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Finding#21.ThethreejurisdictionsanticipatethattheimplementationofORS197.304willresultina <br />regionallanduseplanningprogramthatcontinuestoutilizetheMetroPlanandregionalfunctional <br />plansforlanduseplanningresponsibilitiesthatremainregionalinnature.Cityspecificplanswillbe <br />usedtoaddressthoseplanningresponsibilitiesthatthecitiesaddressindependentlyofeachother. <br />Finding#22.Eachcityistakingadifferentapproachto,andisonadifferenttimelinefor,establishing <br />itsownUGB,20yearlandsupplyandcityspecificcomprehensivelanduseplans.Asthisincremental <br />shiftoccurs,theMetroPlanwillbeamendedseveraltimestoreflecttheevolvingextenttowhichit <br />continuestoapplytoeachjurisdiction.Duringthistransition,thethreejurisdictionswillalsocontinue <br />toworktogetheronanyotherMetroPlanamendmentsneededtocarryoutplanningresponsibilities <br />thatcontinuetobeaddressedonaregionalbasis. <br />Finding#23.ORS197.304allowsthecitiestoadoptlocalplansthatsupplanttheregionalnatureof <br />theMetroPlan͞΀Ŷ΁ŶŽƚǁŝƚŚƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ...acknowledgedcomprehensiveplanprovisionstotheĐŽŶƚƌĂƌLJ͘͟ <br />Astheselocalplansareadopted,Eugene,SpringfieldandLaneCountywishtomaintaintheMetroPlan <br />asaguidethatwilldirectreaderstoapplicablelocalplan(s)whenMetroPlanprovisionsnolonger <br />applytooneormoreofthejurisdictions.Therefore,whenEugeneorSpringfieldadoptsacityspecific <br />plantoindependentlyaddressaplanningresponsibilitythatwaspreviouslyaddressedonaregional <br />basisintheMetroPlan,thatcitywillalsoamendtheMetroPlantospecifywhichparticularprovisions <br />2 <br />oftheMetroPlanwillceasetoapplywithinthatcity. <br />Finding#24.UnlesstheMetroPlanprovidesotherwise,suchMetroPlanprovisionswillcontinueto <br />applywithintheothercity.Iftheothercitylateradoptsitsowncityspecificplanintendedtosupplant <br />thesameMetroPlanprovisions,itmaytakeoneoftwoactions.ThatcitywilleitheramendtheMetro <br />Plantospecifythattheparticularprovisionsalsoceasetoapplywithinthatcityor,iftheprovisionsdo <br />notapplytoruralorurbanizableareaswithintheMetroPlanboundary,tosimplydeletethoseparticular <br />MetroPlanprovisions. <br />Finding#25.TobetterenablethejurisdictionstoamendtheMetroPlanasrequiredbyORS197.304, <br />theproceduresforamendingtheMetroPlan,providedinChapterIV,wererevisedin2013.TheEugene <br />CityCouncil,theSpringfieldCityCouncil,andtheLaneCountyBoardofCommissionersadoptedidentical <br />amendmentstoChapterIVoftheMetroPlanonNovember18,2013(EugeneCityCouncil,Ordinance <br />No.6304;SpringfieldCityCouncil,OrdinanceNo.20519;andLaneCountyBoardofCommissioners, <br />OrdinanceNo.PA1300). <br />Finding#26.TheproposedamendmentsincludechangestoeverychapteroftheMetroPlan. <br />However,therevisionsthroughoutthePlanarelimitedtothosethatfitwithinatleastoneofthe <br />followingcategories: <br />1.Revisionstoensurethateachcitycan,independentlyoftheother,establishcityspecificplans <br />andestablishthatsuchplanssupplantspecificportionsoftheMetroPlanforthatcity; <br /> <br />2 <br />AsmorespecificallyexplainedinChapterIVoftheMetroPlan,onecitywithcoadoptionbyLaneCountymay <br />amendtheMetroPlantospecifywhichparticularMetroPlanprovisionsnolongerapplywithintheunincorporated <br />(urbanizable)portionsofitsUGB.TheothercityisnotrequiredtocoadoptsuchaMetroPlanamendment.See <br />ChapterIV. <br />MetroPlanEnablingŵĞŶĚŵĞŶƚƐͶ^ƚĂĨĨFindings <br />{00142030;1} <br />November10,2014Page6 <br />