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<br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Action:An Ordinance Amending the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area <br /> <br />Transportation Plan (Transplan) to Adjust the Planning Period from Year 2015 to Year <br />2027, to Remove Completed Projects from the Project Lists and to Make Related <br />Amendments to the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan <br /> <br />Meeting Date: August 9, 2010 Agenda Item Number: 5 <br />Department: Public Works Engineering Staff Contact: Kurt Yeiter <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-8379 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />Approval is requested on an ordinance that takes the following actions: <br />1. Non-site specific text amendments to the Eugene-Springfield Regional Transportation System <br />Plan (TransPlan) to adjust the planning period from year 2015 to year 2027 to reflect actual <br />slower growth rates since TransPlan’s adoption and to be consistent with the previously adopted <br />Lane County coordinated population forecast. <br />2. Remove completed transportation projects from TransPlan’s project lists. <br />3. Non-site specific text amendments in the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan <br /> <br />(Metro Plan) needed to maintain consistency between TransPlan and the Metro Plan. <br /> <br />The proposed ordinance and exhibits are attached to this AIS as Attachment A. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />On November 8, 2007, the Metropolitan Policy Committee (MPC) adopted an update to the federally- <br />required Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), which resulted in Land Conservation and Development <br />Commission (LCDC) approval of a Regional Transportation Work Plan (“Work Plan”), with conditions. <br />The Work Plan represents a logical, coordinated, and programmatic approach for updating local and <br />regional land use and transportation plans. The Work Plan requires as early, interim steps, the deletion of <br />transportation projects that have been completed and adjustment to TransPlan’s planning period to better <br />reflect actual population growth. Substantive amendments may be considered in subsequent actions and <br />during the update of the City’s integrated comprehensive land use and transportation plans. <br /> <br />A joint public hearing on these proposed amendments was held on June 17, 2010. The record was held <br />open to allow Lane County staff to respond to questions raised by the Lane County Board of <br />Commissioners. The Lane County staff response is included as Attachment E to this AIS. In accordance <br />with the council’s motion, the record closed on June 28, 2010, the date that the Lane County staff <br />submitted their response. The City received no other submissions between June 17, 2010, and June 28, <br />2010. <br /> <br />Non-site specific text amendments to TransPlan and the Metro Plan require identical actions from all <br /> Z:\CMO\2010 Council Agendas\M100809\S1008095.doc <br /> <br />