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Exhibit B Goal 2 – Land Use Planning: To establish a land use planning process and policy framework as a basis for all decisions and actions related to use of the land and to assure an adequate factual basis for such decisions and actions. Findings: In the Eugene Code the City of Eugene establishes procedural requirements for amending the Metro Plan, the LCDC-acknowledged comprehensive plan for the city. This requested amendment to the Metro Plan diagram pertains to a parcel-specific property within the Eugene city limits and is initiated by the property owner, in compliance with EC 9.7705 and 9.7715(1) and (2). The requested Metro Plan amendment is a Type II amendment as defined in EC 9.7700 because the request only changes the Metro Plan diagram, and does not otherwise meet the criteria for a Type I amendment. Goal 2 requires coordination between affected governmental units, and therefore the City coordinates referral and review comments from those jurisdictions and governmental units. The Metro Plan and EC 9.7720 require that this amendment request be referred to the city of Springfield and Lane County for consideration of regional impact and/or to consider participating in the public hearing process. However, since the subject property is wholly within the Eugene city limits and there is no regional impact associated with this request to amend the Metro Plan land use designation for a single small parcel, this application will no doubt be processed through only the City of Eugene, under provisions in EC 9.7735. Through the quasi-judicial hearing process, City staff review the submittal and present a report to the Eugene Planning Commission prior to a duly noticed public hearing. The Commission then makes a recommendation to the Eugene City Council, who will then hold a public hearing based on the evidentiary record created before the Commission. The Council’s decision will be the final local authority of this request. Because the amendment follows the procedural requirements established by Code and approved by LCDC as conforming to statutory requirements for Metro Plan amendments, the amendment is consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 2. Goal 3 – Agricultural Land: To preserve and maintain agricultural lands. Findings: The subject property is within the Eugene city limits and Urban Growth Boundary, and the proposal does not involve or affect agricultural lands, designations and uses. Because Goal 3 excludes lands inside acknowledged UGBs from the definition of agricultural lands and the property is within the UGB, Goal 3 is not applicable and the proposed Metro Plan amendment does not affect the City’s compliance with Statewide Planning Goal 3.