Hearings Official Public Hearings
Regular MeetingEugene, OR · February 22, 2018
Agenda
AGENDA
Meeting Location:
Phone: 541-682-5377 Atrium Building – Sloat Room
www.eugene-or.gov/hearingsofficial 99 West 10th Avenue
The Eugene Hearings Official welcomes your interest in these agenda items. Feel free to come and go as you
please at any of the meetings. This meeting location is wheelchair-accessible. For the hearing impaired, FM
assistive-listening devices are available or an interpreter can be provided with 48 hours notice. To arrange for
these services, contact the Planning Division at (541)682-5481.
Thursday, February 22, 2018
(5:30 p.m.)
I. PUBLIC HEARING ON A ZONE CHANGE
U of O Bookstore (Z 17-9)
Assessors Map: 17-03-32-31 Tax Lot: 00400
Location: 1236 Kincaid Street
Request: Zone change from PL Public Land with a /TD Transit Oriented Development Overlay to
C-3 Major Commercial with a /TD Transit Oriented Development Overlay.
Applicant: University of Oregon Bookstore, Inc
Applicant’s
Representative: Jason Goshert, SSW Engineers
Lead City Staff: Althea Sullivan, Assistant Planner
Telephone: (541) 682-5282
E-mail: althea.c.sullivan@ci.eugene.or.us
II. PUBLIC HEARING ON A REMAND OF A HEARINGS OFFICIAL DECISION
Alexander Loop (TIA 16-8)
Assessors Map: 17-04-24-10 Tax Lot: 2500
Location: Intersection of Goodpasture Island and Alexander Loop
Decision: Decision from the Land Use Board of Appeals remanding the City’s decision.
Lead City Staff: Althea Sullivan, Assistant Planner
Telephone: (541) 682-5282
E-mail: althea.c.sullivan@ci.eugene.or.us
Public Hearing Format:
1. Staff introduction/presentation
2. Public testimony from applicant and others in support of application.
3. Comments or questions from interested persons who neither are proponents nor opponents of the
proposal.
4. Public testimony from those in opposition to application.
5. Staff response to testimony.
6. Questions from Hearings Official.
7. Rebuttal testimony from applicant.
8. Closing of public hearing.
The Hearings Official will not make a decision at this hearing. The Eugene Code requires that a written
decision must be made within 15 days of close of the public comment period. To be notified of the
Hearings Official’s decision, fill out a request form at the public hearing or contact the lead City staff as
noted above. The decision will also be posted at www.eugene-or.us/hearingsofficial.
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ZONE CHANGE STAFF REPORT
File Name (Number):
U of O Bookstore (Z 17-9)
Applicant
University of Oregon Bookstore, Inc.
Applicant’s Representative:
Jason Goshert, SSW Engineers Inc.
Applicant’s Request:
Zone change from PL Public Land with a /TD Transit Oriented Development Overlay to C-3
Major Commercial with a /TD Transit Oriented Development Overlay.
Subject Property:
Location: 1236 Kincaid Street;
Assessor’s Map/Tax Lot: 17-03-32-31/400.
Relevant Dates:
Application submitted on December 15, 2017; application deemed complete January 12, 2018;
public hearing scheduled for February 22, 2018.
Lead City Staff:
Althea Sullivan, Assistant Planner, Eugene Planning Division, Phone: (541) 682-5282
Purpose of Staff Report
Staff reports provide community members an opportunity to learn more about the land use
request and to review staff analysis of the application. Staff reports are available seven days
prior to the public hearing (see EC 9.7320). The staff report provides only preliminary
recommendations, and information. The Hearings Official will also consider additional public
testimony and other materials presented at the public hearing before making a decision on the
application. The Hearings Official’s written decision on the application is generally made within
15 days following close of the public record, following the public hearing (see EC 9.7330). For
reference, the quasi-judicial hearing procedures applicable to this request are described at EC
9.7065 through EC 9.7095.
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How Does Zoning Work?
The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) is part of the City’s
comprehensive plan which helps to guide land use and zoning decisions. It includes long-range
policy direction for a wide variety of land use planning and legislative decision-making, as well
as guidance for property-specific land use decisions such as this zone change request. In some
areas, refinement plans have also been adopted which provide additional policies and land use
designation maps to further guide land use in specific geographic areas within the City.
Another recently adopted component of the City’s comprehensive plan is the Envision Eugene
Comprehensive Plan which provides goals and policies intended to help guide the City in
updating the Eugene Code and other regulatory documents, work programs and long range
planning projects. Unlike the Metro Plan or refinement plans, the Envision Eugene
Comprehensive Plan policies are not intended to be used in determining whether to approve
or deny individual land use applications, like a zone change, unless such direction is specifically
stated in the policy.
In the context of a zone change application, consistency with the applicable provisions of the
Metro Plan and any applicable adopted refinement plans for the area of the request, is a
fundamental part of the decision-making process. In many cases, there can be more than one
zone that implements a particular land use designation, and the relevant policy direction can
help to determine what the zoning should be. In other cases, it may be that the land use
designation and policy direction is so specific that only one particular zone is allowed, or that
overlay zoning is also appropriate to establish particular restrictions, development standards or
process for determining how a specific property can be developed. In a nutshell, zoning
specifies what a particular piece of land can be used for, and what standards will apply at the
time of development (e.g. height, setbacks, etc.).
Background
The subject property is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of East 12 th Alley and
Kincaid Street (see Attachment A - Vicinity Map). A vacant building and site improvements are
present on the site. The property is currently zoned PL Public Land with a /TD Transit Oriented
Development Overly. Properties around the site on the same block are zoned C-3 Major
Commercial with /TD Transit Oriented Development Overlays (see Attachment B - Zoning Map).
Referrals/Public Notice
Public notice of the subject application was mailed on January 23, 2018, and posted consistent
with the requirements of EC 9.7315 Public Hearing Notice. At this time no response has been
received to the public notice.
The Planning Division also provided information concerning the application to other
appropriate City departments, public agencies, service providers, and the affected
neighborhood group. Notice of the proposed zone change was received by the Oregon
Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) on January 17, 2018. All referral
comments received by the Planning Division on this application are included in the application
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file for reference. The substance of any relevant referral comments is addressed in the context
of applicable approval criteria and standards in the following evaluation.
