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METROPLANAMENDMENT <br />TherequestedMetroPlanAmendmentproposestochangethelandusedesignation <br />ofthesubjectpropertyfromLightMediumIndustrialtoMixedUse.ItqualifiesasaTypeI <br />amendmentasitonlyinvolvesachangetothelandusediagramandnotextamendmentsto <br />theplanareproposedorrequired.Thefollowingfindingsaddresstheapplicableapproval <br />criteriafortheMetroPlanAmendmentrequest: <br />EC9.7735(1):TheproposedamendmentisconsistentwiththerelevantStatewidePlanning <br />Goals. <br />Goal1:CitizenInvolvementTodevelopacitizeninvolvementprogramthatensures <br />allphasesoftheplanningprocess. <br />theopportunityforcitizenstobeinvolvedin <br />Theprovisionsforcitizeninvolvementensuretheopportunityforcitizenstobeinvolved <br />inallphasesoftheplanningprocessandsetoutrequirementsforsuchinvolvement.The <br />proposaldoesnotincludeanychangestothecitizeninvolvementprogram. <br />ThelandusecodeimplementsStatewidePlanningGoal1throughitsnoticing <br />requirements,whichinclude: <br /> Apreapplicationneighborhood/applicantmeeting(01/23/2020) <br /> NoticetotheOregonDepartmentofLandConservationandDevelopment(12/22/2020) <br /> ReferralsandnoticesenttoLaneCountyandtheCityofSpringfield(01/06/2021) <br /> PublicnoticeforthePlanningCommissionpublichearingtoconsidertheapplications, <br />whichincludes:mailingnoticetointerestedpartiesandadjacentpropertyowners <br />(12/24/2020);postingofthenoticeonsite(01/08/2021);and,publishingthenoticeina <br />localnewspaper(01/08/2021). <br />ConsiderationoftheamendmentsandzonechangebeganwithaPlanningCommissionpublic <br />hearingonJanuary26,2021,providinganopportunityformembersofthepublictoprovide <br />verbaltestimonyinadditionaltowrittencomments.Followingconsiderationanddeliberations, <br />thePlanningCommissionwillprovidearecommendationtotheCityCouncil.TheEugeneCity <br />Councilwillthenholdapublichearingtoconsidertheproposal.Eachpublichearingwillpresent <br />anopportunityforinterestedpartiestoprovidetestimonytothePlanningCommissionandCity <br />Councilfortheirconsideration. <br />Basedonthesefindings,theproposedMetroPlanAmendmentisconsistentwithStatewide <br />PlanningGoal1. <br />Goal2:LandUsePlanningToestablishalanduseplanningprocessandpolicy <br />frameworkasabasisforalldecisionandactionsrelatedtouseoflandandtoassure <br />anadequatefactualbaseforsuchdecisionsandactions. <br />InaccordancewithStatewidePlanningGoal2,therequestedMetroPlanAmendmentisbeing <br />processedaccordingtolandusecode,whichspecifiestheprocedureandcriteriafor <br />Findings <br />MA202/RA202/Z208 <br /> <br />