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Commissioner Dwyer read the second reading of Ordinance PA 11-74, an ordinance amending the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Transportation Plan (TransPlan) to include the entire West Eugene Parkway within the 20-Year Financially Constrained Roadway Project List and to make related amendments; amending the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) and Lane Rural Comprehensive Plan to adopt exceptions to Statewide Planning Goals 3, 4, 11 and 14; and adopting a severability clause. He set a third reading and deliberation for the Board of County Commissioners on July 24, 2002. Commissioner Dwyer read the second reading of Ordinance PA 1175, an ordinance amending the West Eugene Wetlands Plan to re-designate property within the modified project alignment of the West Eugene Parkway from Protect and Restore to Planned Transportation Corridor. Ms. Morrison, seconded by Mr. Green, moved to approve the second reading. The motion passed unanimously, 4:0. Mayor Torrey noted that the public hearing would end at 10 p.m. but written testimony would be accepted for one week after the hearing (June 5, 2002). Commissioner Dwyer said that the County's hearings would be consolidated, and testimony accepted on both items. Jan Childs, Planning Director for Eugene, reviewed the items distributed to the adopting officials at their places: a document containing responses to most of the questions posed by the adopting officials to staff; and written testimony received through Tuesday, May 28, 2002. She noted that written testimony received from today through the close of the record would be provided to the adopting officials. She noted that the Springfield Planning Commission minutes of April 16, 2002, were made available at the adopting officials' places, and should be included in the packet in Attachment B as Item 11. Ms. Childs noted the entire record was available at the Eugene Planning Division Office at 99 West 10th Avenue. Greg Mort, Springfield Planning Director, said that the Springfield City Council was holding the hearing for the purpose of hearing testimony and conducting a first reading on an ordinance amending TransPlan to include the entire West Eugene Parkway (WEP) within the 20-Year Financially Constrained Roadway Project List and to make related amendments; amending the Metro Plan to adopt exceptions to Statewide Planning Goals 3, 4, 11 and 14; and adopting a severability clause. Mayor Torrey opened the public hearing for Eugene. Commissioner Dwyer opened the public hearing for Lane County. Ms. Wylie opened the public for Lane Transit District. Leo Stapleton, 89839 Ben Bunch Road, Florence, Lane County Roads Advisory Committee Chair, noted the committee's participation in the process to this date. He said the committee voted 4:2 in favor of the amendments, because it believed the parkway was needed to address congestion in west Eugene. He expressed support for the parkway project. MINUTES--Joint Adopting Officials May 29, 2002 Page 2