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application, prepare a report, and submit it to the planning commissions of Eugene, Springfield and Lane County. The report shall be mailed or delivered to affected and interested parties at the same time it is delivered to the three planning commissions. (b) Planning Commission Consideration. The joint public hearing of the Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County planning commissions on the proposed amendment shall be scheduled within 90 days of initiation. After the joint public hearing and close of the public hearing record, each planning commission shall make a recommendation to its governing body on the proposed Metro Plan amendment. (c) Governing Bodies' Action. After the date the last the last planning commission acts on the proposed amendment, the governing bodies of Eugene, Springfield and Lane County shall schedule a joint public hearing on the proposed amendment. After the joint public hearing, each governing body shall approve, modify and approve, or deny the proposed Metro Plan amendment. Each governing body shall take action by ordinance with adopted findings and conclusions on whether the proposal or modified proposal meets the approval criteria at EC 9.7735. The actions of the governing bodies are final if all three governing bodies adopt substantively identical ordinances or decisions. The conflict resolution provisions of EC 9.7730(6) apply if the governing bodies do not adopt substantively identical ordinances or decisions. (4) Process for Government Initiated Plan Amendments . Notwithstanding (1), (2) or (3) above, a different process, time line, or both may be established by the governing bodies of Eugene, Springfield and Lane County for any government initiated Metro Plan amendment. (5) Relationship to Refinement Plan or Functional Plan Amendments . (a) When a Metro Plan diagram amendment requires a refinement plan or functional plan diagram or map and text amendment for consistency, the Metro Plan, refinement plan and functional plan amendments shall be processed concurrently. (b) When a Metro Plan amendment is enacted that requires an amendment to a refinement plan or functional plan diagram or map for consistency, the Metro Plan diagram amendment automatically amends the refinement plan or functional plan diagram or map if no amendment to the refinement plan or functional plan text is involved. (6) Conflict Resolution Process and Severability of Amendment Adoption Actions . The following process shall be used when the governing bodies cannot agree on substantively identical decisions on a proposed Metro Plan amendment: (a) A Type II amendment for which there is no consensus shall be referred to the Mayor of Eugene and the Chair of the Lane County Board of Commissioners for further examination of the issue(s) in the dispute and recommendation back to the governing bodies. If no recommendation is made back to the governing bodies within 6 months, the plan amendment is denied. (b) A Type III amendment for which there is no consensus shall be referred to the Mayors of Eugene and Springfield and the Chair of the Lane County Board of Commissioners for further examination of the issue(s) in the dispute and recommendation back to the governing bodies. If no Ordinance - Page 6 of 8