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ORDINANCE N0. ~~~~ AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE METROPOLITAN NATURAL RESOURCES FUNCTIONAL PLAN AS AMENDED, ADOPTING GOVERNMENT-INITIATED AMENDMENTS TO THE METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN TEXT AND DIAGRAM, AND ADOPTING A SE~fERABILITY CLAUSE. The City Counci 1 of the City of Eugene finds as fal 1 ows: I. The Metropolitan Natural Resources Special Study was initiated in July, I9H7, to address wetland and other natural resource sites in the Metro- politan Area and to update the natural resources portion of the Metropolitan Area General Plan. 2. The Natural Resources Functional Plan contains detailed policies and recommended actions concerning Statewide Planning Goal 5 and the existing natural resources system in the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area. The accompanying Study Report includes a description of the study's purpose, background and methodology, site descriptions, analysis and recommendations and the economic, social, environmental and energy analysis prescribed by Statewide Goal 5. It provides information in support of the Natural Resources Functional P1 an pal i ci es . 3. A citizen advisory committee known as the Special Studies Advisory Committee reviewed and revised the Metropolitan Natural Resources Special Study preliminary inventory, study report and policy report. These documents were the subject of a joint public hearing before the Springfield, Lane Coun- ty, and Eugene Planning Commissions, review and revision by the Joint Plan- ning Commission Committee, further review by each of the three planning com- missions, and a joint public hearing before the governing bodies of Spring- field, Lane County, and Eugene. The Natural Resources Special Study Policy Report was reformatted and renamed the Natural Resources Functional Plan fallowing planning commission review and recommendations. 4. The Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County Planning Commissions rec- ommended adoption of the Natural Resources Functional Plan, inventory, Study Report, and associated working papers with amendments. 5. The Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County Planning Commissions rec- ommended adoption of text amendments to the Metropolitan Area General Plan, as shown in Exhibit B incorporated herein by reference. These amendments are included in the Functional Plan. The three planning commissions also recom- mended adoption of amendments to the Metropolitan Area General P1 an diagram, as shown in Exhibit C incorporated herein by reference. 6. Notice was provided to the Land Conservation and Development Com- mission on May Zo, 199Z concerning the proposed Metropolitan Area General Plan text and diagram amendments . 7. Implementation of the recommended actions contained in the Ordinance - I