Zone Change Evaluation
The Hearings Official will review the application for a zone change and consider pertinent
evidence and testimony as to whether the proposed change is consistent with the criteria
required for approval, shown below in bold typeface (see EC 9.7330 and EC 9.8865). Staff’s
findings in response to each of the criteria are provided below, to assist the Hearings Official in
making a decision on the zone change request.
EC 9.8865(1): The proposed change is consistent with applicable provisions of the
Metro Plan. The written text of the Metro Plan shall take precedence over the Metro
Plan diagram where apparent conflicts or inconsistencies exist.
The applicant requests a change in the base zone of the site, but not the overlay zone. In this
case, the base zone is the PL Public Land zoning and the requested change is to a base zone of
C-3 Major Commercial. The applicant states that the subject site is designated on the Metro
Plan diagram for commercial use, and provides an exhibit to its written statement (Exhibit E)
that shows the location of the site.
Staff confirms that the subject site is designated by the Metro Plan as being appropriate for
Commercial. The policies that previously accompanied this designation were part of the
Economic Element of the Metro Plan. As of August 24, 2017 the Economic Element of the
Metro Plan no longer applies to the west side of Interstate 5 (see Ordinance No. 20584). The
recently adopted Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan includes a new Economic Element
(Chapter 3) that replaces the previous Economic Element of the Metro Plan, but it does not
include any policies intended to be used for evaluation of this zone change request (see page I-
3). As to other policies of the Metro Plan not replaced by the Envision Eugene Comprehensive
Plan, no policies appear to be applicable or directly relevant to the current request.
Based on the available evidence, and findings above, the applicant’s request for a change in the
base zone from PL Public Land to C-3 Major Commercial is consistent with the Metro Plan.
EC 9.8865(2): The proposed zone change is consistent with applicable adopted
refinement plans. In the event of inconsistencies between these plans and the Metro
Plan, the Metro Plan controls.
The subject property is within the boundaries of the West University Refinement Plan. The
applicant states that the majority of the plan policies are concerned with design elements that
would relate to future improvements of the site. The applicant also lists some policies it
believes provide support for its application, the most relevant of which is Policy 24 from page
51 of the West University Refinement Plan:
Policy #24: “Commercially zoned property in the plan area shall be used more intensely
in the future”.
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The other relevant policy is Policy 1 on page 49 of the West University Refinement Plan which
provides that the City of Eugene will use the Land Use Diagram and policies in the plan for
making decisions about land use for the area.
Policy #1: “The City of Eugene will use the Land Use Diagram and policies of this plan
along with other City policies in making land use and other decisions regarding the plan
area. The Land Use Diagram is a generalized map and graphic depiction of the policies
and proposals of this plan and the Community Goals and Policies. It is a supplement to
and a refinement of the General Plan Diagram”.
The Land Use Diagram on page 58 of the plan indicates that the subject property is appropriate
for commercial uses. Because the Land Use Diagram shows the subject site as being
appropriate for commercial, and Policy 24 mentioned above indicates an intent to utilize
commercially zoned property intensely, the applicant’s request for C-3 Major Commercial
zoning is consistent with the West University Refinement Plan.
EC 9.8865(3): The uses and density that will be allowed by the proposed zoning in the
location of the proposed change can be served through the orderly extension of key
urban facilities and services.
Key urban facilities and services are defined in the Metro Plan as: wastewater service,
stormwater service, transportation, water service, fire and emergency medical services, police
protection, City- wide parks and recreation programs, electric service, land use controls,
communication facilities, and public schools on a district-wide basis (see Metro Plan page V-3).
The applicant provides statements in its written narrative that detail the availability of each
service listed above. To summarize, the site currently has the necessary services because it is
located in a developed area, and has a structure on it that receives wastewater, and water
service.
Public Works referral comments, which are available in the application file for reference,
confirm that Wastewater, Stormwater, and Streets can serve the subject property and
compliance with specific standards will be ensured at the time of any future development.
Based on these findings, and future permitting requirements, this criterion is met.
EC 9.8865(4): The proposed zone change is consistent with the applicable siting
requirements set out for the specific zone in:
(a) EC 9.2150 Commercial Zone Siting Requirements
Siting requirements are provided for commercial zones at EC 9.2150. The only items listed at
this section of the Eugene Code apply to the C-1 Neighborhood Commercial zone, therefore this
criterion is not applicable.
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EC 9.8865(5): In cases where the NR zone is applied based on EC 9.2510(3), the property
owner shall enter into a contractual arrangement with the City to ensure the area is
maintained as a natural resource area for a minimum of 50 years.
This criterion does not apply as the proposed zone change does not include the NR zone.
Transportation Planning Rule Evaluation
Goal 12 Transportation of the Statewide Planning Goals, adopted by the Land Conservation and
Development Commission (LCDC), must be specifically addressed as part of the requested zone
change and in the context of Oregon Administrative Rules, as follows.
As adopted, OAR 660-012-0060(1) states:
(1) If an amendment to a functional plan, an acknowledged comprehensive plan,
or a land use regulation (including a zoning map) would significantly affect an
existing or planned transportation facility, then the local government must put
in place measures as provided in section (2) of this rule, unless the amendment
is allowed under section (3),(9), or (10) of this rule.
The applicant states that it qualifies for an exception under subsection (9), as its request is
consistent with the comprehensive plan designation.
(9) Notwithstanding section (1) of this rule, a local government may find that an
amendment to a zoning map does not significantly affect an existing or
planned transportation facility if all of the following requirements are met.
(a) The proposed zoning is consistent with the existing comprehensive plan
map designation and the amendment does not change the plan map:
(b) The local government has an acknowledged TSP and the proposed
zoning is consistent with the TSP; and
(c) The area subject to the amendment was not exempted from this rule at
the time of an urban growth boundary amendment as permitted in OAR
660- 024-220(1)(d), or the area was exempted from this rule but the
local government has a subsequently acknowledged TSP amendment
that accounted for urbanization of the area.
