Fairview Refinement Plan III, Case - City of Salem, Oregon

Wetlands: According to the Salem-Keizer Local Wetland Inventory (LWI), the subject property
contains several areas of mapped wetlands in addition to an intermittent tributary.of the West
Middle Fork of Pringle Creek. As part of the Fairview Plan approval process, a wetland
delineation report, Delineation of Wetlands and Other Waters of the United States for
Sustainable Fairview Site, was prepared for the site and dated March 28, 2003. The report was
filed with the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) for their review and jurisdictional
determination. The LWI is general in nature. Removal-fill activities within waters of the state are
regulated by DSL and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. SRC Chapter 126 requires the City to
send a Wetland Land Use Notification to the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL). A
Wetland Land Use Notification (WLUN) was submitted to DSL on February 23, 2012.
According to the applicant a wetland delineation was completed for the Fairview Hills property in
2009, submitted to DSL and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE) on September 1,
2009, and approved by DSL on June 1, 2010 and the USAGE on July 6, 2010. The resulting
DSL-issued a removal/fill permit (DSL 45110-RF) identifies the areas of permanent and
temporary impacts and outlines the mitigation requirements for the entire Fairview Hills property.
The refinement plan proposes to preserve and integrate wetland and drainageway elements of
'Area 1', 'Area 2', and 'Area 6,' as identified in the Fairview Master Plan Natural Resources
Inventory, into the open space, off-street pedestrian amenities and stormwater management
components of the plan area. Compliance with DSL requirements will be coordinated between
the applicant and DSL staff.
Transportation Planning ·
SRC Chapter 143C.165 requires refinement plans to identify whether the plan significantly
affects a transportation facility by: ·
1. Changing the level of service of an existing or planned transportation facility;
2. Changing standards implementing the street classification system;
3. Allowing types or levels of land uses which would result in levels of travel or
access which are inconsistent with the level of service of a transportation facility;
or
4. Reducing the level of service of the facility below the minimum acceptable level
identified in the City of Salem Transportation System Plan.
The proposed plan will not significantly affect a transportation facility. As required under the
Fairview Plan (SRC Chapter 143C.080(b)(4)(B}), a Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) was submitted
to, and approved by, the Public Works Department identifying traffic impacts and necessary
mitigation measures to accommodate the proposed development of the entire Fairview site and
ensure that existing transportation facilities are not significantly affected. SRC Chapter
143C.100(e)(20) requires that for refinement plans, a TIA update of the Fairview Plan TIA be
submitted. The required TIA update has been submitted to the Public Works Department. It is
included as Appendix 3 of the refinement plan.
The Fairview Plan TIA predicts a total of approximately 17,000 trips when all275 acres are
developed. The TIA submitted by the applicant shows that the anticipated traffic fits into the
framework set by the Fairview Plan and associated Infrastructure agreement. The traffic
predicted from this refinement plan is about 3,880 trips generated by an anticipated 450 living
units and approximately 24,000 square feet of office and retail space. The Public Works
Department has identified that the first phase of the plan will result a net increase of
approximately 1 ,445 average daily trips.
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