Attachment 1 <br />the relocated riverfront bike path, is approximately 120 feet in width, and includes all areas designated for <br />Riverfront Park use between the trail and the river. Further south, the setback aligns with the eastern <br />perimeters of the Steam Plant and Willamette Substation and includes all areas between those properties and <br />the river. In the southern extent of the project site, the setback is approximately 50 feet and encompasses <br />additional areas designated for park or cultural landscape and open space uses and riparian/bank enhancement. <br />In total, the Willamette Greenway setback protects 3.67 acres of the subject site and ensures that no new <br />buildings will be constructed within the setback (except as allowed within the park for water-related and water- <br />dependent uses), that adequate public access is provided along the river frontage, that limited existing habitat is <br />preserved, and that the remaining natural vegetative fringe is protected. <br />Because the Downtown Riverfront Specific Area Plan no longer serves as an adopted refinement plan, the <br />existing site-specific Willamette River Greenway Setback is only relevant to the Willamette River Greenway Code <br />Amendments in that the setback, established by the Willamette River Greenway Setback Map attached as an <br />exhibit to the Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments, has been mapped to coincide with and match the <br />Greenway Setback established by EC 9.3147 and Ordinance No. 20619. No code amendments are necessary or <br />proposed to the S-DR zone, or the existing Willamette River Greenway Permit approval for development of the <br />site according to that zone. <br />Whiteaker Plan <br />The Whiteaker Plan (1994) is an adopted refinement plan that includes area within the Willamette Greenway <br />Boundary, along the south side of the Willamette River extending from the Ferry Street Bridge downstream to <br />Maury Jacobs Park at the northern extent of the plan boundary. The plan includes elements related to zoning <br />and land use, with descriptions and policies related to 13 specific subareas, as well as transportation, public <br />safety, parks and recreation, and social services and education. The maps and specific subareas included in the <br />plan do not show Willamette River Greenway Boundary, nor does the plan include any adopted Greenway <br />setback or any policies specific to development within the Greenway. <br />The predominant majority of land within the Whiteaker Plan area that is also within the Willamette River <br />Greenway is designated for parks and open space uses, which has resulted in much of the area being protected <br />and developed for park related uses consistent with the intent of Goal 15. This area is described in the plan as <br />Metropolitan Parks - Subarea 13, which explains that much of the area has been zoned as public land since 1948. <br />Since that time, an extensive regional park system emerged providing scenic and recreational areas along the <br />river, atop Skinner's Butte, and under the Washington/Jefferson Street Bridge. The subarea includes one policy <br />which is to recognize this area as appropriate for park and recreational uses as well as other uses shown on the <br />plan's land use diagram. The Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments will not change any adopted land <br />use designations or zoning within this subarea, or any other portion of the adopted plan area. A review of the <br />parks and recreation element of the plan provides further description of the various facilities within this <br />subarea, including policies and suggested implementation strategies for these facilities and related programs, <br />park impacts and operations, and potential park expansion. None of these policies relate directly to the <br />Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments which are focused on creating a new set of clear and objective <br />standards for the review of proposed housing development within the Greenway. <br />Only small portions of the Whiteaker Plan area within the Greenway include lands designated for development <br />other than parks and recreational uses, including an area near the base of Skinner's Butte on its south side (away <br />from the river) which is designated for mixed use development. Downstream (west of) the Washington/Jefferson <br />Street Bridge, a portion of the plan area within the Greenway include lands designated for a combination of <br />mixed use, and low or medium density residential uses, much of which has already been developed according to <br />the existing plan designations and zoning. Again, the Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments do not <br />include any changes to existing plan designations or zoning for this area. The City Council does not find any <br />Page 37 of 125 32 <br />