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EXhI l B l T tfA~' FINDINGS 4F FACT AND CCNCLUSIC~NS 4F LAW METROPOLITAN WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT COMMISSIaN ~MwMC~ 1. The Plan amendment is consistent with applicable Statewide Planning Goals. The Statewide Planning Goals which are applicable to this request are: #3, Agri cut tural Lands; #~, Air, Water and Land Resources Quality; #11, Publ i c Foci 1 i ti es and Services; and #~4, Urbani Kati on . Findings have been prepared by the applicant showing that the request conforms to these goals, The applicant's findings are accurate and are hereby made a part of these findings by reference, 2. The Plan amendment is consistent with the fundamental principles and applicable policies of the Metro Pian. The amendment i s consistent with the fundamental p~ri nci pl es and appl i cabl e policies of the Metro Pl an. Extending water service to this foci l i ty would be compatible with other P1 an pal i ci es that 1 i mi t the provision of urban services outside the urban growth boundary. The sludge disposal site i s a foci l i ty which helps provide a key urban service~~sanitary sewer treatments to the metropolitan area. Because of its nature, it is best situated outside the urban growth boundary, Approval of this request would not create a precedent for other urban service extensions beyond the urban growth boundary, as the proposed Plan text additions clearly state that the sludge di spasm site helps provi de a key urban service ~ sani tary sewage treatments . It wain d not be passible to approve other service extension requests using this language, unless they were associated with urban foci 1 i ti es, such as the ai rpart, which are also located outside the urban growth boundary. 3, The Pian amendment is found to address one or mare of the fallowing: ~a~ An error in the publication of the Pian; or ~b~ Circumstances have changed in a substantial manner that was not anticipated in the Pian; ar (c~ incorporation into the Plan, following acknowledgement, of newly- inventoried material which relates to a Statewide Planning Goal; or ~d) A change in public policy, Item 3~b~ is addressed by this request. It was originally assumed that the sludge management site could economically obtain water from an on~site well, Additional research has proven this assumption incorrect, due to the need far chlorination. Since the site assists in providing a key urban service, this change in circumstances supports a corresponding addition to the Plan text permitting the extension of water service, p 1 j cmwmc