Item B: Joint Elected Officials Metro Plan Amendments

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This work session provides the council with an opportunity to identify additional amendments within the Metro Plan that are not included in the recommendation. The table in Attachment B identifies the issues related to each chapter of the Metro Plan, the influences anticipated to affect them, and the estimated costs to resolve these matters. City of Eugene Planning Staff is working with their regional counter- parts to develop the work plan for regional-based Metro Plan amendments. Attachment C describes a proposed schedule for work plan development. To prepare the City Council for this discussion, City staff has provided an overview of the history and purpose of the Metro Plan and information on future anticipated Metro Plan amendments. Role of the Metro Plan The Metro Plan serves as a long-range comprehensive plan that establishes the policies upon which Eugene, Springfield and Lane County make coordinated land use decisions. The Metro Plan was jointly adopted by the three elected bodies in 1982 and has undergone numerous updates, most recently in 2004. The Metro Plan sets forth general planning policies for coordinated action on growth, development and conservation of resources within the metropolitan area. By jointly adopting the Metro Plan, the three metropolitan area partners recognize the interrelatedness of each others’ growth and transportation decisions. A link to the Metro Plan can be found on the Planning Division’s web page at the following location: http://www.eugeneplanning.org Anticipated Metro Plan Amendments There are a number of recent developments that will necessitate additional Metro Plan amendments (see Attachment D): ? House Bill 3337 requires Eugene and Springfield to inventory their residential land supply and to split the existing joint urban growth boundary into two separate boundaries for Eugene and Springfield. The Metro Plan will need to be amended to reflect this separation of the urban growth boundary. ? The Eugene Comprehensive Land Assessment (ECLA) is currently underway and is scheduled for completion at the end of 2009. If the land assessment shows that there is a deficiency in land supply for the next 20 years of anticipated growth, decisions will need to be made about how to accommodate that growth. Options may include expanding the urban growth boundary, adopting new land use efficiency measures, or a combination of both. Any such changes would require Metro Plan changes or a Eugene-specific refinement plan to the Metro Plan. ? Transplan, Eugene’s local transportation plan, is scheduled to be updated by 2012. A work plan to meet this deadline has been approved by the Land Conservation and Development Commission and calls for an update to Eugene’s Comprehensive Plan to precede the transportation plan update. This will ensure consistency between these inter-related policy documents. ? Recent council actions suggest a local priority to incorporate additional issues into Eugene’s future planning efforts such as economic development, sustainability, climate change, food security, and refined infill standards. Inclusion of any of these issues may necessitate Metro Plan changes or a Eugene-specific refinement plan to the Metro Plan. RELATED CITY POLICIES “A special review, and if appropriate, Metro Plan amendment, shall be initiated if changes in the basic assumptions of the Metro Plan occur…..” (Policy 1, Chapter IV of the Metro Plan). Z:\CMO\2009 Council Agendas\M090909\S090909B.doc