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BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF LANE COUNTY, OREGON ) IN THE MATTER OF AMENDING THE EUGENE- ) SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN ORDINANCE NO. PA 1221 ) (METRO PLAN) TO CLARIFY AND PROVIDE GREATER ) FLEXIBILITY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE DELIVERY ) IN THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA ) (METRO PLAN, GROWTHMANAGEMENT, POLICY 15). WHEREAS, on August 25, 2004, the Lane County Board of Commissioners initiated an amendment to the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) Growth Manage- ment Policy 15 to clarify and provide greater flexibility for public safety service delivery to the citizens of the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area within the Metro Plan boundary; and WHEREAS, Chapter IV of the Metro Plan sets forth procedures for amendment, which for Lane County are implemented by the provisions of Lane Code 12.200 through 12.245; and WHEREAS, the current Metro Plan, as adopted in 1982 and subsequently amended, contains fundamental principles and growth management policies in Chapter II that apply to the delivery of public services to the citizens of the metropolitan area, including policies applicable to the creation of new spe- cial service districts; and WHEREAS, the proposed amendment to Metro Plan, Growth Management, Policy 15 would allow the creation of a special service district providing public safety services within the Metro Plan boundary and clarify the distinction between services provided by the cities to accommodate "urban lev- els of development" and the described public safety services traditionally provided by Lane County; and WHEREAS, following a joint public hearing with the Eugene and Springfield Planning Com- missions on February 1, 2005, the Lane County Planning Commission recommended revision of the growth management policies by adoption of the proposed amendment to provide flexibility for basic, on- going county public safety services to the Lane County Board of Commissioners by action taken at a pub- lic meeting held by the Planning Commission on March 15, 2005; and WHEREAS, the Eugene and Springfield planning commissions recommended adoption of the proposed Metro Plan amendment with revisions to make it clear that the policy would apply to a single countywide public safety service district; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has conducted a public hearing jointly with the city councils of Eugene and Springfield on April 19, 2005, and is now ready to take action based upon the above recommendations and the evidence and testimony already in the record as well as the evidence and testimony presented at the public hearing held in the matter of amending the Metro Plan. NOW THEREFORE, the Board of County Commissioners of Lane County ordains as follows: The Metro Plan Growth Management, Policy 15 is amended to add a new subsection "f", as set forth in Exhibit "A" attached and incorporated herein, which new subsection is hereby adopted as an amendment to the Metro Plan. Ordinance No. PA 1221-- In the Matter of Amending the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) to Clarify and Pro- vide Greater Flexibility for Public Safety Service Delivery in the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area (Metro Plan, Growth Management, Pol- icy Page I of 2