Item 3: PH on Ordinance Regarding State Motor Pool Metro Plan Amendment and Zone Change

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II. Criteria for Evaluating Metro Plan Amendment , The criteria are: EC 9. 7730(3)(a) The amendment must be consistent with the relevant statewide planning goals adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission. . EC 9.7730(3)(b) Adoption of the amendment must not make theMetro Plan internally inconsistent. A. EC 9.7730(a), the requirement that the. amendment be . consistent with the relevant statewide planning goals is addressed as follows: Goal 1 - Citizen Involvement: To develop a citizen involvement program that . insures the opportunity for citizens to be involved in allphases of the pla'nning process. . 9 The City has LCDC acknowledged provisions for citizen involvement which insure the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all. phases of the planning process and set out requirements for such involvement. ...The application is subject to public notification artd hearing processes adopted by the City of Eugene .in EC 9.7720 and 9. 7735 as modified by the Eugene City Council underEC 9.7750(1), and in EC 9.7520. Th~ pr9posed amendment will be considered at public hearing before the Eugene Planning Commission. Notice of the Planning Commission. public. hearing will be published in the Register-Guard and mailed to affected property owners, to owners and. occupants of properties within 300 feet of properties, to persons who requested notice and to the affected neighborhood associations. Following the recommendation from the Planning Commission, the City Council will hold a duly noticed public hearing to consider approval, modification or denial of the proposed amendment. These processes afford ample opportunity for citiZen involvement consistent with Goal 1. . Goal 2 - Land Use Planning: To establish a land use planning process and policy framework as a basis for all decision and actions related to use of land and to assure an adequate factual base for such decisions and actions. This application to amend the Metro Plan Diagram is consistent with the Plan amendment provisions fOUlid in the Metro Plan, as codified in the Eugene Code. The Metro Plan is an acknowledged comprehensive plan, pursuant to provisions specified by the Land Conservation and Development Commission. This application, and process for reviewing the requested amendment, . follows procedures outlined in the Eugene Code. The amendment, therefore, is consistent with'Goal 2. WRITI'~N STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE METROPOLITAN PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION, STATE OF OREGON MOTOR POOL SITE - 4 .