Planning Commission

AGENDA Meeting Location: Sloat Room—Atrium Building Phone: 541-682-5481 99 W. 10th Avenue www.eugene-or.gov/pc Eugene, OR 97401 The Eugene Planning Commission 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 hour notice prior to the meeting. Spanish-language interpretation will also be provided with 48 hour notice. To arrange for these services, contact the Planning Division at 541-682-5675. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2014 – REGULAR MEETING (11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.) 11:30 a.m. I. PUBLIC COMMENT The Planning Commission reserves 10 minutes at the beginning of this meeting for public comment. The public may comment on any matter, except for items scheduled for public hearing or public hearing items for which the record has already closed. Generally, the time limit for public comment is three minutes; however, the Planning Commission reserves the option to reduce the time allowed each speaker based on the number of people requesting to speak. 11:40 a.m. II. APPEAL OF PLANNING DIRECTOR DECISION FOR VAN SLYKE, JOHN AND PAYUNG (Z 14-5) – ACTION Staff: Becky Taylor, 541-682-5437 11:50 a.m. III. ENVISION EUGENE UGB EXPANSION for JOBS, PARKS, AND SCHOOLS Staff: Terri Harding, 541-682-5635 Zach Galloway, 541-682-5485 1:15 p.m. IV. ITEMS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF A. Other Items from Staff B. Other Items from Commission C. Learning: How are we doing? Commissioners: Steven Baker; John Barofsky; Rick Duncan; John Jaworski (Vice-Chair); Jeffery Mills; Kristen Taylor; William Randall (Chair)  AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY November 3, 2014 To: Eugene Planning Commission From: Terri Harding and Zach Galloway, City of Eugene Planning Division Subject: Envision Eugene Implementation: UGB Expansion for Jobs, Parks, and Schools ACTION REQUESTED This work session provides the Planning Commission with an opportunity to continue to discuss a preliminary recommendation for expanding the Urban Growth Boundary for jobs, parks, and schools. BRIEFING STATEMENT On October 27, staff presented a recommendation for UGB expansion for Jobs, Parks, and Schools in the Clear Lake Road Area, and in Santa Clara for Santa Clara Community Park. The maps presented at that meeting are attached to this memo as Attachments A and B. Clear Lake UGB Recommendation In summary, the Clear Lake UGB proposal includes land for over 3,000 jobs, on buildable sites ranging from 10‐70 acres in size and totaling 450 buildable acres; 54 acres for Bethel schools, and 222 acres for Golden Gardens Community Park. A one acre parcel south of Clear Lake Road is shown designated as Commercial, near the intersection of Clear Lake and the conceptual extension of Terry Street. This intersection is a good location for neighborhood scale commercial uses that would cater to employees in the area as well as nearby residents in the Bethel neighborhood. Additional commercial uses would be allowed within the Industrial designations on the other three corners of the intersection; staff is exploring regulatory tools to concentrate allowable commercial uses in this location. Lastly, a five‐acre parcel is shown as designation pending, near Theona Drive and the northeast corner of Golden Gardens Park. Staff is leaning toward recommending that this parcel be designated Campus Industrial, due to its location across Theona Drive from other Industrial parcels. Its proximity to park land and residential uses also make campus industrial a suitable designation for this site. The Planning Commission discussed the Clear Lake Recommendation at the October 27 meeting, and requested more information on development feasibility, wetlands assessment, and urban transition zoning. Staff continues to research development feasibility factors, and will provide an explanation of the thinking around the large lot portfolio and the timing of future economic development planning work at the meeting. The wetlands evaluation report (Clear Lake ESEE Analysis Report) has been posted to the website at www.envisioneugene.org. Work is ongoing on this item as well, as staff PC Agenda - Page 1 continues to research an area‐wide approach to wetland, storm water, and flood plain management with partner agencies. Urban Transition Zoning When land is brought in to an urban growth boundary, zoning must be changed to follow the city’s development rules. North of Clear Lake Road, all properties would be given I‐2 (Light Medium Industrial) base zoning, upon UGB adoption. The I‐2 zone allows farming to continue on these properties for the time being, but applying I‐2 concurrent with UGB adoption saves a process step for future development on these sites. Overlay zones applied with UGB adoption would include /CAS Commercial Airport Safety, /UL Urbanizable Land, and /WQ Water Quality, where shown on the Recommendation map. A new /CLE Clear Lake Expansion area overlay zone will be developed to contain standards related to large lot preservation, and process requirements or siting standards for certain uses to address environmental justice concerns. The /CLE overlay zone will be the focus of the Planning Commission subcommittee’s next meeting, and a proposal will be brought to the full Commission at a future meeting. South of Clear Lake Road, properties would be given AG (Agricultural) base zoning, upon UGB adoption. Existing uses would be allowed to continue for the time being, and properties would be rezoned at the time of annexation at the property owners’ discretion. The same overlay zones would be applied to sites throughout the expansion area at the time of UGB adoption (/CAS/UL/WQ/CLE). NEXT STEPS Additional subcommittee meetings are being scheduled, and feedback on the preliminary recommendation will be solicited throughout the fall, including a City Council presentation scheduled for December 10th. Council will not be asked to provide direction to staff on a recommendation until the end of January, 2015 (following a public forum) and will not take formal action to adopt a new UGB until later in 2015. Formal adoption will require a public hearing before the Eugene and Lane County Planning Commissions, and a public hearing and action by the Eugene City Council and Lane County Board of Commissioners. FOR MORE INFORMATION Terri Harding: 541‐682‐5635, terri.l.harding@ci.eugene.or.us Zach Galloway: 541‐682‐5485, zach.a.galloway@ci.eugene.or.us ATTACHMENTS A. Clear Lake UGB Recommendation Map B. Clear Lake Conceptual Large Sites Map 2 PC Agenda - Page 2  ATTACHMENT A 3 PC Agenda - Page 3  ATTACHMENT B Clear Lake Conceptual Large Site Portfolio Color Code Sites Needed Size Range Black 4 10‐20 ac Green 2 20‐50 ac Blue 3 50‐75 ac Red 2 75+ ac 4 PC Agenda - Page 4