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 <br />19,2019 <br />Recommendations. The Plan allocates $9,000,000 in capital cost to the project and identifies it as a <br />Priority 1/2 project.7 <br />The Riverfront Park concept was originally included as a key element in the prior approved "EWEB <br />Riverfront Master Plan". The S-DR Zone established a Cultural Landscape and Open Space (S-DR/CL) <br />subdistrict and designed approximately 3-acres for parks and recreation uses. In 2013, the City and <br />EWEB entered into an MOU that stated that EWEB would donate 3-acres of riverfront property to City <br />of Eugene Parks in exchange for a dedication of funds for park development in the future. In 2018, the <br />City officially took ownership of the Riverfront Park site from EWEB and finalized the concept design <br />for the Riverfront Park. In addition to the original three acres, one additional acre of upland Park Plaza <br />was added to the site as part of the redevelopment acreage to the west. <br />There are no additional resources that require analysis under the OARS noted above. The proposed <br />amendments will maintain established protection measures for inventoried Goal 5 resources within <br />and adjacent to the subject property. Therefore, the proposed amendments are consistent with <br />Statewide Planning Goal 5. <br />Goal 6 - Air. Water and Land Resource Quality: To maintain and improve the duality <br />of air, water and land resources of the state. <br />Goal 6 instructs local governments to consider protection of air, water and land resources from <br />pollution and pollutants when developing comprehensive plans. The pollutants addressed in Goal 6 <br />include solid waste, water waste, noise and thermal pollution, air pollution, and industry-related <br />contaminants. The goal asks cities and counties to designate areas suitable for use in controlling <br />pollution. It calls on them to use a variety of market, zoning and management tools in creating these <br />outcomes. At a federal level, the elements within Goal 6 correspond broadly to the Clean Air Act and <br />Clean Water Act. At a state level, Goal 6 covers many areas regulated by the Oregon Department of <br />Environmental Quality (DEQ) through its permitting actions. DEQ ensures its permitting decisions <br />comply with the plan and zoning regulations of the affected local government and coordinates with <br />DLCD and other agencies to be sure that city and county plans comply with state and federal laws. <br />The proposed amendments do not change the level of protection afforded in local regulations for air <br />and water quality, or land resources. Future development of the site will be required to comply with <br />applicable environmental laws and to the extent that future development may create additional <br />impacts to air, water, or land resources, state and local permitting processes will ensure that <br />discharges do not exceed allowable standards. Specifically, environmental work conducted to date, in <br />addition to detailing the planned design and construction work, has been focused on improving the <br />environmental health of the site. <br />Prior to the City ownership of the subject site, EWEB undertook environmental remediation efforts by <br />removing soil with contaminants that posed an unacceptable risk to human health and the <br />environment. Based on these activities, DEQ issued a conditional no further action determination for <br />the subject site in December 2017. Due to the difficulty of removing 100% of contaminated soil, there <br />remains some on-site soil that has residual concentrations of hazardous substances and will be <br />addressed during the redevelopment as is discussed below. <br />7 Eugene Parks and Recreation System Plan. Appendix A Planning District Summaries and Recommendations. <br />July 2018. <br />City of Eugene FINAL SUBMITTAL 20 <br />