Attachment 1 <br />additional policies or related Whiteaker Plan provisions that require findings of consistency for the Willamette <br />River Greenway Code Amendments. <br />For the reasons stated above, the City Council finds that the Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments are <br />consistent with the Whiteaker Plan. <br />River Road-Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan (RRSC Plan) <br />The River Road-Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan (1987) covers a large area of Eugene, much of which is still <br />unincorporated (not yet annexed into City limits but included within Eugene's Urban Growth Boundary), and <br />includes two neighborhoods located along the west bank of the Willamette River - the River Road neighborhood <br />and the Santa Clara neighborhood. Portions of the area of this refinement plan are included within the adopted <br />Willamette River Greenway Boundary and are designated for a variety of uses including parks and public land, <br />residential, and a few areas of commercial uses. The plan is organized into five sections that are focused on: <br />sanitary sewer service, land use, public facilities and services, environmental design, and transportation. While <br />the plan includes some discussion of park lands along the river (noting approximately 67 acres of existing park <br />land along the river and related bike path improvements), and includes generalized map of the area within the <br />Greenway and riparian areas along the river, there are no existing plan policies directly related to the Willamette <br />River Greenway Code Amendments. Nonetheless, additional discussion of the City's efforts to update this <br />adopted refinement plan is provided below to provide context and address the relationship between these <br />proposed Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments and the on-going update to the neighborhood <br />refinement plan. <br />A neighborhood planning process to update the RRSC Plan has been underway since 2017. From the beginning, <br />the Willamette River has been an important component of the vision statements, goals, and policies in the <br />planning process. The City Council recognizes that Greenway protections are a priority for the River Road and <br />Santa Clara neighborhoods. As explained by staff during the Planning Commission's deliberations on the <br />Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments, feedback from the River Road Community Organization resulted <br />in significant changes to the original version of the Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments, including the <br />addition of tree preservation standards to better protect the natural and scenic qualities along the river, further <br />limiting building fagade lengths near the river to facilitate views, and ensuring that trees and plants located near <br />the river consist of native species. These changes were both responsive to, and took into consideration, the <br />special qualities of the Willamette River Greenway within the area of the River Road neighborhood. The <br />Willamette River Greenway Code Amendment process has provided an opportunity to incorporate and align <br />some of the goals and policy outcomes important to neighborhood planning participants into Willamette River <br />Greenway Code Amendments, while the whole neighborhood plan moves toward adoption separately with <br />longer term implementation to occur through a variety of other City programs and projects and collaboration <br />with the neighborhood organizations. <br />For all the reasons stated above, the City Council finds that the Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments <br />are consistent with the River Road - Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan. <br />EC 9.8065(3): In the case of establishment of a special area zone, [the amendments are] consistent <br />with EC 9.3020 Criteria for Establishment of an S Special Area Zone. <br />The Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments do not establish a special area zone. Therefore, this <br />criterion does not apply. <br />Page 38 of 125 33 <br />