The City of Eugene’s adopted Eugene 2035 Transportation System Plan (2035 TSP) serves as the
City’s acknowledged local transportation system plan. Chapter 3: Needs Assessment and
Evaluation, of the 2035 TSP provides:
The needs assessment and resulting projects… that establish a transportation system
adequate to meet the identified local transportation needs are based upon the land use
designations established by the Metro Plan. Because the 2035 TSP is based on the Metro
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Plan land use designations, any zone allowed within the land use designation is
consistent with both the Metro Plan and this 2035 TSP.
The applicant states that the zoning of the subject property is consistent with the Metro Plan,
therefore the zoning of the subject property is consistent with 2035 TSP.
The subject property was not exempted from OAR Chapter 660, Section 12 at the time of an
urban growth boundary amendment.
As the applicant has not requested an amendment to the Metro Plan designation, and the
proposed zoning remains consistent with the Metro Plan designation, the zone change is
allowed under OAR 660-012-0060(9) and OAR 660-012-0060(1) is satisfied.
Staff Recommendation
Based on the available evidence, and consistent with the preceding findings, staff recommends
the Hearings Official approve the applicant’s request to change the zone of the subject property
from PL Public Land to C-3 Major Commercial.
Consistent with EC 9.7330, unless the applicant agrees to a longer time period, within 15 days
following close of the public record, the Eugene Hearings Official shall approve, approve with
conditions, or deny this Type III application. The decision shall be based upon and be
accompanied by findings that explain the criteria and standards considered relevant to the
decision, stating the facts relied upon in rendering a decision and explaining the justification for
the decision based upon the criteria, standards, and facts set forth. Notice of the written
decision will be mailed in accordance with EC 9.7335. Within 12 days of the date the decision is
mailed, it may be appealed to the Eugene Planning Commission as set forth in EC 9.7650
through EC 9.7685.
Attachments
The applicant’s full-size site plans, and the entire application file, are available for review at the
Eugene Planning Division offices. The Hearings Official will receive a full set of application
materials for review prior to the public hearing. These materials will also be made available for
review at the public hearing.
Attachment A: Vicinity Map
Attachment B: Zoning Map
For More Information
Please contact Althea Sullivan, Assistant Planner, City of Eugene Planning Division, at: (541)
682-5282; or by e-mail, at: althea.c.sullivan@ci.eugene.or.us
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U of O Bookstore (Z 17-9) Attachment A
Subject
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U of O Bookstore (Z 17-9)
Attachment A
17-03-32-31-00400
Zone change from PL Public Land with a /TD Transit Oriented Development Overlay to
C‐3 Major Commercial with a /TD Transit Oriented Development Overlay
Kincaid St
E 12th Aly
Zoning
C-2 Community Commercial
C-3 Major Commercial
PL Public Land
^ Subject Site
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MEMORANDUM
Date: February 15, 2018
To: Virginia Gustafson-Lucker, Eugene Hearing Official
From: Althea Sullivan, Assistant Planner
Subject: Remand of Appeal for Alexander Loop (TIA 16-8)
ACTION REQUESTED
To hold a hearing on February 22, 2018 and take action on a remand of the Eugene Hearing
Official’s approval of the Alexander Loop (TIA 16-8) application on appeal.
BACKGROUND
In 2016 the Eugene Planning Director approved the Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) application that
is the subject of this appeal, and determined that the applicant for the Goodpasture Island
Planned Unit Development (PUD) had satisfied Condition of Approval #3 for the final PUD
approved for that development. Condition of Approval # 3 limits the number of vehicle trips the
PUD is allowed to generate and specifies the methodology that must be used to count the
vehicle trips. The full text of Condition of Approval #3 is provided below:
“Prior to executing the performance agreement, the applicant shall revise the final
site plan to add the following note: “The maximum development on the site shall
be limited so that it would not produce more than 287 trips in the AM peak hour
and 321 trips during the PM peak hour as determined by the Institute of
Transportation Engineers Trip Generation Manual, using code 220-Apartments for
all unrestricted residential apartments on the development site. The city may allow
development intensity beyond this maximum number of peak hour vehicle trips
only if the applicant submits to the city and ODOT a traffic impact analysis that
demonstrates that the proposed intensification of use would be consistent with the
Transportation Planning Rule (TPR) at OAR 660-012-0060. The applicant shall seek
and the city shall consider such approval using the city’s Type II land use application
procedure. Prior to construction of the final phase, the applicant shall conduct a
current traffic study that counts the actual number of trips currently occurring to
determine if the final phase would require a revised traffic impact analysis and
additional improvements to comply with the Transportation Planning Rule. The city
shall not issue building permits for the final phase until the applicant has received
approval of the revised traffic impact analysis.”
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The Planning Director’s determination that Condition of Approval #3 was satisfied was appealed
to the Eugene Hearings Official, and the Hearings Official agreed with the Planning Director (see
Attachment A) that the condition had been met. The Planning Director’s approval of the TIA
was therefore affirmed. The Hearings Official’s decision was then appealed to the Land Use
Board of Appeals. The Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) disagreed with the Planning Director
and the Hearings Official and remanded the decision back to the City (see Attachment B).
Following LUBA’s decision, the applicant requested that the City proceed with the application
on remand (see Attachment C for the applicant’s written request to proceed with the remand).
This request allows the City 120 days to reach a decision, and since the request was filed on
November 20, 2017, the City has until March 20, 2018 to reach a final decision.
REVIEW OF APPLICANT’S MATERIALS
On January 15, 2018 the applicant submitted materials from Christopher M. Clemow, PE, PTOE.
Clemow provides a brief statement clarifying that the materials submitted are intended to
demonstrate that the first part of Condition of Approval #3 is satisfied. Clemow then provides
data concluding that up to 193 apartments could be built on site (as a reminder the applicant
proposes 186). Clemow’s materials are included as Attachment D.
City of Eugene Public Works staff reviewed the technical aspect of the materials submitted by
the applicant. The Public Works referral concurs with the analysis provided by Clemow, and
concludes that up to 193 units would be allowed (see Attachment E).
