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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br /> <br /> Work Session and Possible Action: An Ordinance Amending the Eugene- <br /> Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) to Adopt as Part of <br /> Periodic Review Metro Plan Housekeeping Revisions; a New Metro Plan Chapter <br /> III-C: Environmental Resources Element; a New Metro Plan Diagram; Adopting <br /> Savings and Severability Clauses; and Providing an Effective Date <br /> <br />Meeting Date: March 10, 2004 Agenda Item Number: B <br />Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Kurt Yeiter <br />www. cl. eugene, or. us Contact Telephone Number: 682-8379 <br /> <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br />This meeting is the first work session on the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro <br />Plan) and Metro Plan text and diagram amendments following the joint public hearing held on February <br />10, 2004. The attached memorandum from the Lane Council of Governments (LCOG) provides <br />background, public testimony, and responses to testimony received during the public testimony and <br />open record. The proposed amendments that are part of the metropolitan area's periodic review tasks <br />include the following: <br /> 1. Metro Plan Text Housekeeping Revisions; <br /> 2. An updated Metro Plan; and <br /> 3. Revised Metro Plan Chapter III-C: Environmental Resources Element. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />These amendments will conclude the local requirements on several significant state-mandated Periodic <br />Review tasks. A binder containing the record prior to the council' s public hearing is in the Council <br />Office. Minutes of the Planning Commission deliberation on this matter are included in that binder. <br /> <br />Council Action History <br />The City Council approved the periodic review work program in 1995. A public hearing was held on <br />February 10, 2004. These proposed actions are consistent with that work program. <br /> <br />Policy Issues <br />Most of the proposed amendments are 'housekeeping' in nature and have little policy implication. The <br />amendments to Metro Plan Chapter III-C, pertaining to natural resource protection, are more <br />substantive. Specific issues are discussed in the attached LCOG memorandum. <br /> <br />Council Goal Action Priority <br />Updating the Metro Plan through periodic review is consistent with all City Council goals, but is <br />especially pertinent to the following goal: <br /> <br /> L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M040310\S040310B.doc <br /> <br /> <br />