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Finding #20. The Environmental Resources Element includes policies addressing the use and preservation of forest lands (Metro Plan III -C -5). The proposed Chapter IV amendments do not change these policies. Goal 5 — Open Spaces, Scenic and Historic Areas, and Natural Resources. Goal 5 covers more than a dozen natural and cultural resources such as wildlife habitats and wetlands. It establishes a process for each resource to be inventoried and evaluated. Finding #21. The Metro Plan Environmental Resources and Historic Preservation Elements contain policies (Metro Plan pgs. III-C-3,111-1-2) addressing Goal 5 resource protection. Eugene and Springfield have policies regulating the inventory and protection of Goal 5 resources in their respective development codes. The proposed Chapter IV amendments do not change the resource policies or protections found in the Metro Plan or in the Eugene and Springfield development codes. Finding #22. OAR 660 - 023 -0250 (3) narrows the applicability of Statewide Planning Goal 5 to comprehensive plan amendments (PAPA): (3) Local governments are not required to apply Goal 5 inconsideration of a PAPA unless the PAPA affects a Goal 5 resource. For purposes of this section, a PAPA would affect a Goal 5 resource only if: (a) The PAPA creates or amends a resource list or a portion of an acknowledged plan or land use regulation adopted in order to protect a significant Goal 5 resource or to address specific requirements of Goal 5; (b) The PAPA allows new uses that could be conflicting uses with a particular significant Goal 5 resource site on an acknowledged resource list; or (c) The PAPA amends an acknowledged UGB and factual information is submitted demonstrating that a resource site, or the impact areas of such a site, is included in the amended UGB area. Subsections (a) through (c) above are not applicable to this request as the proposed Chapter IV amendments do not create or amend a list of Goal 5 resources, do not amend a plan or code provision adopted in order to protect a significant Goal 5 resource or to address specific requirements of Goal 5, do not allow new uses that conflict with Goal 5 and do not amend the acknowledged Urban Growth Boundary. Based on OAR 660 - 023 -0250, Goal 5 is not applicable to the proposed amendments. Goal 6 — Air, Water and Land Resources Quality. This goal requires local comprehensive plans and implementing measures to be consistent with state and federal regulations on matters such as groundwater pollution. Finding #23. The Metro Plan Environmental Resources Element (Metro Plan pg. III -C -14) contains polices addressing air, water and land resources quality. The proposed amendment to Chapter IV will not alter the metropolitan area's air, water quality or land resource policies. Eugene and Springfield have regulatory standards that protect air, water and land resources in their respective development codes. The proposed amendments do not change these standards. Metro Plan Chapter IV Amendments TYP411 -00001 Exhibit A October 15, 2013 Page 6