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ORDINANCE N0. S~'s~ AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE WILLAKENZIE AREA PLAN; REPEALING RESOLUTION NOS. 3555 AND 2440; AND ADOPTING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. In November, 1988, the Willakenzie Area Plan planning team was formed to guide the development of the Willakenzie Area Plan ~P1an}. The P1 an is along-range development plan that addresses land use, transporta- tion, public safety, public facilities and services and neighborhood design issues in the Willakenzie planning area. The planning team served as the citizen advisory body far the Plan. B. Following development of the draft Willakenzie Area Plan, the planning team sponsored two public forums on June 19 and 26, 1991 to generate comments on the draft plan prior to its being forwarded to the Eugene Plan- ning Commission for consideration. A summary of the draft plan and notice of the public forums was sent to all residents, property owners, and business owners in the planning area. About 2OO people attended the two forums. C. On August 15 and 29, 1991, the Willakenzie planning team met to consider public comments received on the draft P1 an at the forums and through written comments addressed to the planning team. After considering those comments, on August 29, 1991, the planning team drafted 28 revisions to the draft P1 an and forwarded it to the Eugene Planning Commission for considera- tion. D. On October 15, 1991, the Eugene, Springfield and Lane County planning commissions conducted a faint public hearing on the revised draft plan. This joint public hearing was advertised in accordance with the Oregon Public Meeting Law and Eugene's own Code requirements. The citizen involve- ment process used exceeds the requirements of LCDC Goal 1 - Citizen Involve- ment. E. During the period November 12 through December 10, 1991, the Eugene Planning Commission met six times to review and deliberate on the revised draft P1 an and comments received during the joint public hearing. On December lo, 1991, the Eugene Planning Commission, having made or approved a total of 53 amendments to the draft Plan, recommended the Plan to the Eugene City Council and lane County Board of Commissioners for adoption. F. The Goodpasture Island Study X1975} and the Coburg-Crescent Area Study X1981} are adopted refinement plans for subareas of the Willakenzie planning area. Upon adoption, the Willakenzie Plan will supercede and take the place of these previously adopted plans. G. Notice was provided to the Land Conservation and Development Commission on March 13, 1992 concerning adoption of the draft Plan. _~_