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Attachment B Findings in Support of Grdinance Amending the Metro Plan (Stewart Road Site) I. METRO PLAN AMENDMENTS MUST BE CaNSISTENT wITH APPLICABLE STATEwiDE PLANNING GALS. Goal 1, ,,,.Citizen ,Involvement. This Baal requires that programs be im lemented ... ~_,~.,,.. _~.,.,,,.~,-~.,.,~,., ~. p that will provide the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all hoses of the p planning process. This Plan amendment was referred to various public a encies and g groups, and notice of its contents was sent to all affected residents and proper owners as well as those abutting the affected properties. A notice was also laced P 1n the Register Guard. It described the Stewart Road proposal and affected properties. Prior to adoption, public hearings will have been held by the tannin ., p g comm~ss~ons of all three ~ur~sd~ctions and their respective elected off~c~als. Goal 2 -Land Use Plannin . This goal requires establishment of a land use planning process and policy framework as a basis far land use decisions. Satisfaction of this goal requires adoption of a comprehensive tan and its p acknowledgment by the Land Conservation and Development Commission. Those steps have been satisfied locally. This Metro Plan amendment is being racessed ... p as a government-1n~t~ated amendment as provided for in Chapter IV of the acknowledged Metropolitan Area General Plan and as implemented throe h the g acknowledged land use codes of the three'urisdictians, Goal 3 - A ricultural Lands. This goal requires the preservation and maintenance of agricultural lands. No part of the Stewart Road site is presentl tanned Yp designated, or zoned for agricultural use. Goal 4 -Forest Lands, This goal requires the preservation and maintenance of forest lands. No part of the Stewart Road site is presently tanned, desi Hated P g or zoned far forest use. Goal 5.0 en S aces Scenic and Historic Areas and Natural Resources, This oat • .. g requires the conservation and protection of inventoried and significant opens ace, p scenic and historic areas, and natural resources, particularly where no conflictin .. g uses have been justified through an analysis of economic, social, environmental and energy consequences ~ESEE analysis}. The only natural resource that has been officially designated at the Stewart Road location is an eleven acre onion of the P southerly part of the Bertelsen Slough-Stewart Pond system. It is desi Hated Natural g Resource on the Metro Plan diagram and zoned I-11SR, Special Li ht Industrial g Attachment B - 1