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The Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority (LRAPA) has jurisdiction over most air quality issues in Lane County. LRAPA has five air quality monitoring sites in the metro area: Springfield City Hall (particulate matter); Downtown Eugene, Lane Community College campus (particulate matter and carbon monoxide); Highway 99 and Four Comers (particulate matter); Sacred Heart Hospital (carbon monoxide); and Amazon Park (particulate matter and ozone). There also is a site in Saginaw that monitors for ozone. LRAPA is the appropriate agency to contact about air quality monitoring sites in Lane County. 4. Change Growth Management Policies in the Metro Plan The request was made to change policies in the Metro Plan related to growth management. This work is outside the scope of this Periodic Review effort. 5. Relationship of Metro Plan amendments to recent court case involvine EPUD and PPL There is no relationship between the court action and the proposed Metro Plan amendments. In January 1999, the Emerald Peoples Utility District (EPUD) Board initiated annexation of the Halsey Territory (utility service area) with the intent to provide electrical service to the area. Local residential customers approved the annexation. PacifiCorp dba Pacific Power and Light (PPL) objected to the annexation in Linn County Court. In October 1999, EPUD instituted eminent domain proceedings against PPL and filed a condemnation complaint with the Court. During the condemnation proceedings, the Court upheld the annexation and affirmed EPUD's right to condemn PPL property. Mediation resulted in the transfer of property from PPL to EPUD for an amount agreed upon by both parities and approved by Oregon Public Utility Commission in May 2002. 6. Process Issues Mr. Ritter testified that citizen involvement in this process was insufficient. Please refer to the materials presented at the February 10, 2004 public hearing for an in-depth description of the public involvement process used in this process since March, 2003. Staff conclude that the activities and timelines presented have afforded sufficient opportunity for participation in this adoption process. An extension of time for review of the materials was requested by Mr. Kloos, based on his contention that all of the materials needed for sufficient comment were not included in the record or were not included in the record in a timely manner. Staff does not recommend an extension of time for review and does not agree that the availability of materials needed for review and comment were limited or restricted as claimed. All of the materials requested by Mr. Kloos, including the impact of the Metro Plan diagram changes on the buildable lands supply have been in the record and have been available for reviewing since September or June 2003. Some of the materials he requested, such as hand written staff notes tracking each Metro Plan Diagram change Metro Plan Periodic Review Text and Diagram Amendments Staff Notes Page 5 of 28 City Council Agenda page 307