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Metro Plan Chapter IV Amendments Staff Report and Findings October 15, 2013 Applicants: City of Springfield (initiated the amendment) City of Eugene Lane County Local File Numbers: Springfield File No. TYP411 -0001 Eugene File No. MA 13 -3 Lane County File No. 509 -PA13 -05171 Request: ProcedureType: To amend Chapter IV of the Eugene - Springfield Type I Metro Plan Amendment Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) to reflect the establishment of separate Urban Growth Boundaries as required by Oregon Revised Statute 197.304 Attachments: Attachment 1: Proposed Metro Plan Chapter IV Amendments. Attachment 2: Chart Comparing Current and Proposed Standards for Metro Plan Chapter IV. I. Executive Summary The goal of Metro Plan Chapter IV (titled Metro Plan Review, Amendments and Refinements) is to "ensure that the Metro Plan is responsive to the changing conditions, needs, and attitudes of the community." ORS 197.304 (HB 3337) required the establishment of separate Urban Growth Boundaries (UGBs) for Eugene and Springfield and was the impetus for the Springfield 2030 Refinement Plan and the Envision Eugene planning initiatives. As these planning efforts are readied for adoption, amendments to Chapter IV are necessary to make the Metro Plan consistent with the statute and to clarify which governing bodies will participate in decision making. The amendments to Chapter IV are intended to support a framework for needed planning collaboration among the jurisdictions while respecting the autonomy of each. The most significant changes to Chapter IV of the Metro Plan are summarized below. Three types of Metro Plan amendments are established by the number of jurisdictions required to approve the proposed amendment: Type I amendments require the participation of all three jurisdictions; Type II requires the participation of the home city and Lane County; and Type III amendments may be enacted by the home city alone. The current policy defines only two types of amendments: Types I and H. Currently, all three governing bodies must approve a site specific UGB or Metro Plan Boundary adjustments that cross the Willamette or McKenzie Rivers or that cross over a ridge into a new basin. The proposed amendments would instead require all three governing bodies approve only the amendments of the common UGB along 1 -5 and for UGB or Metro Plan Boundary amendments that cross 1 -5.The proposed amendments remove references to Metro Plan amendments with "regional impact." Removal of the regional impact language does not impact similar language that is found in Chapter VI of the Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Area Public Facilities and Services Plan (Public Facilities Plan) which provides for multi - jurisdictional review of public facility projects which have a significant impact on water, stormwater, wastewater and Metro Plan Chapter IV Amendments TYP411 -00001 Exhibit A October 15, 2013 Page 1