Item B:Ordinance on EWEB Downtown Riverfront Property

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EWEB DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT LAND USE COMPONENTS 5.2 Refinement Plan Amendments and Refinement Plan Adoption The subject site is within the boundaries of the Downtown Plan, Riverfront Park Study, and Whiteaker Plan. The proposal involves Refinement Plan text amendments to repeal Downtown Riverfront Policies 2 and 3 in the Downtown Plan and EWEB Policy II.E.1, II.E.2, and II.E.3 in the Riverfront Park Study, as the policies are now obsolete. The proposal does not amend the Whiteaker Plan. Descriptions of the refinement plan text changes are presented below. Findings of compliance with applicable approval criteria and standards are provided under EC 9.8424. The proposal involves the adoption of the Downtown Riverfront Specific Area Plan as a refinement plan to guide future redevelopment. Findings of compliance for applicable approval criteria and standards in EC 9.3020 are provided in Section 5.3 under EC 9.8065. Dowefowe P /an The proposal amends the Downtown Riverfront section, pg. 29, are as follows: Downtown Riverfront, Pg. 29 polic1Ps 1. Incorporate the Willamette River as an integral element to downtown planninp, and development. In 2010, the applicant (EWEB) relocated their utility operations and maintenance functions from the subject site to the new Roosevelt Operations Center (ROC) in west Eugene. Therefore, this policy is obsolete. z MV--V 4 -Er2rm1M- .. ffl-- 1 The proposal establishes the Downtown Riverfront SAP (Exhibit A Downtown Riverfront Specific Area Plan), which implements the redevelopment vision of the Master Plan, as a refinement plan. The Master Plan process was completed using the above principles A -D as guiding principles and the resulting vision has been translated into a policy document, the Downtown Riverfront SAP. The Cameron McCarthy FINAL SUBMITTAL I December 5, 2012 43