The applicant’s representative Michael C. Robinson also submitted a letter on February 13,
2018. The letter briefly states that the applicant believes there is evidence in the record that
satisfies the requirement on remand, and further highlights the materials provided by Clemow.
The letter is attached as Attachment F.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
The reason for LUBA’s remand of the City’s decision rests with the first part of Condition of
Approval #3, see below:
“Prior to executing the performance agreement, the applicant shall revise the final
site plan to add the following note: “The maximum development on the site shall
be limited so that it would not produce more than 287 trips in the AM peak hour
and 321 trips during the PM peak hour as determined by the Institute of
Transportation Engineers Trip Generation Manual, using code 220-Apartments for
all unrestricted residential apartments on the development site.
Both the Planning Director and Hearings Official had seen the requirement above as part of
Condition of Approval #3, not as a separate requirement that required analysis. LUBA found
that this first portion of Condition of Approval #3 cannot be superseded by the other
requirements of the condition, and requires its own analysis.
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As mentioned above, the applicant submitted a letter from Clemow that demonstrates that the
first portion of Condition of Approval #3 can be met. As the Public Works referral confirms that
Clemow used appropriate methods of analysis, staff recommends the Hearings Official
determine that all of Condition of Approval #3 has been met.
ATTACHMENTS
A. Hearings Official’s Decision
B. LUBA Opinion
C. Request to Proceed
D. Letter from Clemow
E. Public Works Referral
F. Letter from Robinson
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Attachment A
DECISION OF THE HEARINGS OFFICIAL
FOR THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON
ON APPEAL OF THE
PLANNING DIRECTOR’S APPROVAL
Decision Appealed:
Planning Director determination of compliance with Conditions 3 and 5 of the Goodpasture
Island PUD
Subject Property Location:
Intersection of Goodpasture Island Road and Alexander Loop
(Assessor’s Map/Tax Lot: 17-04-24-10-02500)
Appellant:
Willamette Oaks LLC
Appellant’s Representative:
Fredrick A. Batson
Gleaves Swearingen LLP
Property Owner/ Applicant:
Alexander Loop, LLC
Applicant’s Representative:
Michael C. Robinson
Perkins Coie LLP
Lead City Staff:
Althea Sullivan, Assistant Planner
The following findings and conclusions are based upon testimony presented at the public hearing
held on April 12, 2017, and all documents in the City of Eugene planning file for the Planning
Director’s determination of compliance with Conditions of Approval 3 and 5 of the Goodpasture
Island PUD (TIA 16-8), including the file for the underlying PUD application, through the close
of the record on the appeal on May 3, 2017.
Conclusion: The appeal of the Planning Director’s determination of compliance with
Conditions 3 and 5 of the Goodpasture Island PUD (TIA 16-8) is denied and the Planning
Director’s decision is affirmed.
DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS:
A. Background
Hearings Official Decision (TIA 16-8) 1
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Attachment A
On November 17, 2016, the applicant, Alexander Loop LLC, filed a request for a Planning
Director determination that the applicant has satisfied Condition 3 of the Goodpasture Island
PUD, as approved and conditioned by the City Hearings Official on August 17, 2012. On
February 1, 2017, the applicant submitted amended materials, which also sought a determination
of Condition 5 of that 2012 PUD approval as well. On March 2, 2017, the Planning Director
issued a decision following the City’s Type II application procedures, in which he determined
that the applicant for the Goodpasture Island PUD had satisfied Conditions of Approval 3 and 5
of the Goodpasture Island PUD.1
On March 14, 2017 Willamette Oaks, LLC filed an appeal of the Planning Director’s decision.
Following public notice, a public hearing on the appeal was held on April 12, 2017. The public
hearing began with the hearings official’s explanation of the process and statutory and local
procedural requirements for the hearing,2 after which Assistant Planner Althea Sullivan and
Senior Planner Gabe Flock presented the staff’s summary of the appeal. Following the staff
presentation, the appellant’s representative, Frederick Batson, presented testimony and evidence
on behalf of the appellant and the applicant’s representative, Michael Robinson, testified on
behalf of the applicant. There was no other public testimony. At the close of his testimony, Mr.
Batson requested that the hearing record remain open for submission of additional evidence,
testimony and argument. Following discussion at the close of the hearing, the hearing official
stated that the record would remain open for additional evidence testimony and argument from
all parties until April 19, 2017, for responses to the April 19, 2017 submittals until April 26,
2017, and for the applicant’s closing written argument until May 3, 2017. Both the appellant and
the applicant submitted written supplemental evidence and testimony on April 19, 2017. On
April 26, both submitted written responses; and on May 3, the applicant submitted final written
argument.
B. Description of Appeal Issues
The appellant raised six issues in its appeal statement. The appellant’s full written statement is
included in the appeal file, and attached to the city’s Staff Memorandum on the appeal, dated
April 5, 2017, and each of the appeal issues is recited or summarized in the city’s Staff
Memorandum.
In issues 1 through 4, the appellant challenges the scope and specific information in the traffic
study on which the applicant relied in establishing compliance with Condition 3. In issue 5, the
appellant challenges the applicant’s interpretation of the requirements of Condition 3. Issue 6
questions the safety of an impacted intersection.
None of the appellant’s issues challenge the planning director’s findings of compliance with
Condition 5.
C. Evaluation of Appeal
1
Additional information regarding the process leading up to the planning director’s determination are included in
the planning director’s March 2, 2017 decision at pages 1-2.
2
The hearing official’s explanation included a statement that she has had no ex parte contacts regarding the
application and has no personal or financial interest in the subject property.
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Attachment A
Appeal issues 1 through 4 each challenge aspects of the traffic study on which the applicant
based its request for a determination of compliance with Condition 3 of the hearing officials’
August 17, 2012 Final PUD decision. However, before considering each of those issues, it is
critical to determine the requirements of Condition 3. That interpretation issue is raised in
Appeal Issue 5.
1. Appeal Issue 5
Appeal Issue 5 states:
“There is a fundamental misinterpretation regarding exactly what Condition #3 requires.
Applicant is operating under the assumption that an actual traffic count is all that is
necessary to comply with Condition #3 (assuming the trips come in under the caps).
