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RESOLUTION NO, 3 A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE WILLOW CREED SPECIAL AREA STUDY AND AME NDING THE EUGENE - SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA GENE PLAN. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: 11 The Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan established a portion of the willow Creek Basin as an important growth area of the community and included a portion of the Basin within the urban growth boundary of the Metropolitan Plan. 219 As part of the Metropolitan Plan process a variety of land uses were identified as appropriate within the Basin as urban development occurred. 3. In February, 1982, the Planning Commission directed that work be initiated on a Special Area Study in the willow Creek Basin in order to establish public policy direction prior to de- velopment proposals for the Basin. 4. As part of the development of � this Special Area Study a citizen involvement process was established by the Eugene Citizen Involvement Committee. The citizen involvement process included: dialogue with major land owners in the Basin; a May 25, 19 8 2 meet- ing held with residents and property owners of the Basin at Bailey Hill elementary school, attended by about 50 interested individuals; discussions and comments by interested parties through individual meetings; distribution of about 650 copies of the draft Study (May 1982) to property owners, residents, and interested governmental agencies; and consultation with the Metropolitan Area Plan Advisory Committee regarding the Special Area Study,, 5. The draft Study contained a series of policy statements and two alternative land -use configurations appropriate for the Willow Creek Basin. All of the policies are consistent with direction established by the Metropolitan General Plan. Alterna- tive 1 of the two land-use arrangements reflected an employment intensive scenario which could be appropriate for the Basin. Alternative 2 reflected a focus on residential development in the Basin. Because Alternative 1 provided for substantial motif ica- tions to the Metropolitan General, Plan ■ it requires an amendment to that document. Alternative 2 does not require such an amend- ment. Both alternatives contained a variety of land uses which were consistent with broad goals and policies established by the Metropolitan Plan, the 1974 Community Goals and Policies document, and the Eugene - Springfield Area Transportation 2000 Plan (T- 2000 ) . 6* On June 8,' 19 8 2 the Planning Commission conducted its public hearing on the willow Creek Special Area Study. About 12 Resolution - 1