DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT <br />LAND USE COMPONENTS <br />CA 19-1, RA 19-1, Z 19-5, WG 19-3, ST 19-3, and SDR 19-2 April 19, 2019 <br />3.0 APPROVAL CRITERIA AND STANDARDS <br />3.1 Code Amendments <br />The proposal involves amendments to the City's land use code (Eugene Code, Chapter 9) to amend the <br />S-DR Downtown Riverfront Special Area Zone and revise other development standards and criteria for <br />consistency with the proposed amendments. Revisions to other development standards and criteria <br />are included as part of Exhibit A: Code Amendments. Findings of compliance with applicable approval <br />criteria for the proposed amendments are provided under EC 9.8065. <br />EC 9.8065 Code Amendment Approval Criteria. If the city council elects to act, it may, by <br />ordinance, adopt an amendment to this land use code that: <br />(1) Is consistent with applicable statewide planning goals as adopted by the Land <br />Conservation and Development Commission. <br />The following findings demonstrate the proposed amendments' consistency with applicable Statewide <br />Planning goals. <br />Goal 1 - Citizen Involvement: To develop a citizen involvement program that insures <br />the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process. <br />The City has acknowledged provisions for citizen involvement that ensure the opportunity for citizens <br />to be involved in all phases of the planning process and that set out requirements for such involvement <br />in compliance with Goal 1 (see OAR 660-015). The proposal does not amend the City's citizen <br />involvement program, and the process for reviewing the proposal complies with Goal 1 since it <br />complies with, and surpasses the requirements of, the citizen involvement provisions. <br />While not required for a demonstration of compliance under Goal 1, the planning processes for the <br />Downtown Riverfront Concept Plan 4, the Riverfront Park development, and the Steam Plant <br />revitalization have included many City Council (Council) meetings and Riverfront Urban Renewal <br />Agency (Agency) Board meetings, as well as other public meetings and community events preceding <br />the current, formal adoption process. The process to prepare the proposed amendments has <br />employed significant public involvement opportunities, which are detailed in Exhibit 0: Downtown <br />Riverfront Public Information Opportunities, summarized below. <br />City Council <br />This section includes City Council regular meetings and work sessions: <br />December 14, 2017 - Council received the Downtown Riverfront redevelopment WDA project <br />update. <br />January 31, 2018 - Council work session on the second Downtown Riverfront redevelopment <br />project update. Representatives from WDA presented the proposed concept. <br />4 The Downtown Riverfront Concept Plan was presented to City Council on January 31, 2018 (Agenda, Minutes, <br />Webcast). City Council initiated land use code amendment to implement the plan on July 9, 2018 (Agenda, <br />Minutes, Webcast). <br />City of Eugene FINAL SUBMITTAL 12 <br />