However, Condition #3 also requires that “the development on the site shall be limited so
that it would not produce more than 287 trips in the AM peak hour and 321 trips during
the PM peak hour as determined by the Institute of Transportation Engineers Trip
Generation Manual. . .” Thus, if the ITE Trip Generation Manual anticipates more trips
than the cap allows, which in this case it does, development on the site must be further
restricted or a revised traffic impact analysis must be performed.”
The appellant is correct that the interpretation of Condition 3 is fundamental to this appeal.
However, the appellant’s statement relies on only a portion of an earlier version of Condition 3,
which was in effect prior to the Hearing Official’s 2012 Final PUD decision. The currently
applicable version of Condition 3 states, in its entirety:
“Prior to executing the performance agreement, the applicant shall revise the final site
plan to add the following note: “The maximum development on the site shall be limited
so that it would not produce more than 287 trips in the AM peak hour and 321 trips
during eh PM peak hour as determined by the Institute of Transportation Engineers Trip
Generation Manual, using code 220-Apartments for all unrestricted residential
apartments on the development site. The city may allow development intensity beyond
this maximum number of peak hour vehicle trips only if the applicant submits to the city
and ODOT a traffic impact analysis that demonstrates that the proposed intensification
of use would be consistent with the Transportation Planning Rule (TPR) at OAR 660-
012-0060. The applicant shall seek and the city shall consider such approval using the
city’s Type II land use application procedure. Prior to construction of the final phase,
the applicant shall conduct a current traffic study that counts the actual number of
trips currently occurring to determine if the final phase would require a revised traffic
impact analysis and additional improvements to comply with the Transportation
Planning Rule. The city shall not issue building permits for the final phase until the
applicant has received approval of the revised traffic impact analysis.
The language in bold was added by the Hearing Official in 2012 as part of a Hearing Official
Decision on Remand from LUBA, in response to the appellant’s argument that the applicant had
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Attachment A
not demonstrated that a proposed intensification of use conforms to the Transportation Planning
Rule.
In essence, and as described in the Hearings Official’s 2012 decision at pages 24-25, that hearing
official agreed that the applicant had not satisfied Condition 3 as then written because the
applicant had used a different ITE apartment code to demonstrate a change in use for Parcel 4
would be less than the trip cap specified in the original approval (using the 223- Mid-Rise
Apartments code instead of the 220-Apartment code.) The hearing official explained
“The hearings official believes the intent of condition 3 was to establish a baseline by
which to compare traffic impacts of future changes of use. This comparison could not
occur if the assumptions (i.e., the ITE use code) for the baseline changes. The hearings
official concludes that the applicant’s update traffic analysis for its proposed modification
does not demonstrate compliance with condition 3 of the Tentative PUD.”
The hearings official then continued:
“At the hearing, the applicant stated that it believed the trip cap would allow an increase
in the number of trips from Parcel 4 at this time, because the trip cap is for the overall
development, which would occur in many phases. With this approach, the applicant
would need to evaluate the actual number of trips before constructing the later phases and
revise the traffic analysis if necessary. The hearings official agrees that is a plausible
interpretation of condition 3 and will revise condition 3 to make this clear:”
The hearings official’s revision, through which he intended to make clear what Condition 3
required, is the language in bold above. Accordingly, as amended in 2012, in order to determine
whether the trip cap has been satisfied, the applicant must rely on the baseline numbers stated in
the ITE manual for the 220-Apartment code, and with that as a baseline, before construction of
the final phase must “conduct a current traffic study that counts the actual number of trips
currently occurring to determine if the final phase would require a revised traffic impact
analysis.”
While the appellant’s Issue 5 does not quote the actual requirement of the revised Condition 3,
elsewhere in the appeal statement and in oral and written argument the appellant argues that, to
the extent Condition 3 requires the actual count, that count would be in addition to anticipated
trip counts using estimates from ITE trip generation manual. However, the Planning Director
determined, and the hearing official agrees, that the language of the applicable 2012 revised
Condition 3 does not require both. The 2012 hearing official specifically agreed that the
applicant could satisfy the ‘baseline’ of the ITE manual by “evaluating the actual number of trips
before constructing later phases.” That finding is reflected in his express language in the revised
Condition 3, which specifically requires that “prior to construction of the final phase, the
applicant shall conduct a current traffic study that counts the actual number of trips currently
occurring to determine if the final phase would require a revised traffic impact analysis.” The
hearings official rejects the appellant’s argument that the Condition 3 should be read to require
more. The hearings official agrees with the Planning Director’s determination that the applicant
correctly interpreted the requirements of Condition 3 when it showed compliance with the
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condition by conducting a current traffic study that counts the actual number of trips currently
occurring to determine if the final phase would require a revised traffic impact analysis. The
appellant’s 5th issue is denied.
2. Appeal Issue 1
In accordance with the hearing official’s 2012 revised Condition 3, the applicant conducted a one
day traffic study on October 25, 2016. In its first appeal issue, the applicant challenges the
accuracy of the applicant’s traffic counts because they are “statistical anomalies when compared
to anticipated trip counts using ITE rates”. Essentially, the appellant argues that because results
of the current traffic study that counted the actual number of trips currently occurring differed
from the manual’s anticipated rates, the actual counts should be rejected. This argument assumes
a necessary comparison between the ITE manual’s anticipated numbers and the actual count.
However, as noted above, Condition 3 does not require that comparison. In addressing the
alleged anomalies in reviewing the applicant’s determination request, the City’s Public Works
staff wrote
“[Willamette Oak’s engineer, Access Engineering] states that most of the data used in
this assessment was based on traffic counts. [Access Engineering] also asserts a number
of statistical anomalies and nonconformance with the ITE trip generation manual.
