1400 Cross Street LLCPage 5of 16 <br />Refinement Plan Amendment <br />Map 17-04-25-41, Tax Lot 7000; Map 17-04-25-42, Tax Lot 100 <br />October 23, 2020 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />amendments or otherwise, a Type V process according to EC 9.7000 through 9.7885 Application <br />Procedures. <br /> <br />Response: This refinement plan amendment request involves a specific site. Type IV application <br />procedures, EC 9.7400 through EC 9.7455, are expected to apply. <br /> <br />9.8424 Refinement Plan Amendment Approval Criteria. The planning commission shall evaluate <br />proposed refinement plan amendments based on the criteria set forth below, and forward a <br />recommendation to the city council. The city council shall decide whether to act on the <br />application. If the city council decides to act, it shall approve, approve with modifications or deny <br />a proposed refinement plan amendment. Approval, or approval with modifications shall be based <br />on compliance with the following criteria: <br />(a) The refinement plan amendment is consistent with statewide planning goals. <br /> <br />Response: This refinement plan amendment is consistent with statewide planning goals as follows: <br /> <br />Goal 1 Citizen Involvement: To develop a citizen involvement program that insures the opportunity for <br />citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process. <br /> <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. The proposed Metro Plan amendment does not <br />amend the citizen involvement program. The process for reviewing these proposed amendments <br />Involvement program. The proposed citizen-initiated amendment to the adopted Metro Plan diagram <br />s acknowledged plan amendment process. The process includes public notice, <br />public hearings at the level of the planning commission and city council, notification of decision and <br />notification of the right to appeal and provides citizens the opportunity to review and make <br />recommendations in written and oral testimony on the proposed amendments. In addition, the <br />applicant holds a neighborhood meeting seeking input from the Whiteaker Community Council within <br />a 500-foot radius of the boundaries of the project site. The process for adopting these amendments is <br />programs for citizen involvement. <br /> <br />Goal 2 Land Use Planning: To establish a land use process and policy framework as a basis for all <br />decisions and actions related to use of land and assure an adequate factual base for such decisions <br />and actions. <br /> <br />The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) is the acknowledged <br />comprehensive plan for guiding land use planning in Eugene. The City has adopted refinement plans <br />that provide more detailed direction for land use planning under the umbrella of the Metro Plan. The <br />subject property is within the adopted Whiteaker Refinement Plan area and the proposed amendment <br />to the Refinement Plan land use diagram would keep the refinement plan consistent with the <br />proposed Metro Plan diagram amendment, should it be approved. These actions would make the <br />s) the Mixed-Use Area as <br />appropriate for a mixture of small-scale commercial, light-medium industrial and low-to medium- <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />th <br />The Satre Group -www.satregroup.com <br /> <br />