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At the same time, the site continues to meet tl~e need for a transitional zone, providing a buffer between existinb heavy industrial uses and low density residential development. This is consistent with lannin~ ractice elsewhere in tl~e Metro Plan and Springfield Ref nement Plans. p ~P This amendment presents no issue of inconsistency with the area's refi~~ement plan. The Metro Plan clearly provides that refinement plans are local, interpretative refinements of the Metro Plan. The do not amend the Metro Plan itself. In cases of conflict, the Metro Plan controls. The Plan provides at page. X-5. that, "Should inconsistencies occur, the Metro Plan; is the revailin olio. document." The Plan clearly contemplates both that the Plan itself will be P gP Y amended and that inconsistencies between the Plan and ref nen~ent plans will occur. When the Plan is amended, those elements of a ref nement plan that are not consistent ~~~ith the Plan as amended are ineffective to the extent of the conflict. III. THE A~~ZEI\rDMENT IS I1~T A PLAN UP-DATE AMEhrD117ENT In determining the classifcation of a Plan amendment, the Director of the home jurisdiction must take action within five da s of acceptance of a complete application. an Ianuary 1~, 1991, the Y following f ndings for classification as a Major Plan Amendment were made: A major plan amendment is defined as..."A change to the Metropolitan Plan which ~1} amends the text of the Plan; ~2} is a substantial diagram amendment; ~3} requires an ESEE analysis under statewide planning Goal 5; ~4} requires another concurrent Plan amendment to maintain plan .consistency; or ~5} substantively affects the City of Eugene, the City of Springfield and Lane County. " . A substantial diagram amendment is defined as..."A change to the Metropolitan Plan diagram whicfi is a change to or from medium or high density residential or commercial designations for more than 15 acres of land or which is any other change affecting more than 3~ acres of land." The proposed amendment would change the Metro Plan diagram from Light-Medium and Heavy Industrial to Medium Density Residential for 52 acres of land within the city limits ~ of Springfield. Although this proposed amendment is substantive, it does not rise to the level of a plan update amendment which is def ned as: Any change to the Metropolitan Plan which ~1}changes the urban growth baundary or the jurisdictional boundary of the Plan; ~2} requires a goal exception to be taken under statewide planning goal 2; ~3} .amends a fundamental principle, metropolitan goal ar policy set out in Chapter II of the Plan; or ~~} requires a substantial diversion of budgeted planning resources from the approved work programs . of affected city departments. 12