Item 5: Ordinance Amending the Metro Plan Boundary (Springfield Side)

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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Eugene Action: Ordinance Amending the Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) by Adopting a New Metro Plan Boundary that Is Coterminous with the City of Springfield Urban Growth Boundary East of Interstate 5; Adopting Savings and Severability Clauses; and Providing for an Effective Date (City File MA 11 -1) Meeting Date: May 28, 2013 Department: Planning and Development www.eugene - or.gov Agenda Item Number: 5 Staff Contact: Alissa Hansen Contact Telephone Number: 541 - 682 -5508 ISSUE STATEMENT The City Council will take action on the proposed Metro Plan boundary amendment to adjust the boundary on the Springfield side of the plan. BACKGROUND In 2011, the Lane County Board of Commissioners initiated an amendment to the Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) to make adjustments to the boundary of the Metro Plan. The purpose of this particular amendment is to seek jurisdictional autonomy on land use matters for those areas that are outside the urban growth boundaries of Springfield and Eugene, but currently inside the Metro Plan boundary. This proposal only pertains to the Springfield side of the Metro Plan Boundary. The current Metro Plan amendment under consideration is to reduce the size of the Metro Plan boundary on the east side of I -5, with a resulting Metro Plan boundary that would be coterminous with the Springfield urban growth boundary (UGB). Approval of this amendment would result in Lane County having sole jurisdictional authority on all land use matters for land outside of Springfield's UGB that is currently within the Metro Plan, except that specific issues related to drinking water protection would remain a joint - governance matter between the Lane County Board of Commissioners and the Springfield City Council through an intergovernmental agreement. Based on the Metro Plan's amendment procedures, Eugene is required to participate as a decision maker in this proposal to adjust the boundary on the Springfield side. The process included a joint planning commission public hearing and recommendation (in July /August 2011 and October 2011, respectively), followed by a joint elected official's public hearing (March 2012) and action. Since the joint elected official's public hearing, the City of Springfield, Lane County and the Springfield Utility Board have worked together to reach an acceptable solution to ensure that S:ACMO \2013 Council Agendas \Ml30528 \Sl3O5285.doc