Item 3D: Resolution 5083 Annexing Land to the City of Eugene (River Ridge Golf Complex - A 12-6)

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Attachment C - Application Materials Land Use Referral City of Eugene Date: 12/30/05 File Number: A 05 -44, McKenzie Willamette Medical Center From: Bill Morgan Referral Group: Lane County Transportation Planning Comments from the Lane County Transportation Planning staff: This property has frontage on Ayres Road and North Delta Highway, both of which are Local Access Roads within the Eugene urban growth boundary. Pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes and as adopted in Lane Code (LC) 15.010, a Local Access Road is a Public Road that is not a County road, state highway, or federal road. It is our understanding that both of these roads will be annexed, and as such, automatically will fall under City of Eugene jurisdiction. Upon annexation, the subject property will be within the city limits; and as such, the City of Eugene has land use jurisdiction for this area. But the City does not have complete road jurisdiction for the influence area of the proposed land use. If the property is developed per the application materials as a new Regional Hospital, there will likely be transportation impacts to County and State roads, namely Delta Highway and Beltline Road. In the application materials, nothing was said about Delta Highway or Beltline Road. Both of these roads are key urban transportation services for this property. We encourage the City and the Boundary Commission to take a wider and more realistic view of the urban transportation servicability of this annexation beyond the two Local Access Roads that are adjacent to the site. We are concerned that the annexation will be approved by the City and the Boundary Commission without understanding and mitigating for the full impacts that the development may have on these roadway systems (key urban services). A meeting was held on December 21st as requested by McKenzie Willamette to discuss the preliminary scope of a TIA. At this meeting, ODOT staff raised the issue of whether Section 0060 of the State Transportation Planning Rule (TPR) would be triggered at the time of annexation. We agree that this question should be addressed, especially since the application is very clear that the proposed property will likely "significantly affect" transportation facilities (key urban services). An annexation agreement executed as part of the annexation process should specify traffic impact analysis and transportation dedication and improvement requirements, including, at minimum, the following as part of the plan amendment process: 1. address the transportation rule, OAR 660- 012 -0060 2. an analysis of: a. where people who will be served by the hospital will be traveling to and from and percentage in and outside of the metro plan boundary; b. number of anticipated employees and traffic impacts of their travel to and from the property; c. emergency vehicle trips and radius of travel, and resulting traffic impacts. 3. impacts on Delta Highway and Beltline Road of anticipated traffic generated by the development 4. specify TransPlan policies that must be addressed to at minimum include TSI System -wide Policies #1 and #4; and TSI Roadways Policies #1, #2 and #3; and Finance Policy #4. 5. Proposed dedications, improvements, transportation demand management, and/or monetary contributions to address traffic and transportation facility impacts. Bill Morgan, PE Sr Eng Associate, Lane County Public Works Dept 3040 N Delta Hwy Eugene, OR 97408 -1696 ph (541) 682 -6932 fax (541) 682 -8554 bill.morgan@co.lane.or.us LCLGBC Staff Notes (c EU 06 - io) — February 2, 2006 Page IV -F -26