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INTRODUCTION 1.1SITE INFORMATION This report describes the Traffic Impact Analysis and findings prepared for the proposed zone change for the properties located at 1400 Cross Street and 1325 Railroad Blvd in Eugene, Oregon. The site is tax lot 100 of map 17-04-25-42 and Tax Lot 7000 of Map 17-09-25-4-1 and is contained within 4.61 acres. The site is currently zoned I-2 Light-Medium Industrial, with a Light-Medium Industrial Metroplan designation. Additionally, there is a /SR Site Review overlay on Tax Lot 100. The site is bounded by Polk Street to the east, Cross Street to the North, and Railroad Boulevard to the south and west. The site is currently occupied with an approximately 86,000 square foot manufacturing facility. Figure 1 illustrates the site location. The applicant is proposing a zone change from Light-Medium Industrial to S-W Whiteaker Special Area, a Metroplan amendment from Light Medium Industrial to the Mixed-Use designation, a Refinement Plan amendment from Light-Medium Industrial to Mixed-use Designation, and to extend the Site Review overlay to tax lot 7000. The City of Eugene uses the land use designations from the Metro Plan for the traffic growth and assumptions within the City of Eugen Transportation System Plan. Therefore, all zone changes requests use the Metro Plan designations as a base for transportation assumptions. The site has an existing Light-Medium Industrial designation. The proposal is a zone change to SW Whiteaker Special Area and a Metro Plan amendment the Mixed- Use designation. As a Metro Plan Amendment is proposed, the impacts are required to be evaluated to show consistency with the Transportation Planning Rule (TPR). Therefore, this analysis evaluates the transportation impacts as per Oregon Administrative Rule, OAR 660-012-060. 1.2 ANALYSIS SCOPE As the applicant is proposing a zone change and Metroplan amendment, the study will need to demonstrate compliance with Statewide Planning Rule Goal 12, OAR 660-12-0060 (TPR). TPR requires that zone changes show that there is “no significant effect” on the surrounding transportation facilities. This transportation analysis focuses on evaluating the transportation system consistent with the Goal 12 criteria. The traffic study is completed according to the City of Eugene standards and criteria. As per the City of Eugene standards and criteria, adjacent intersections and intersections with 50 or more trips are to be included in the analysis. The following intersections will have 50 or more additional vehicle trips added to them: River Road @ NW Expressway Railroad Blvd @ Cross St Railroad Blvd @ Polk St Railroad Blvd @ Grand St Railroad Blvd @ Van Buren Cross St @ Polk St Cross St @ Cross Place An operational analysis is performed at the studied intersections during the weekday PM peak hours of the system for the existing year (Year 2020) and at the end of the City of Eugene’s TSP 1400 Cross Street- Eugene, Oregon4 February 25, 2020/Revised October 22, 2020