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CIRDINANCE NG.19743 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE EUGENE- SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN DIAGRAM FGR A 74 ACRE SITE EAST CIF BERTELSEN ROAD AND NORTH OF STEwART ROAD, EXCEPT THE ELEVEN ACRE PORTION OF THE SITE DESIGNATED NATURAL RESOURCE ON THE GENERAL PLAN DIAGRAM. The City Council of the City of Eugene f~nd.s as follows: 1. In June, 1959 the Eugene City Council Council) began strate ~' d~scuss~ons for replacement of wetland-impacted ~ndustr~al land. At the Council's direction, the Planning Commission identified seven sites for Council consideration. After further study, the listed sites were subsequently reduced to three. 2. On June 25, 1990 the Council held a public hearing to determine whether to initiate amendments to the Eugene-Springfield Metro olitan Area p General Plan ~Metra Plank with respect to one or more of those three sites. All affected property owners were ratified prior to the hearing, and na o osition or pp objections to the proposed amendments were made. At that time, this amendment was initiated. The new procedures and standards for adjudicatin Metro Plan g amendments under Eugene Ordinance 19725 apply to amendments initiated after October 29, 199. Thus, this amendment is controlled by the code ravisions in p effect on June 25, 199x. 3. The Stewart Road site involves an area of appraximatel 74 acres . y situated vv~thxn the Eugene city llm~ts east of Bertelsen Road and north of Stewart Road, It is nearly flat, and all but approximately eleven acres are desi noted far . g Special Light Industrial development on the Metro Plan dia ram, The eleven acres g are designated Natural Resource and cover the southern portion of the Bertelsen Slough-Stewart Pond system. The West Eugene wetlands S ecial Area Stud p y (wEwSAS~ determined that this wetland system has the fourth hi hest functions and . g values wildlife habitat rating out of 144 sites ~n the Metro area. Consistent with its plan designation, the Stewart Road site is zoned I-1 and I-1JSR S ecial Li ht p g Industrial, Site Review required. Ex~st~ng land uses Include one dwell~n , a ricultural gg uses and vacant land. Except for the Natural Resource designation of Bertelsen Slough, the Stewart Road site is mostly surrounded with pro erties desi Hated Li ht p g g Medium Industrial on the Metro Plan diagram and zoned I-2, Li ht-Medium • g Industrial. Those parcels are either lndustr~ally used or are undevela ed. Current p records ~nd~cate that there are only three tai Iots and two owners at the Stewart Road site, which makes coordinated development more likely than would be the case Ordinance - 1