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:~ ?, -~' M E M 0 RAN DUM ~e\. November 25, 1985 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Planning Department SUBJ: METROPOLITAN PLAN MID-PERIOD REVIEW The elected officials of Eugene, Springfield and Lane County are scheduled to conduct a joint public hearing on the Metropolitan Plan Mid-Period Review on December 3 at 7:00 p.m. in the Springfield City Council Chamber. The fi rst portion of the meeting will consist of a public hearing on text and auxiliary map changes recommended by the Metropolitan Policy Committee (MPC) and the local planning commissions. Recommendations forwarded by MPC are contained in MPC's Plan Review Report, Volume 2, Section 2. The th ree planning commissions support MPC's recomme n ded text and auxiliary map changes except as noted in the material enclosed entitled: Metro Plan Text Amendments. The second portion of the meeting will consist of individual public hearings on all proposed Metro Plan Diagram amendments MPC determined were appropriate for consideration during the Mid-Period Review. The diagram amendments are being processed in a quasi-judicial manner. Declarations of confl i ct of interest or ex parte contacts can be done either by completing one of the ~- forms supplied or by making a statement prior to the public hearing on the particular item. Recommendations forwarded by MPC regarding diagram amendments are consolidated with the recommendations of the three planning commissions in the material enclosed entitled: Metro Plan Diagram Amendments. Further information on each of the diagram amendments is contained in MPC's Plan Review Report, Volume 1. Enclosed under separate cover is a revised staff analysis for two of the diagram amendments. The first, MPC Index No. 8-15 North Gateway Commercial (Cockerline), was prepared to respond to the applicant's request to modify the plan di agram amendment being considered. The second, MPC Index No. 8-20 Barger Drive UGB Expansion, was prepared based on direction from the Eugene Planning Commission to incorporate recent information concerning the provision of sanitary sewer facilities in the area. Also enclosed are revised maps for MPC Index No.'s B-6 (indicates existing Heavy Industrial designations on the north and east side of the mill pond) and 8-8 (reflects a reduced area for Parks and Open Space to accurately refl ect the actual channel of the millrace and associated riparian vegetation). Also enclosed under separate cover is a copy of: 1) the draft minutes of the planning commission's joint public hearings held October 28 and November 5, and 2) all written testimony submi tted to the planning commissions as of November 5, 1985. At the public hearing, guidelines will be available for citizens to use who - wish to testify. A staff information table will also be set up outside the hearing chambers.