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The proposed Metro Plan Land Use Diagram amendment will have no impact on any recreation area, facility or opportunity that has been inventoried and designated by the Metro Plan or any relevant facility plan regarding the Chis recreational needs. None of the various studies, inventories, refinement plans, and facilities plans list this specific site in an adopted inventory, or declare it a significant resource. The Eugene Parks. and Recreation Plan (1989) does not list the project site as an existing, proposed or needed facility. In addition, the City of Eugene Parks, Recreation and Open Space Comprehensive Plan (2006) does not list the project site in "Table B-5: Parks and Open Space Inventory: River Road/Santa Clara Planning Sub-area" and does not identify the site on the "Existing and Needed Parks, Recreation and Open Space Resources Map." The Rivers to Ridges Metropolitan Regional Open Space Study does not show the site on the "Metropolitan Regional Parks and Open Space Study Vision Map." The Eugene Parks. Recreation and Open Space Project and Priority Plan does not indicate the site as an existing or proposed facility on the "River Road/Santa Clara Area Existing and Proposed Parks, Recreation and Open Space Resources Map" and does not list the site or any related project on "Table I: Proposed Projects & Priorities for Parks, Open Space and RecreationalF acilities." Conclusion: Changing the plan diagram designation of this site does not affect a recreation area, facility or opportunity inventoried and designated by the acknowledged plan to meet the City's recreational needs. The City of Eugene is not required to apply Goal 8 when considering the consistency of the proposal and can find that the plan amendment is consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 8. Goal 9 - Economic Development: To provide adequate opportunities throughout the state for a variety of economic activities vital to the health, welfare, and prosperity of Oregon's citizens. Response: Statewide Planning Goal 9 - Economy of the State, requires communities to inventory, plan, and zone enough commercial and industrial land to support the diversification and improvement of the economy. Oregon Administrative Rule 660-009-000 et seq. (Division 9) establishes the applicability of Goal 9 rules. OAR 660-009-0010(4) states: For a post-acknowledgement plan amendment under OAR chapter 660, division 18, that changes the plan designation of land in excess of two acres within an existing urban growth boundary ~from an industrial use designation to a non-industrial use designation, or an other employment use designation to any other use designatIon, a city or county must address all applicable planning requirements ... " To comply with Goal 9 the Eugene City Council adopted the Eugene Commercial Lands Study (ECLS) in May 1992, updated in October 1992. The EeLS was subsequently acknowledged by LCDC as conforming to the Metro Plan and Goal 9 during periodic review in 1994. Santa Clara - Metro Plan Amendment Application Written Statement - August 2, 2007 Page 12 of 32