Item 5: TransPlan and Metro Plan Amendments

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Exhibit C FINDINGS OF CONSISTENCY Metro Plan Amendment Criteria Criteria to be used to evaluate amendments to the Eugene-Springfield Regional Transportation System Plan (TransPlan) and the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) are found in Springfield Development Code, Chapter 5, Section 5.14-135( C )(1-2), Eugene Code Section 9.7730(3), and Lane Code Section 12.225(2)(a) &(b) and all reads as follows: (a)The amendment must be consistent with the relevant Statewide Planning Goals adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission; and (b)Adoption of the amendment must not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent. This application involves text amendments (non-site specific) and project list amendments to TransPlan, a special purpose functional plan, and text amendments (non-site specific) to the Metro Plan (hereinafter referred to as “the amendments”). The process for making the amendments to TransPlan and the Metro Plan are identical; requiring that the three jurisdictions follow the “Type I” amendment process. To become effective, the amendments to TransPlan the Metro Plan must be approved by all three governing bodies. Criterion A. STATEWIDE PLANNING GOAL CONSISTENCY: Based on the findings set forth below, the amendments are consistent with applicable Statewide Planning Goals and interpretive rules. 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 Cities of Springfield and Eugene and Lane County have acknowledged citizen involvement programs and acknowledged processes for securing citizen input on all proposed Metro Plan amendments. The governing bodies code provisions require that notice of the proposed amendments be given and public hearings be held prior to adoption. Notification of the proposed amendments and opportunities for public participation in these amendments were consistent with the acknowledged citizen involvement programs. The governing bodies’ code provisions implement Statewide Planning Goal 1 by requiring that notice of the proposed land use code amendment be given and public hearings be held prior to adoption. Consideration of the amendments will begin with a joint Planning Commission work session on April 7, 2009, followed by a public hearing. On October 16, 2008, the City of Springfield provided notice of the proposed amendment to the 20-year planning period in TransPlan from 2015 to 2023 to the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD). That notice included copies of the proposal previously approved by the Metropolitan Policy Committee for inclusion in the federal RTP in November, 2007, and a copy of the report that went to the Springfield City Council for the October 6, 2008, initiation of this amendment. The identical proposal was reviewed and approved by the Joint Elected Officials of Eugene, Springfield 1