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Goal 15 - Willamette River Greenway: To protect, conserve, enhance and maintain the natural, scenic, historical, agricultural, economic and recreational qualities of lands along the Willamette River as the Willamette River Greenway. The Metro Plan designates all areas adjacent to the Willamette River for Goal 15 protection. The Eugene Land Use Code requires that, prior to the intensification of use, change in use or development occurring on lands lying within the designated Willamette Greenway boundaries, the City must approve a Willamette Greenway Permit. Sections 9.8800 through 9.8825 of the Eugene Code govern the Willamette Greenway Permit process and specifically implement the requirements of Goal 15. This Refinement Plan and code amendments do not effect the requirement that lands lying within the Greenway boundaries must obtain a Willamette Greenway Permit, nor do they change the permit approval criteria. Further, they do not affect the boundaries of the Willamette River Greenway established by Eugene City Council Resolution No. 2592. Goals 16 through 19 (Estuarine Resources, Coastal Shorelands, Beaches and Dunes, and Ocean Resources): There are no coastal, ocean, estuarine, or beach and dune resources related to the property or involved in the amendment. Therefore, Statewide Planning Goals 16 through 19 do not apply. The above findings demonstrate that the proposed refinement plan adoption and code amendments are consistent with all relevant statewide planning goals. (b) Applicable provisions of the Metro Plan The proposed refinement plan adoption and the related code amendments are consistent with the Metro Plan. The drafting of the Downtown Plan included a review of all policy documents adopted since the existing Downtown Plan was adopted in 1984. A list of these documents as well as other planning studies is included in the Appendix to the draft Downtown Plan being considered for adoption as a new refinement plan. The following policies in the Metro Plan, pertaining specifically to downtown, are implemented by the Downtown Plan: · Encourage residential developments in or near downtown core areas in both cities (#A. 19, P. III-A-9). Provide for transit-supportive land use patterns and development, including higher intensity, transit-oriented development along major transit corridors and near transit stations; medium and high-density residential development within ~ mile of transit stations, major transit corridors, employment centers, and downtown areas; and development and redevelopment in designated areas that are or could be well served by existing or planned transit (#F.3, page III-F-5). Exhibit A to Ordinance 20316 - 7