Item 1: PH on Ordinance Amending Metro Plan (Delta Sand and Gravel)

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and is located within the Metro Plan boundary. The property is zoned Exclusive Farm Use 30 (E- 30). The property is described as Tax Lots 3600, 3601 and 3700 of Lane County Assessor’s Map No. 170412; Tax Lot 3600 of Lane County Assessor’s Map No. 1704122; Tax Lots 5600 and 6200 and a portion of 100 of Lane County Assessor’s Map No. 17041231; and Tax Lots 300, 400 and a portion of 600 of Lane County Assessor’s Map No. 17041240; The property is bounded on the east by the existing Delta Sand and Gravel Company aggregate mining site, on the west and south by residential land and on the north by residential and agricultural land. The site is relatively flat and is primarily used for grass production with the exception of approximately 5.5 acres of shrub nursery on the northeast portion of the property. Three residential sites with associated outbuildings are located on the property. Two excavated ponds (used for gravel extraction prior to 1977) are located on the property. A remnant meander scar of the Willamette River is located on the western boundary of the property. The overall site slope and drainage is to the northwest toward the abandoned meander scar or oxbow of the Willamette River. On the southern portion of the property local drainage is towards the ponds. No seeps or springs have been located on the property. Trees flank the meaner scar along the western boundary of the property and blackberries are predominant around the excavated ponds (with the exception of a few small trees at the western end of the ponds). Description of Proposed Amendments . The application before Lane County and the City of Eugene seeks approval of the following: 1. An amendment to the Metro Plan diagram designating the subject property as Sand and Gravel; 2. An amendment of the Metro Plan Goal 5 Significant Aggregate Site Inventory to include the subject property as a significant aggregate resource site; 3.A change in the zoning of the subject property from Exclusive Farm Use to Sand, Gravel & Rock Products; 4. An administrative variance to allow construction of a low permeability barrier within the setback area pursuant to Lane Code 16.217(4)(b)(v)(dd). The subject property is located within the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Comprehensive Plan (Metro Plan) boundary and is located outside of the Eugene Urban Growth Boundary. Applications for amendments to the Metro Plan diagram regarding property located within the Metro Plan boundary and outside of the Eugene Urban Growth Boundary are filed with Lane County and require the approval of the City of Eugene and Lane County. METRO PLAN AMENDMENT -LANE CODE CRITERIA OAR 660-023-0180 is the Oregon Statewide Planning Goal 5 Rule regarding aggregate resources. OAR 660-023-0180(9) provides that if local governments have not amended their comprehensive plans and land use regulations to include procedures and requirements consistent with the Goal 5 Rule for the consideration of post-acknowledgement plan amendments (PAPAs) regarding aggregate resources, the procedures and requirements of the Goal 5 Rule shall be directly applicable to a local government consideration of a PAPA. Therefore, Metro Plan, Lane Code and Eugene Code land use regulations related to PAPAs regarding aggregate resources are not applicable to this application. The Land Use Board of Appeals decision in Morse Bros. v. Columbia Page 3 – FINDINGS OF FACT