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ORDINANCE NO. 20362 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 4127 AND THE EUGENE PARKS AND RECREATION PLAN ADOPTED THEREIN; AMENDING SECTION 9.8010 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; REPEALING SECTION 9.9550 OF THAT CODE; AND ADOPTING A SEVERABiliTY CLAUSE. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. Portions of the current Eugene Parks and Recreation Plan ("1989 Plan") were adopted by Resolution No. 4127 on July 10, 1989 as a refinement to the Eugene- Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan). B. As part of the land use code update process, the City incorporated some of its adopted refinement plan polices into Chapter 9 to be used in evaluating applicable adopted plan policies pertaining to subdivisions, partitions and site review. The 1989 Plan policies that were added to Chapter 9 are set forth at EC 9.9550. C. Although they are now in the code, the 1989 Plan polices incorporated in EC 9.9550 have no practical effect on subdivision, partitions or site review applications either because the policies apply only to the City and have no impact on land use applicants or because the policies are already addressed by specific land use application requirements. Deleting the 1989 Plan policies from EC 9.9550 will have no practical effect except to eliminate the current redundancy and clarify the requirements for developers. D. By separate Resolution, the City Council is adopting the Parks, Recreation and Open Space Comprehensive Plan ("PROS Comprehensive Plan.) to provide long- range direction for future strategies and actions to improve parks, provide recreation opportunities, and protect natural resource values. The. PROS Comprehensive Plan will not be a refinement to the Metro Plan, but 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. E. Neither the Statewide Planning Goals nor the Metro Plan require that the City's local parks and recreation plan be adopted as a refinement to the Metro Plan. Thus, repealing the 1989 Plan and the corresponding code provisions set forth at EC 9.9550 of the Eugene Code, 1971 is consistent with applicable Statewide Planning Goals and applicable provisions of the Metro Plan. Further, the City Council's separate action of adopting the PROS Comprehensive Plan by resolution is supported by findings of consistency with the statewide planning goals and the applicable Metro Plan policies. Attachment A to this ordinance is a copy of the findings proposed for adoption in support of Resolution No. 4858 adopting the PROS Comprehensive Plan. Ordinance - 1