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ORDINANCE NO. 20545 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN TO ENABLE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CITY SPECIFIC URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARIES AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING DOCUMENTS; ADOPTING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds as follows: A. The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (“Metro Plan”) was jointly adopted by the City of Eugene, the City of Springfield, and Lane County in 1972. B. In 2007, the Oregon Legislature adopted House Bill 3337 (now ORS 197.304), which resulted in the need for the City of Eugene and the City of Springfield to adopt separate Urban Growth Boundaries (“UGB”) in lieu of the common UGB they had previously shared. C. In 2013, Lane County, the City of Eugene and the City of Springfield jointly adopted amendments to Chapter IV of the Metro Plan, revising the rules governing which of the three governing bodies are required to participate in different types of Metro Plan amendments. D. The cities anticipate eventually adopting individual city-specific comprehensive plans. E. On September 17, 2014, the Eugene City Council approved a motion to initiate additional amendments to the Metro Plan to enable the cities’ desired incremental shift from the Metro Plan to city-specific comprehensive plans. F. Following an October 23, 2014 joint public hearing with the Springfield and Lane County Planning Commissions, the Eugene Planning Commission voted to recommend to the Eugene City Council amendments to the Metro Plan. The amended Metro Plan text is shown in legislative format attached as Exhibit A to this Ordinance. G. The City Council is not re-adopting or updating the Metro Plan, but rather is amending specific textual provisions to enable the desired shift to city-specific comprehensive plans. H. On November 10, 2014, the City Council conducted a joint public hearing with the Springfield City Council and the Lane County Board of Commissioners concerning the Metro Plan amendments, and is now ready to take action based on the above recommendations and evidence and testimony already in the record as well as the evidence and testimony presented at the joint elected officials public hearing. I. Substantial evidence exists within the record demonstrating that the proposal meets the requirements of the Metro Plan, Eugene Code and applicable state and local law as described in the findings attached as Exhibit B, and which are adopted in support of this Ordinance. Ordinance - Page 1 of 2