[Access Engineering] approached the estimation of trips, and any discrepancies as a
result, from the traditional ITE Trip generation perspective. This would be best practice
under most circumstances for applications without specific approval criteria. The
Goodpasture Island Final PUD Condition #3 includes very specific and explicit criteria
for quantifying trips. Condition #3 states that ‘the applicant shall conduct a current traffic
study that counts the actual number of trips occurring.’ Clemow and Associates [the
applicant’s engineer] followed this specific criteria in preparation of their vehicular trip
generation report. Access Engineering’s methodology did not follow this criteria and it is
not unexpected that their calculation would vary from Clemow and Associates. The scope
of work prepared for the application reflected the specific counting requirement in the
condition and was approved by staff as a result. Public Works agrees that Clemow and
Associates methodology is most consistent with the specific and explicit approval criteria
and followed conservative ITE best practices in the absence of occupied uses. Access
Engineering prepared trip generation from average rates. Clemow and Associates counted
the actual development was required in condition #3. This is not a statistical anomaly, but
rather the applicant complying with the criteria to the maximum extent possible.” (Scott
Gillespie, TIA Public Works Referral Response, February 27, 2017, page 4.)
Subsequent to its traffic report, and in part in response to the appellant’s arguments, the applicant
determined that there were errors in its initial evaluation and, accordingly, made corrections to
that report. Following additional questions regarding the accuracy of the report, on March 22,
2017, Clemow and Associates conducted a second one day traffic count in the same location. In
his April 19, 2017 supplemental testimony, the applicant’s transportation engineer explained:
“The trip generation identified in both October 2016 and March 2017 is consistent with
some expected small variation in traffic patterns. Regardless, data on both dates shows
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that existing Goodpasture Island PUD development trip generation is less than estimated
using ITE trip generation rates and the 186 apartment dwelling units contemplated in the
Parcel 5 PUD land use approvals can be constructed and the total PUD development trip
generation will remain under the established trip caps.
During the appeal hearing, and in subsequent written testimony and argument, the appellant’s
attorney questioned the reliability of a single day traffic count, as well as the reliability of the
applicant’s counts, given the corrections that the applicant provided. In addition, while initially
challenging the one day study as inadequate, he also questioned the legitimacy of a supplemental
study. The appellant’s attorney argues that “it is jarring to have received routinely ‘corrected’
data throughout the process and to now be receiving all new data. The reliability of the study
upon which the Planning Director relied is highly in doubt, and that is probably why Applicant
commissioned a whole new study and attached it to the April 19th submission.”
That second count was conducted after the Planning Director’s decision and was not reviewed by
either the Planning Director or the Public Works Department. Nonetheless, it is unclear why
corrections and a confirming study would render the traffic engineer’s reports less, rather than
more, reliable. The corrections made to the initial, October 25, 2016 study attached as TL3 –
Table 1 to the Clemow April 19, 2017 testimony, and the results of the Supplemental Study,
attached as Table # of the April 19, 2017, confirm the analysis and conclusions upon which the
Planning Director and Public Works Department relied in their initial finding. The hearing
official accepts the applicant’s studies as consistent with the Condition 3 requirement for actual
trip counts, and further finds that they constitute substantial evidence of compliance with
Condition 3. Appellant’s Appeal Issue #1, challenging the adequacy and accuracy of the
applicant’s traffic counts, is denied.
3. Appeal Issues 2, 3 and 4
In Appeal Issue 2, the appellant asserts that the applicant’s traffic study assumed a 100%
occupancy of the existing, developed apartments in Phases 1 through 3, which the appellant
argues is unlikely. The appellant argues that “once accurate occupancy rates are accounted for,
and additional trips are added to the trip count to properly account for 100% occupancy in Phase
1-3, the trip caps will likely be exceeded even using the Applicant’s own Traffic data.”
In Appeal Issue 3, the appellant explains that the applicant used the wrong peak hour in its PM
trip count analysis, and that using the correct PM peak hour, the count was closer to the trip cap.
And, in Appeal Issue 4, the appellant states that the traffic study was “deficient in that it failed to
count all driveways along Alexander Loop, specifically omitting to count driveways in Phases 1-
3, the same apartments that generated a speciously low trip count.”
The Eugene Planning Staff’s April 5, 2017 memorandum, which summarizes the issues in this
appeal, addresses each of these three appeal issues, and explains why none of those issues
provides a basis to determine that the applicant has not satisfied Condition 3. The hearing official
adopts the staff’s summary and evaluation of each of those issues, as supplemented below.
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Briefly, with regard to Issue 2, as the staff explains, evidence submitted by the applicant’s
engineer on April 3, 2017 describes that the apartments in Phases 1-3 of the PUD were 93%
occupied on the date of the October, 2016 traffic study. That letter concludes that “even if the
apartments were 100% occupied, construction of 186 apartments . . . would not exceed the trip
cap.” Table 1 confirms the occupancy rate and the conclusion. Table 3 confirms that on the date
of the March, 2017 traffic counts, Phases 1-3 were 87.5% occupied, and a portion of the
commercial development was occupied, and that, factored for 100% residential occupancy, the
conclusion remained the same.
The staff’s evaluation of the appellant’s 3rd issue acknowledges that the applicant initially used
the wrong peak hour in its PM trip counts, and explains that Public Works was aware of that
error and determined that, using the correct peak hour, the applicant’s evidence demonstrates that
the traffic would not exceed the trip cap. In addition, Clemow and Associates’ April 4, 2017
evidence corrected that error and, as the staff explains, the corrected table “concludes that a
maximum of 261 new dwelling units can be constructed before the trip cap would be exceeded.”
In addition, Tables 1 and 3 both reflect the correct peak hour and support that conclusion.
Finally, in response to the appellant’s argument that the applicant failed to count all the
driveways along Alexander Loop, the staff correctly rely on the Public Work’s evaluation of that
issue, as it was raised in the Planning Director’s initial review. Staff conclude that “Public Works
notes that because Alexander Loop intersects Goodpasture Island Road at only two intersections,
and the only way to leave the Alexander Loop area is at one of the intersections counted, the
applicant’s traffic study did not miss trips by not counting the driveways in each phase
separately.” The appellant has not provided any explanation or evidence as to how the
applicant’s failure to count all driveways in any way resulted in trips not being counted.
Based on the staff’s evaluation, as supplemented here, the hearing official denies Appellant’s
issues 2, 3 and 4.
