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Exhibit A comprehensive plan findings of fkct and a statement of reasons which demonstrate that the standards for an exception have been met. Metropolitan Area General Plan Amendment Criteria Springfield, Eugene and Lane County each adopted identical Metro Plan amendment criteria into their respective implementing ordinances and codes. Springfield Code Section 7.070(3) (a & b), Eugene Code 9.7730(3) (a & b), and Lane Code 12.225(2) (a & b) require application of the following criteria: (a) The amendment must be consistent with the relevant statewide planning goals adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission; and (b) Adoption of the amendment must not make the Metro Plan interna#y inconsistent. The Applicant has responded to these criteria in the application, which is Attachment 2 incorporated here by this reference. The staff concurs with the statements of the Applicant regarding the need for an exception to Goat 15. We also agree with the Applicant's conclusions in response to the criteria of OAR 660, Division 004, Section 0022, Subsection (5). Our job would be much easier if the directions of Goal 2, Part II(c) of Section 0020 were preempted by the requirements for planning and zoning ~%r exception areas in Section 0018, or by the reasons necessary to justify an exception in 0022. For either of these latter standards, the Applicant's response is sufficient. To the Applicant's comments we would add the following related to 0018: "a tReasons' Exception must limit the uses, density, public facilities and services, and activities to only those that are justified in the exception" (660-004-0018(4) (a). The application does not seek to expand the use beyond that which is already occurring, i.e., a bridge in the ODOT I-5 right-o~'way. This standard is satisfied by design, but can become categorical by adopting a finding that specifies exactly what the exception will allow. The larger effort is responding to the standards of 0020 Subsection (1)-(4). This is the part of the Rule that requires the reasons to be examined against the four factors of Goal 2. We shall address those factors after our response to the first criteria. The amendment must be consistent with the relevant statewide planning goals adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission. Goal 1 - Citizen Involvement To develop a citizen involvement program that insures the opportunity fbr citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process. The City has an acknowledged Development Code which is intended to serve as the principal implementing ordinance for the Metro Plan. Citizen involvement for a Type I Metro Plan amendment for a Goal Exception not related to an urban growth boundary amendment requires: 1) mailed notice at least 10 days before the initial evidentiary 2