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Boundary Commission to the local jurisdictions of Lane County, as required in Senate Bill 417. This ordinance will maintain and enhance the City's ability to implement Metro Plan policies such as the following: The UGB and sequential development shall continue to be implemented as an essential means to achieve compact urban growth. The provision of all urban services shall be concentrated inside the UGB. (Metro Plan policy 1, page II-C-3) Land within the UGB may be converted from urbanizable to urban only through annexation to a city when it is found that: a. A minimum level of key urban facilities and services can be provided to the area in an orderly and efficient manner. b. There will be logical area and time within which to deliver urban services and facilities. Conversion of urbanizable land to urban shall also be consistent with the Metro Plan. (Metro Plan policy 8, page II-C-4) Annexation to a city through normal processes shall continue to be the highest priority. (Metro Plan policy 10, page II-C-4) Ultimately, land within the UGB shall be annexed to a city and provided with the required minimum level of urban facilities and services. While the time frame for annexation may vary, annexation should occur as land transitions from urbanizable to urban. (Metro Plan policy 16, page II-C-5). The proposed ordinance requires that all annexations be consistent with the Metro Plan and other adopted refinement plans. This criterion of approval will ensure that each application for annexation individually demonstrate compliance with these adopted plans. Based on this requirement and the fact that no amendments are proposed to any adopted plans, the proposed code amendment will be consistent with this criterion. 1 (3) The amendment is consistent with EC 9.3020 Criteria for Establishment of an S Special Area Zone, in the case of establishment of a special area zone. The proposed amendments do not establish a special area zone. Therefore, this criterion does not apply to this code amendment. 1 With the abolition of the Lane County Boundary Commission, annexations in Lane County will be subject to different statutory criteria and procedures than those applied by the Boundary Commission. The co-adopters of the Metro Plan will, through a future action, consider changes to the Metro Plan to address the differences.