4. Appeal Issue 6
While not expressly enumerated in its appeal statement, the appellant also raises an additional
issue regarding the safety of the southern intersection of Goodpasture Island Road and Alexander
Loop. The appellant argues in its appeal statement that “this influx of vehicles [from the Phase 5
development] will make traffic problems that already exist twice as bad causing a massive
bottleneck at the South end of the site that will threaten safety and make it increasingly difficult
for emergency vehicles to access neighboring facilities.’ The staff questioned both the
appellant’s factual conclusion and how that argument relates to compliance with either Condition
3 or Condition 5. During the hearing, and in supplemental argument, the appellant expressed
concern regarding safety issues caused by increased traffic. However, the appellant does not
explain how those issues relate to compliance with Conditions 3 or 5, and the hearings official
finds that they are beyond the scope of the conditions that are the subject of this appeal.
DECISION
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Based on the above analysis and findings, the hearings official denies the appeal of the Planning
Director’s determination of compliance with Conditions 3 and 5 of the Alexander Loop PUD and
affirms the Planning Director’s decision.
Virginia Gustafson Lucker
Hearings Official
Dated this 15th day May, 2017.
Mailed this _____ day of May, 2017.
SEE NOTICE OF HEARINGS OFFICIAL DECISION FOR STATEMENT OF APPEAL
RIGHTS
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November 20, 2017 Michael C. Robinson
MRobinson@perkinscoie.com
D. +1.503.727.2264
F. +1.503.346.2264
VIA EMAIL
Mr. Gabe Flock, Senior Planner
Eugene Planning Division
99 W. 10th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97401
Re: Remand by Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals of Application
by Alexander Loop, LLC
Dear Mr. Flock:
This office represents Alexander Loop, LLC (the “Applicant”). The Oregon Land Use Board of
Appeals (“LUBA”) issued a final opinion and order remanding the City of Eugene’s (the “City”)
approval of the Applicant’s permit application to the City on October 5, 2017. Willamette Oaks
v. City of Eugene, ___ Or LUBA ___ (LUBA No. 2017-058, October 5, 2017).
ORS 227.181 (enclosed) establishes the deadlines for final action by cities on remand of land use
decisions by LUBA. Pursuant to ORS 227.181(2)(a), the Applicant must request in writing
within one hundred eighty (180) days of the effective date of LUBA’s final order that the City
proceed with the application on remand. This letter is filed after the effective date of LUBA’s
final opinion and order and requests that the County proceed with the application on remand.
The City has one hundred twenty (120) days from November 20, 2017 (until March 1, 2018) to
make a final decision on the application on remand. The Applicant may extend the 120-day
clock. The exception in ORS 227.181(4) is not applicable to this application.
The Applicant will provide a revised application and findings for the City’s review pursuant to
LUBA’s final opinion and order. The City’s Land Use Hearings Officer may decide this matter
on remand. The Applicant requests that the Hearings Official limit the public hearing to the sole
issue identified in LUBA’s final opinion and order, which is that the City must apply the first
part of Condition of Approval 3. Because this matter is not the initial evidentiary hearing, no
party is entitled to an automatic open record or continuation pursuant to ORS 197.763(6)(a).
68855-0001/137494703.1
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Mr. Gabe Flock, Senior Planner
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Please let me know if you have any questions.
Very truly yours,
Michael C. Robinson
MCR:rsr
cc: Ms. Althea Sullivan (via email) (w/encl.)
Mr. Chris Clemow (via email) (w/encl.)
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January 15, 2018
Perkins Coie
Attention: Michael C. Robinson
1120 NW Couch Street, Suite 1000
Portland, Oregon 97209
Re: Goodpasture Island PUD – Eugene, Oregon
Technical Letter #5 – Supplemental Transportation Response – LUBA Remand
LUBA File Number 2017-058
City of Eugene File Number TIA 16-8
C&A Project Number 20161003.00
Dear Mr. Robinson:
This letter addresses the October 5, 2017 Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) remand of the City of Eugene
Hearing Official’s May 15, 2017 decision relating to the Goodpasture Island Planned Unit Development
(PUD) Condition of Approval 3, requiring the applicant satisfy the first and third Condition requirements.
The first requirement is the applicant demonstrate that maximum site development will not exceed the
trip cap as determined using the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual. The
third requirement is the applicant perform a trip generation study to determine actual, existing
development trip generation to ensure trips from the final phase will not exceed establish trip caps.
The following materials address the first requirement of Condition 3. ITE trip generation estimates are
presented for the existing Goodpasture Island PUD development on Parcels 1 through 4, and the potential
number of apartments that can be constructed on Parcel 5 are identified while remaining under the
established trip cap.
In keeping with the LUBA interpretation of the 2012 modification of Condition 3, the following trip
generation assumptions are made:
▪ All ITE Land Uses are consistent with those assumed in the applicant’s June 17, 2009 Transportation
Impact Analysis (2009 TIA). This is the basis for the original trip generation estimates and established
trip cap.
▪ All trip generation estimates are based on data from the ITE Trip Generation Manual, 7th Edition. This
data was used in the 2009 TIA and was current at the time of the 2012 land use approvals.
▪ ITE Land Use 220 – Apartments is used for all unrestricted apartments.
▪ Trip generation equations (versus rates) are used for ITE Land Use 220. This is consistent with ITE
recommended practice and equations were used in the 2009 TIA.
▪ Trip generation rates are used for all other ITE Land Use codes. This is consistent with ITE
recommended practice and rates were used in the 2009 TIA.
▪ Pass-by and internal capture percentages are consistent with the 2009 TIA.
