposed to change as part of this plan amendment. The inventory did not include the remainder of the subject site to the north as available industrial land, as that area was already developed with the existing Rexius industrial use. The remaining 9.5 acres of vacant industrially designated land that was included as part of the inventoried “long-term site” (on Tax Lots 1600 and 3600) is proposed to be changed from industrial to residential and commercial designations as part of the plan amendment. While the inventory notes wetlands as an additional constraint for this site, the acreage was nonetheless included with recognition that wetland mitigation would be Findings – Rexius Site/Amazon Meadows Page 5