Agenda and attachments - 01/12/09 JEO

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Councils in the near future to keep you apprised of the proposals as they work through the amendment process. Issue# 4: Jurisdictional Autonomy/Metro Plan Boundary Adjustment Problem Statement: Over the years there have been infrequent but highly publicized instances when the cities have held a deciding vote in land use proceedings involving private property within another governing body’s primary jurisdiction. This continues to be possible because Ch. IV, Policy 7 of the Metro Plan requires that any proposed amendments to the Metro Plan for property outside of a city must be jointly approved by the County and the partner city (or cities) or otherwise, the amendment shall be referred to the MPC for conflict resolution. The current bylaws and operation of the MPC has made resolution unlikely if one of the jurisdictions does not desire resolution. This has meant that each of the cities possess and have exercised an ability to override the authority and will of the County Commissioners and the adjoining City Council on proceedings which involve property located entirely outside of their own city limits or the UGB. Proposed Solution: There are two possible remedies to this problem. The first entails modifying the current consensus-driven conflict resolution bylaws of the MPC. The second, involves limiting the applicability of the Metro Plan by modifying the plan boundary so that it is coterminous with the Eugene Springfield Urban Growth Boundary and modifying key policy language within the Metro Plan that speak to the applicability of the plan beyond the UGB. These revisions could be implemented and concurrently adopted along with other upcoming HB3337 related amendments. Attachment “B” to this memo is a possible conceptual illustration of the proposed adjusted Metro Plan Boundary. IV. ACTION The information presented in this memo was provided at the direction of the Mayor’s and Chair of the Board for discussion purposes only. Therefore, no action is requested at this time. V. FOLLOW-UP Staff will provide additional information or clarifications at the request of the Joint Elected Officials and continue to work on all five issues with progress reports at subsequent JEO meetings. VI. ATTACHMENTS: th A. November 12 BCC work Session Agenda Cover Memo regarding alternative options to UTA termination B. Concept illustration of the proposed adjusted Metro Plan Boundary 4