1582 Fetters Loop, Eugene, Oregon 97402|541-579-8315|cclemow@clemow-associates.com
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Goodpasture Island PUD – Eugene, Oregon
C&A Project Number 20161003.00
January 15, 2018
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The following tables present assumptions from the 2009 TIA and the resulting calculated Goodpasture
Island PUD trip generation:
TABLE 1 – TRIP GENERATION ASSUMPTIONS FROM 2009 TIA
(CONSISTENT WITH ITE TRIP GENERATION MANUAL, 7TH EDITION)
Land Use (ITE Code) AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour
Apartments (220) T=0.49(X)+3.73 T=0.55(X)+17.56
Senior Adult Housing – Attached (252) 0.08 Trips/DU 0.11 Trips/DU
Specialty Commercial (814) – Total 6.84 Trips/KSF 5.02 Trips/KSF
Internal Capture 10% 10%
Pass-By 25% 25%
TABLE 2 – GOODPASTURE ISLAND PUD TRIP GENERATION
Land Use (ITE Code) Size AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour
Established Trip Cap per 2012 Land Use Approvals 287 321
Parcels 1 – 4 Actual/Constructed Non-Apartment Trip Generation
Senior Adult Housing - Attached (252) 150 DU 12 17
Specialty Commercial (814) – Total 48 35
Internal Capture (10%) (5) (4)
7,011 SF
Pass-By (25%) (12) (9)
Primary Trips 31 22
Total External Non-Apartment Trips 55 48
Total Apartment (220) Trips within Cap [Trip Cap – Non-Apt Trips] 232 273
Total Potential Apartments (220) That Can be to Constructed 465 DU 1 232 273
Parcels 1 – 4 Actual/Constructed Apartments (220) 272 DU
Remaining Apartments (220) That Can be Constructed 193 DU 2
1 The total number of apartments that can be constructed on all Parcels while remaining within the established trip cap.
As illustrated in the table above, 193 apartments can potentially be constructed on Parcel 5 while still
remaining under the established trip cap of 287 AM and 321 PM peak hour trips using ITE Trip Generation
Manual trip generation rates.
Considering these materials, and those in previous applicant-prepared analyses, the 186 apartments
contemplated in the Parcel 5 PUD land use approvals can be constructed and the total PUD development
trip generation will remain under the established trip cap. Condition of Approval 3 is fully satisfied as
interpreted by LUBA.
Sincerely,
Christopher M. Clemow, PE, PTOE
Transportation Engineer
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TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS
PUBLIC WORKS REFERRAL RESPONSE
DATE: FEBRUARY 6, 2018
TO: ALTHEA SULLIVAN
FROM: SCOTT GILLESPIE
APPLICATION: TIA 16-08 ALEXANDER LOOP REVISED REFERRAL
The following referral comments from Public Works staff reflect a preliminary
evaluation of Technical Letter #5 prepared by Clemow and Associates dated January 15,
2018. Technical Letter #5 addresses the October 5, 2017 LUBA remand of the City of
Eugene Hearing Official’s decision relating to the Goodpasture Island PUD condition of
approval #3.
These referral comments are intended for review by Planning staff, for incorporation into
the City's written decision on the subject application, however, they do not represent a
final determination of compliance with the applicable approval standards and criteria. It
is acknowledged that these referral comments are subject to revision upon further
coordination.
The specific issue on remand is the need to calculate the remaining dwelling units and
commercial KSF available for future development under the trip cap using ITE standard
trip generation methods. I agree with the approach of utilizing the 7th edition method and
rates to be consisting with the means and methods for establishing the original trip cap. I
agree with ITE code 220. It is unrestricted, consistent with the code used to establish the
trip cap and it’s conservative compared to the other product specific multi-family use
codes. I agree the standard procedure warrants the regression equation vs. the rate. The
AM & PM equations are consistent with our 7th Edition. ITE code 252 descriptions and
rates are consistent. ITE 814 descriptions and rates are consistent with peak hours of the
generator. It’s conservative and appropriate in the absence of an AM adjacent peak hour
rate. The unspecified commercial use, characteristics of the site and conservative
generation rate seem consistent with a variety of expected commercial/service/retail
uses. I would agree the commercial uses would qualify for internal capture and pass-by
reductions for mixed use (as defined by ITE) and ITE handbook data,
respectfully. Specialty retail does not have data for pass-by but the 25% is in line with
other comparable retail uses, I support that assumption. 10% internal capture is
consistent with internal capture rates in the Handbook, I support that assumption.
PW staff concurs with the applicant’s engineering analyses and agrees that 193 dwelling
units can be constructed consistent with the trip cap and is therefore consistent with the
condition under remand.
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February 13, 2018 Michael C. Robinson
Admitted in Oregon
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Ms. Althea Sullivan
Assistant Planner
City of Eugene Planning Department
99 W 10th Avenue
Eugene, Oregon 97401
RE: City of Eugene File No. TIA 16-8; Alexander Loop Application on Remand to
Hearings Official
Dear Ms. Sullivan:
This office represents the Applicant. This letter explains why substantial evidence in the whole
record satisfies the requirement on remand of this application by the Oregon Land Use Board of
Appeals (“LUBA:).
The City of Eugene Hearings Official previously approved this application. An opponent to this
application appealed the Hearings Official’s decision to LUBA. LUBA remanded the Hearing
Official’s decision in Willamette Oaks LLC vs. City ofEugene,___Or LUBA--------(LUBA No.
2017-058, October 5,2017). LUBA held that Condition of Approval 3 applicable to Phase 5 of
the development requires the Applicant to demonstrate compliance with not just the third
requirement of the condition but also with the first requirement. The first requirement of the
condition requires that the “trip cap” established in the 2000 Rezoning Decision demonstrate that
the maximum development of all five Phases not exceed the trip cap as determined under the IPE
manual. Willamette Oaks, Slip Op. 10
The Applicant’s traffic consultant submitted a letter dated October 25, 2017 that addressed the
first requirement of Condition 3. The Applicant’s traffic consultant concluded that the trip cap is
satisfied under the relevant ITE Trip Generation Manual trip generation rates.
Scott Gillespie, City Engineer, stated in a January 17, 2018 email that he agreed that the
Applicant’s traffic engineer’s report was “consistent with ITE and LUBA’s interpretation of the
conditions. I support the analyses in your finding.”
Based on substantial evidence in the whole record, the Hearings Official can find that the limited
issue on remand is satisfied.
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Ms. Althea Sullivan
February 13, 2018
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Please place this letter before the Hearings Official at the public hearing scheduled for
February 22, 2018 at 5:30 PM and in the official Planning Department file for the application.
Very truly yours.
Michael C. Robinson
MCR:jes
cc: Mr. Gabriel Flock (via email)
Mr. Chris Clemoe (via email)
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Ms. Althea Sullivan
February 13, 2018
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bee: Mr. Barclay Graysen (via email)
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