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Exhibit B Eugene City Council Findings and Conclusions In Support of Ordinance # Two sections of the Eugene Code,1971 SEC}have direct bearing on this request. First, EC 9.142 sets forth the guidelines to determine whether the planning commission should initiate a refinement plan amendment. Second, EC 9.145 provides the criteria to determine whether a proposed plan amendment should be approved. The proposed amendments must be consistent with the criteria in EC 9.145 to be appraved. Section 9.142 ~4} The planning commission and council shall consider the fallowin .. ... g guidelines ~n deternumng whether the city should ~utlate an amendment to a refinement plan: ~a} There is an urgent need to consider the amendment in advance of the time it would normally be considered; and Findings: Shelton Turnbull has been planning an expansion since 1992 and had originally planned to be in . g construction m 1994. if a plan amendment for the Shelton Turnbull site is decayed until other amendments to the west Eugene Wetlands Plan ~WEWP} are processed in the summer 1995, the Shelton Turnbull expansion project will be decayed until 1996. The amendment for the Sweetland Industrial Park sites has been contemplated since March 1993. Mr. Sweetland has been unable to sell these two parcels because of the protection status accorded the wetlands in the WEWP. Conclusions: The circumstances surrounding these two sites warrant processing amendments for these sites ahead of the time proposed for a larger set of amendments to the WEWP. Proposed amendments 7 and 8 are consistent with this guideline. Section 9.142 ~4} ~} The plan amendment will address one of the following: 1. New or amended policies set forth in a state statute, regulation, planning goal or state agency land use plan; ar Exhibit ~, .Findings and Conclusions --Wage ~