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Fyijcju!D! unit and when the City uses the information obtained in the exchange to balance the needs of citizens. To comply with the Goal 2 coordination requirement, the City engaged in an exchange about the subject of these amendments with affected governmental units. Specifically, the City provided notice of the proposed action and opportunity to comment to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, as well as to Lane County and the City of Springfield. There are no exceptions to Statewide Planning Goal 2 required for these amendments. Therefore, the amendments are consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 2. Goal 3 - Agricultural Lands. To preserve and maintain agricultural lands. The amendments will affect properties located within the City of Eugene and do not affect any lands designated by the comprehensive plan for agricultural use. To the extent that there are properties within the City currently zoned for agricultural use the proposed amendments do not force a discontinuance of agricultural practices. As the amendments are intended to reduce barriers to construction of housing within the City they may reduce the need to expand the in a way that impacts agricultural land in the future. The amendments are consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 3. Goal 4 - Forest Lands. To conserve forest lands. The amendments will affect properties located within the City of Eugene and do not affect any lands designated by the comprehensive plan for forest use. Therefore, Statewide Planning Goal 4 does not apply. To the extent that the amendments may have an indirect impact on forest lands, they are consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 4 because they remove barriers to building housing on land within the city, potentially reducing the need to expand the urban growth boundary in the future. Goal 5 - Natural Resources, Scenic and Historic Areas, and Open Spaces. To conserve open space and protect natural and scenic resources. OAR 660-023-0250(3) provides: Local governments are not required to apply Goal 5 in consideration of a PAPA unless the PAPA affects a Goal 5 resource. For purposes of this section, a PAPA would affect a Goal 5 resource only if: (a)!The PAPA creates or amends a resource list or a portion of an acknowledged plan or land use regulation adopted in order to protect a significant Goal 5 resource or to address specific requirements of Goal 5; (b)!The PAPA allows new uses that could be conflicting uses with a particular significant Goal 5 resource site on an acknowledged resource list; or (c)!The PAPA amends an acknowledged UGB and factual information is submitted demonstrating that a resource site, or the impact areas of such a site, is included in the amended UGB area. Qbhf!4!pg!32!