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EXHIBIT A FINDINGS aF FACT AND CONCL.USICNS GF LAIC BANFIELD PROPERTIES Eugene Cade requires that proposed Plan amendments be consistent with the fol 1 owl ng criteria: 1, The Plan amendment is consistent with applicable Statewide Planning Goals, Goal #~ -Citizen ! nyolyement: This Pi an amendment i s being processed i n accordance with the Metro Plan's citizen involvement procedure which requires review by the Metrapolitan Area Plan Advisory Committee ~MAPAC}, and the planning cammissions and the governing bodies of the three metropolitan jurisdictions, This request was referred to various public agencies and groups and notice of the request and public hearing was sent to all residents aid property owners abutting the request. A display ad was published in the Register Guard which outlined the request and the affected properties. The Metropolitan Area Planning Advisory Committee reviewed this request on July ~3, 1987 and a joint public hearing before the three planning cammissions was held on august 18, 1987. The city council's of Eugene and 5pri ngf i e1 d hel d a pub1 i c hearing on this matter on actober 14, 1987 and the Board of Commissioners of Lane County held a public hearing on this request on Qctober 28, 1981. Goal #~ -Land Use Plannin This Plan amendment is being processed in accordance with the semiannual Plan amendment process outlined i n Chapter 1~ of the Metro Plan, as implemented through the Eugene Code, Goal #5 .. Dpen S~esr Scenic and Historic Areas, and Natural Resources: According the Metro Plan inventories, there are no protected resources 1 acated on the subject property . Goal #fi -Air, Water, and Land Resources Qu, alitY; This goal requires that comprehensive plans buffer and separate land uses which create conflicting impacts on air resources. The subject property is in the immediate vicinity of the Eugene Sand and Gravel plant which generates noise from crushing equipment, rock sorting and truck traffic. This company operates during nighttime hours during peak construction periods . Noise generation from this plant has exceeded City standards for the subject property after these standards were made more stringent subsequent to the adoption of the Metro P1 an . As a resul t of this change i n the City's noise standards, resi denti a1 development of the subject property i s highly questi anabl e. The redesignation of the land will permit the development of commercial uses which will buffer the residential development existing and cantemplated~ to the east from Horse generated by the gravel operations. Page 1