03/06/17 City Council Agenda Packet

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Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC), a multi-agency Technical Advisory Committee, staff from the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) and Department of Transportation (ODOT), Lane County staff, and the public at large. The TCRG spent years studying and providing advice to staff on land use planning, bicycle and pedestrian planning, transit planning, demand management techniques, street design, traffic congestion, sustainability, efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and transportation funding. The TCRG was instrumental in creating the goals, policies, potential action items, and project lists for the draft TSP. The Eugene and Lane County Planning Commissions public hearing on the proposal was duly noticed to all neighborhood organizations, community groups and individuals who have requested notice, as well as to the City of Springfield. Additionally, notice was set to each individual that received notice of Eugene Ordinance No. 20528 and to everyone that owns property on a street that is proposed to be reclassified. Notice of the public hearing was also published in the Register Guard. The Eugene City Council and Lane County Board of Commissioners joint public hearing to consider approval, modification, or denial of the amendments was duly noticed. These processes afford ample opportunity for citizen involvement consistent with Goal 1. As a result of this extensive public involvement process, the proposed amendments meet the requirements of Goal 1. Goal 2 - Land Use Planning. To establish a land use planning process and policy framework as a basis for all decisions and actions related to use of land and to assure an adequate factual basis for such decisions and actions. The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) is the policy tool that provides a basis for decision-making in this area. The Metro Plan was acknowledged by the State in 1982 to be in compliance with statewide planning goals, and again after periodic review in 2004. This amendment to the Metro Plan is undertaken to adopt the 2035 TSP in a manner consistent with current conditions and citizen values. The amendment to the Metro Plan to recognize the 2035 TSP is being processed as a Type II procedure, which requires any applicable statewide planning goals, federal or state statutes or regulations, Metro regulations, comprehensive plan policies, and City's implementing ordinances be addressed as part of the decision-making process. Upon adoption, the 2035 TSP will replace TransPlan as local TSP. Because TransPlan remains a refinement to the Metro Plan and will continue to serve as the Regional Transportation System Plan (RTSP) until the RTSP is updated (per an LCDC work plan), the adopted performance measure in TransPlan are still applicable. These findings and the record show that there is an adequate factual base for the decision concerning the amendments. Goal 2 requires that plans be coordinated with the plans of affected governmental units and that opportunities be provided for review and comment by affected governmental units. The Goal 2 coordination requirement is met when the adopting governmental bodies engage in an exchange, or invite such an exchange, between the adopting bodies and any affected governmental unit and when the adopting bodies use the information obtained in the exchange to balance the needs of the citizens. To comply with the Goal 2 coordination requirement, the two jurisdictions coordinated the review of these amendments with all affected governmental units. Notice of the proposed amendments and information about where the materials would be available for review was mailed to all parties that had requested such notice. Exhibit A to an Ordinance Concerning Long Range Transportation Planning Page 3 of 63