Item B: Ordinance Concerning Goal 5 Natural Resources Study

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ATTACHMENT B Exhibit E Legislative Findings to Ordinance No.--1!l Adoption of New Refinement Plan The following criteria are applicable to the adoption of a new refinement plan. (1) The refinement plan amendment is consistent with the Statewide planning goals. Goal 1 Citizen Involvement: To develop a citizen involvement program that insures the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process. The City has acknowledged provisions for citizen involvement that ensure the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process and set out requirements for such involvement. The action taken did not amend the citizen involvement program. The process for adopting these amendments complied with Goal 1 since it complied with, and surpassed the requirements of, the citizen involvement provisions. The City of Eugene land use code implements Statewide Planning Goal 1 by requiring that notice of the proposed amendments be given and public hearings be held prior to adoption. The process for adopting a Goal 5 Inventory for the area within the Eugene Urban Growth Boundary has provided numerous opportunities for citizen involvement. A public involvement plan for the Goal 5 process was reviewed and approved by the Joint Planning Commission Committee in May, 2000. In June 2000, two public workshops were held to provide an overview of the Goal 5 process for Springfield, Eugene and Lane County within the Metro Plan boundary. In April 2001, a public workshop has held to review the draft inventory and significance criteria for Springfield, Eugene and Lane County within the Metro Plan boundary. On December 17, 2002, a public hearing was held before the Eugene Planning Commission on the Goal 5 inventory of riparian and upland wildlife habitat sites within the urban growth boundary. All owners of affected and adjacent properties were notified, in addition to a large list of interested parties. The Eugene Planning Commission opened the public record for additional written comments from February 3, 2003 to February 7, 2003 and from March 17,2003 to March 28, 2003. The Eugene Planning and Development Department staff held a public information meeting on May 21, 2003 on the status ofthe Goal 5 inventory. On June 9, 2003 a public hearing was held before the Eugene City Council. In addition to public meetings and mailed notices, printed materials related to these proceedings were made available at Planning and Development Department offices and via the City's Internet site prior to each meeting. The inventory that was adopted through the process described above was the groundwork for the updated inventory that is a part of the ordinance now being considered. 1