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ORDINANCE NO~ 20258 AN ORDINANCE AM[ENDING THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSPORTATION PLAN (TRANSPLAN) TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE WEST EUGENE PA~WAY WITHIN THE 20-YEAR FINANCIALLY CONSTRAINED ROADWAY PROJECT LIST AND TO MAKE RELATED AMENDMENTS; AMENDING THE EUGENE- SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN TO ADOPT EXCEPTIONS TO STATEWIDE PLANNING GOALS 3, 4~ 11 AND 14; ADOPTING A SEVE1L4BILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: Chapter IV of the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) sets forth procedures fbr amendment of the Metro Plan, which for Eugene are implemented by Chapter 9 of the Eugene Code, 1971. B. The Metro Plan identifies the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Transportation Plan (TransPlan) as a special purpose or ~hnctional plan which £brms the basis £br the Transportation Element of the Metro Plan and guides surface transportation improvements in the metropolitan area. C. The City Cotmcil adopted TransPlan by Ordinance No. 19385, enacted on April 28, 1986, and amended by Ordinance No. 19584, enacted on November 28, 1988, Ordinance No. 19857, enacted on June 8, 1992, Ordinance No. 19872, enacted on September 9, 1992, Ordinance No~ 19887 enacted on November 9, 1992, Ordinance No. 20186 enacted on February 14, 2000, and Ordinance No. 20234 enacted on September 10, 2001, adopting a revised Transportation Element o£the Metro Plan and adopting revisions to TransPlan. D~ Following a joint public hearing with the Lane County and Springfield Plarming Commissions and the Lane Co~mty Roads Advisory Committee on February 20, 2002, the Eugene Planning Commission met on March 18, April 8 and April 15, 2002 and recommended to the Eugene City Council that the amendments to TransPlan to include the entire West Eugene Parkway within the 20-year financially constrained roadway project list, and related amendments, not be adopted (motion to adop~ failed, 1:5) and that the amendments to the Metro Plan to adopt exceptions to Statew4de Planning Goals 3, 4, 11 and 14 not be adopted (motion to adopt failed, 0:6). E. On May 29, 2002, the City Council conducted a joint public hearing with the Lane County Board of Corm'nissioners, Springfield City Council, and Lane Transit District Board of Directors on these amendments, 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 hearings held on adopting revisions to TransPlan and to the Metro Plan. Ordinance- 1