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Exhibit "A" FINDINGS FOR APPLICABLE STATEWIDE PLANNING GOALS AMENDMENTS TO URBAN AND URBANIZABLE LAND, RIVER ROAD AND SANTA CLARA The fallowing findings of consistency with applicable Statewide Planning Goals are made in connection with rewording of the subsection entitled River Road and Santa Clara in Chapter II, Section D, of the Metropolitan Area General Plan. These amendments will allow extension of sewer service to individual , developed properties i n the River Raad and Santa Clara areas without first requiring that those properties annex to a ci ty. These amend- ments are necessary to al 1 evi ate the ground water pol 1 uti on problem i n those areas as now served by individual septic tank disposal systems. Goal 1. Citizen Involvement. 1. The planning cammi ss i ons of Eugene and Lane County held a jo i nt publ i c hearing to receive public testimony. Likewise, the City Counci 1 held a public hearing before adopting the amendments. Notice was provided as required by 1 ocal regulations i n a 1 ocal newspaper of general ci rcul a- tion as well as to affected public and private agencies and groups prior to the hearings. 2. The Lane County Board of Commissioners, Springfield Planning Commission, and Springfield City Council also conducted public hearings to receive public testimony before acting on these amendments. Goal 2. Land Use Planning. 1. The Metropolitan Area General Plan was adopted by Eugene, Springfield, and lane County and acknowledged by the land Conservation and Devel op- ment Commission i n 1982. Subsequent amendments have been adapted fol 1 owi ng procedures as prescribed i n 1 ocal ordinances, the P1 an i t- se1f, and according to State requirements. 2. To maintain a land use planning process and co-ordinated policy frame- work far 1 and use decisions and actions, these amendments were referred to Lane County and Springfield far concurrent action. Goal 6. Air, Water, and Land Resources Quality. 1. The Environmental Quality Commission conc1 uded that there the ground water i n the River Raad and Santa C1 ara areas i s polluted and that that is creating a public health hazard for people using the aquifer for domestic ~drinking~ water. 2. Eugene received a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to instal 1 sewer foci 1 i ti es i n the River Road and Santa C1 ara Areas based on an agreed upon schedule for individual property connections to that system. 3. These amendments are necessary to remedy the ground water pollution problem in the River Road and Santa Clara areas attributable to reli- Exhibit A - 1