Item 1: Ordinance on EWEB Downtown Riverfront Property

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EWEB DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT LAND USE COMPONENTS The Metropolitan Industrial Lands Inventory Report is the adopted economic opportunities analysis for the city of Eugene. The Industrial Lands Demand Analysis of said report states “based solely on projected employment estimates, estimates projecting the needs for industrial land show no 9 demand for heavy industrial.” In June 2010 ECONorthwest prepared a Comprehensive Lands Assessment on behalf of the City of Eugene. Included within is an economic opportunities analysis for employment land demand and employment land supply for both industrial and commercial lands. The applicant notes that this plan is not yet adopted as the City of Eugene’s official economic opportunities analysis. Table 3 of said report identifies a surplus of 434 acres of industrial lands and a deficit of 230 acres of 10 commercial lands. This proposed amendments and zone change will re-designate 17.75 acres of industrial land to mixed use, which will increase the amount of commercial and residential acreage available for redevelopment accordingly. Pursuant to 660-009-0010(4), the proposed amendments and zone change involves a post- acknowledged plan amendment that is consistent with the most recent economic opportunities analysis. Therefore, the proposed amendments and zone change are consistent with Goal 9. Goal 10 – Housing: To provide for the housing needs of the citizens of the state. Goal 10 requires that communities plan for and maintain an inventory of buildable residential land for needed housing units. Within the June 2010 Comprehensive Lands Assessment a residential lands analysis was conducted to forecast residential housing supply and future demand within the 11 City of Eugene. The analysis forecasted an increase in 14,951 total dwelling units by 2031. Of this increased demand in housing units, 4,784 (32%) will be a combination of two to four unit 12 buildings (1,495 units) and five or more unit buildings (3,289 units). An increase in 748 units 13 annually is needed in order to meet this growing demand in residential housing. Density figures are used to calculate how much land is needed to accommodate said increases in housing units. Two to four unit buildings are 8.6 units/acre and five or more unit buildings are 24.1 units/acre. This proposal will re-zone 25.94 acres of property currently zoned PL, I2, and I3 to a new special area zone (S-DR) intended to facilitate mixed-use development, specifically residential. The subject property does not currently provide or accommodate residential uses. Provisions included in the proposed S-DR Zone (EC 9.3182(2)(d), Exhibit B S-DR Downtown Riverfront Special Area Zone) require a minimum of one story of residential use within all buildings constructed within the S-DR/MU/2 overlay sub-district. The applicant notes that the Comprehensive Lands Assessment referenced above is not yet adopted. Therefore, the 1999 Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Residential Lands and Housing Study is the official inventory and analysis of residential lands for the area. As Eugene and Springfield designate growth management strategies apart from one another, a shift from existing dated and coordinated lands assessment is imminent. The analysis of the 1999 Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Residential Lands and Housing Study was compiled based upon data for the entire metropolitan region. The Supply and Demand Comparison within the 1999 Residential Lands 9 Metropolitan Industrial Lands Inventory Report Lane Council of Governments. . 1993. 10 Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment ECONorthwest. . 2010. 11 Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment ECONorthwest. . 2010. 12 Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment ECONorthwest. . 2010. 13 Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment ECONorthwest. . 2010. Cameron McCarthy FINAL SUBMITTAL | December 5, 2012 {00091176;1 }