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DOWNTOWN RIVERFRONT LAND USE COMPONENTS CA 19-1, RA 19-1, Z 19-5, WG 19-3, ST 19-3, and SDR 19-2 April 19, 2019 of destination resorts. Based on these findings, the proposed amendments are consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 8. Goal 9 - Economic Development: To provide adequate opportunities throughout the state for a variety of economic activities vital to health, welfare, and prosperity of Oregon's citizens. Goal 9 (OAR 660, Division 9) require cities to evaluate the supply and demand of commercial land relative to community economic objectives. It requires cities to provide an adequate land supply for economic development and employment growth. In the City's recently adopted buildable lands inventory (Envision Eugene Employment Land Supply Study) the subject property is identified as being "committed" due to public ownership. However, additional analysis in the study (Part IV. Measures to Increase Employment Development) does account for the previously adopted special area zoning (S-DR), as applied in 2013, and estimates the potential for over 330 retail jobs upon redevelopment. As noted elsewhere, the proposed amendments do not change the underlying mixed-use and nodal development plan designations for the subject property, so there is no impact on that status nor any amendment to the adopted buildable land inventory that requires further analysis under Goal 9. Although not required by Goal 9, the City conducted a Cost-Benefit Analysis for redevelopment of the Downtown Riverfront site, included as Exhibit Q: Cost-Benefit Analysis. The analysis shows that almost all impacts are positive, with very few negative impacts. This positive assessment largely results from the fact that the analysis compares the redevelopment to the site's current condition. Redeveloping the site will improve environmental conditions from the current state and create a new compact neighborhood within walking distance to services and the downtown and the University of Oregon, two major employment centers. The proposed amendments are specifically intended to facilitate downtown development and redevelopment in accordance with the Downtown Plan and Downtown Riverfront Concept Plan. The amendments and zone change do not affect the amount of land designated or zoned for commercial use and will have no direct impact on the existing supply of or any existing commercially designated land. Therefore, the proposed amendments are consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 9. Goal 10 - Housing: To provide for the housing needs of the citizens of the state. Goal 10 (OAR 660, Division 8) is intended to ensure opportunity for the provision of adequate numbers of needed housing units, the efficient use of buildable land within urban growth boundaries, and to provide greater certainty in the development process so as to reduce housing costs. It requires that sufficient buildable land be designated on the City's comprehensive plan map to satisfy housing needs by type and density range, as determined in the housing needs projection. Similar to Goal 9 above, the subject property is shown as being "committed" due to public ownership in the City's recently adopted buildable lands inventory (Envision Eugene Residential Land Supply Study). However, additional analysis in that study (Part IV. Measures to Increase Residential Development) does account for the previously adopted special area zoning (S-DR), as applied in 2013, and estimates the potential for about 250-450 new residential dwellings upon redevelopment. As noted elsewhere, the proposed amendments do not change the underlying mixed-use and nodal development plan designations for the subject property, so there is no direct impact on that status nor any amendment to the adopted land inventory that requires further analysis under Goal 10. City of Eugene FINAL SUBMITTAL 23