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Findings: <br />Finding#1.Section5.14115oftheSpringfieldDevelopmentCode(SDC),EugeneCode(EC)9.7700, <br />andLaneCode12.205definevariousclassificationsofamendmentstotheMetroPlan.Theamended <br />ChapterIV,Policy6.(B)(ii)statesthat͞ŶŽŶsitespecificamendmentsthatapplytoallthreeũƵƌŝƐĚŝĐƚŝŽŶƐ͟ <br />areTypeIIIamendments.TheproposedMetroPlanEnablingAmendmentsarenonsitespecifictext <br />amendmentswhichmeetthedescriptionofaTypeIIIamendment. <br />Finding#2.EC9.7715,SDCSection5.14120andLaneCode12.210statesthatamendmentstothe <br />MetroPlanmaybeinitiatedbyanyofthethreegoverningbodies.TheamendedMetroPlanChapterIV, <br />Policy7(c)states:͞TypeIIIamendmentmaybeinitiatedbyanyoneofthethreegoverningbodiesat <br />anyƚŝŵĞ͘͟TheproposedMetroPlanEnablingAmendmentswereinitiatedbyamotionofthe <br />SpringfieldCityCouncilonSeptember15,2014.TheEugeneCouncilinitiatedtheamendmenton <br />September17,2014. <br />Finding#3.A͞EŽƚŝĐĞofProposedChangetoaPlanorImplementingZĞŐƵůĂƚŝŽŶ͟wasfiledwiththe <br />OregonDepartmentofLandConservationandDevelopmentonSeptember18,2014,35daysinadvance <br />ofthefirstevidentiaryhearing. <br />Finding#4.SDC5.14135,EC9.7730andLC12.225statesthattobecomeeffective,anonsitespecific <br />MetroPlanamendment͞ƐŚĂůůbeapprovedbyallthreegoverningďŽĚŝĞƐ͘͟TheamendedMetroPlan <br />ChapterIV,Policy6statesthat͞TypeIIIAmendmentrequiresapprovalbyallthreegoverningďŽĚŝĞƐ͘͟ <br />Finding#5.ApublichearingontheproposedamendmentswasheldbeforetheJointPlanning <br />CommissionsofEugene,SpringfieldandLaneCountyonOctober23,2014.EachCommission <br />recommendedthattheirelectedofficialsapprovetheproposedtextamendmentstotheMetroPlanbut <br />thattheproposedamendmentstotheMetroPlanDiagramandPlanBoundaryMapberemovedfrom <br />consideration. <br />Finding#6.AletterfromtheLawOfficeofBillKlooswasreceived,assertingthattherewasan <br />inaccuracyinthebasemapusedtopreparethemapamendments.ThisletterisincludedasAttachment <br />CtotheStaffReportfortheJointElectedOfficials. <br />Finding#7.Attherequestofstaff,thePlanningCommissionswererequestedtoremovethe <br />proposedmapamendmentsfromconsideration.TheCommissions,asmentionedinFinding#5 <br />recommendedapprovaloftheMetroPlantextamendmentsbutrecommendedthatthemapsbe <br />removedfromconsideration. <br />Finding#8.ApublichearingontheproposedamendmentsisscheduledtocomebeforetheJoint <br />ElectedOfficialsofEugene,SpringfieldandLaneCountyonNovember10,2014. <br />Finding#9.SDCSection5.2115(B),EC9.7745(3),LC12.025(2)andLC12.040(2)requirethat <br />proposedlanduseactionsbeadvertisedinanewspaperofgeneralcirculation,providinginformation <br />aboutthelegislativeactionandthetime,placeandlocationofthehearing. <br />Finding#10.NoticeofthepublichearingsconcerningthismatterwaspublishedonSeptember30, <br />2014intheRegisterGuard,advertisinghearingbeforetheJointPlanningCommissionsonOctober23, <br />2014.AsecondnoticewaspublishedintheRegisterGuardonOctober23,2014advertisingthe <br />MetroPlanEnablingŵĞŶĚŵĞŶƚƐͶ^ƚĂĨĨFindings <br />{00142030;1} <br />November10,2014Page3 <br />