Item 7: Resolution Adopting PROS Plan

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ATTACHMENT A RESOLUTION NO.4858 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A NEW PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE PLAN (“PROS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN”), AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. Since the summer of 2002 the City has been engaged in a comprehensive planning process to identify future needs for parks, open space and recreation programs and services. The attached Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan (“PROS Comprehensive Plan”) was developed based on the results of public outreach to thousands of residents of the City through meetings with neighborhood organizations, youth groups, senior groups, people with disabilities, cultural minority interest groups, and other groups and organizations. B. The PROS Comprehensive Plan, attached as Exhibit B to this Resolution, will provide long-range direction for future strategies and actions to improve parks, provide recreation opportunities, and protect natural resource values. C. Portions of the current Eugene Parks and Recreation Plan were adopted by Resolution No. 4127 on July 10, 1989 as a refinement to the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan). By separate Ordinance the City is repealing the 1989 Eugene Parks and Recreation Plan and the corresponding provisions of the Eugene Code, 1971. While the PROS Comprehensive Plan will take the place of the 1989 Eugene Parks and Recreation Plan, it will not be a refinement to the Metro Plan. Instead, the PROS Comprehensive Plan will be a stand-alone plan serving as an aspirational and guiding document for the City as it conducts long-range planning for parks, recreation and open space. D. On September 15, 2005 the PROS Comprehensive Plan was referred to the Planning Directors of the City of Springfield and Lane County for review for consistency with the Metro Plan. Notice of the proposed Plan adoption was delivered by the City to the Land Conservation and Development Commission on September 2, 2005. Notice of the Planning Commission public hearing was published in the Register Guard on September 21, 2005. The City Council held a public hearing on the PROS Comprehensive Plan on December 12, 2005. E. In addition to the above, the PROS Comprehensive Plan and related materials have been made available on the internet through the City’s web site. F. Based on the public testimony received, and the recommendations of the City’s Planning Commission, the Planning Division and Public Works staff, the City Council finds that the PROS Comprehensive Plan is consistent with the Eugene- Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan, other adopted City policies, and the Statewide Planning Goals as set out in Exhibit A to this Resolution. Resolution - 1