Item 2: Ordinance on South Willamette Metro Plan

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Exhibit D Findings South Willamette Properties, LLC (MA 09-5, RA 09-1, Z 09-3) Metro Plan Diagram Amendment (MA 09-5) The proposed amendment changes the current Metro Plan land use diagram designation of the subject property, approximately .5 acre in area, from High Density Residential to Commercial. Eugene Code (EC) Section 9.7730(3) requires that the following criteria (in bold italics) be applied to a Metro Plan diagram amendment: (a) The amendment must be consistent with the relevant Statewide Planning Goals adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission. Goal 1 Citizen Involvement: To develop a citizen involvement program that insures the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process. The City has acknowledged provisions for citizen involvement that ensure the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process and set out requirements for such involvement. The action does not amend the citizen involvement program. The process for reviewing the proposed amendment complies with Goal 1 since it complies with, and surpasses the requirements of, the citizen involvement provisions. The City of Eugene land use code implements Statewide Planning Goal 1 by requiring that notice of the proposed amendments be given and public hearings be held prior to adoption. Consideration of the amendments began with a City of Eugene Planning Commission public hearing on December 8, 2009. Subsequent to deeming the applications complete, the City mailed notice of the proposed plan amendments to the Department of Land Conservation and Development on October 22, 2009, as required by the Eugene Code and in accordance with State statutes. Referrals concerning the pending applications were sent on October 23, 2009 to the City of Springfield, Lane County, the affected neighborhood group, the Friendly Area Neighbors, and to City departments. The Planning Commission public hearing was noticed, in accordance with Eugene Code requirements, to the City of Springfield and Lane County, and community groups and individuals Findings – South Willamette Properties Page 1 of 16