Item 1: Ordinance on EWEB Downtown Riverfront Property

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EWEB DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT LAND USE COMPONENTS constructed in accordance with standards specified in EC 9.6505. The improved and relocated Riverbank Trail, a multi-use path, will be lit in accordance with accessway lighting standards and designed to accommodate emergency vehicles. Proposed S-DR Zone (Exhibit B S-DR Downtown Riverfront Special Area Zone) development standards are consistent with those in the land use code and will contribute to foster public safety and protect of public and private property. Based on these findings, this criterion is satisfied. (f) Compatibility of aggregate extraction with the purposes of the Willamette River Greenway and when economically feasible, applicable sections of state law pertaining to Reclamation of Mining Lands (ORS Chapter 517) and Removal of Material; Filling (ORS Chapter 541) designed to minimize adverse effects to water quality, fish and wildlife, vegetation, bank stabilization, stream flow, visual quality, noise, safety, and to guarantee necessary reclamation. The proposal does not involve aggregate extraction nor will it have any impact on existing aggregate resources. This criterion does not apply. (g) Compatibility with recreational lands currently devoted to metropolitan recreational needs, used for parks or open space and owned and controlled by a general purpose government and regulation of such lands so that their use will not interfere with adjacent uses. The 2006 Parks, Recreation & Open Space (PROS) Comprehensive Plan is adopted as an aspiration and guiding document for the City and contains an inventory of existing parks, recreation, and open space resources. PROS Appendix B identifies an existing multi-use path, a segment the Ruth Bascom Riverbank Trail, on the subject site. Alton Baker Park is located across the Willamette River, on the east bank of the river. The northern portion of the site abuts open space owned by the City and associated with the Defazio Bridge. As noted previously, a portion of the subject site is identified in the PROS Project and Priority Plan as a proposed Metropolitan Park site for acquisition. The plan assigns the acquisition project a Priority 1 level and allocates $1,500,000 in capital costs to “acquire land to provide significant riverfront open space within [the] courthouse/cannery neighborhood.” The applicant proposes the sale or transfer of 7.74 acres of land to the City for future cultural landscape, open space, and recreation purposes and to add to the supply of significant riverfront open space in public ownership. The identification of a portion of the subject size for park acquisition demonstrates the proposed uses consistency with the PROS Plan and City lands currently developed to recreational needs. The Master Plan development process included extensive public involvement, as noted in the findings for Goal 1 under EC 9.7730(3)(a), and an iterative design process that resulted in a redevelopment concept centered on compatibility with nearby uses, including recreational lands, as described in the Downtown Riverfront SAP (Exhibit A Downtown Riverfront Specific Area Plan). The Master Plan envisions a green redevelopment of the subject property, with approximately eight acres of dedicated public open space, new construction and adaptive re-use of buildings, pedestrian-oriented streets connecting Downtown Eugene to the Willamette River, and a cultural landscape that displays the ecological, social, industrial, and civic history of the place. It establishes a framework of streets, open space, and redevelopment parcels as well as a set of allowable uses and use requirements. The proposal establishes the S-DR Zone (Exhibit B S-DR Downtown Riverfront Special Area Zone) as a special area zone. The S-DR Zone was designed with specific intent of compatibility with nearby uses including recreational lands. The Master Plan uses a modified version of the C-2 Cameron McCarthy FINAL SUBMITTAL | December 5, 2012 {00091176;1 }