Item 5: TransPlan and Metro Plan Amendments

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and Lane County on September 15, 2008, prior to being submitted to the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) in October as part of the proposed work program for the update of TransPlan. Each of these and activities and meetings were noticed and included opportunities for citizen involvement and comment. The October 2008 DLCD notice was revised on January 29, 2009, to add the proposed removal of the completed projects, and to clarify that Metro Plan amendments were also necessary, and that Eugene and Lane County would be participants as well. The DLCD notice was revised again on February 6, 2009, to provide specific proposed text amendments and to provide the new (postponed) date for the first evidentiary hearing. Notice of the first evidentiary hearing was mailed to all persons who had requested such notice on March 6, 2009, thirty (30) days prior to the first hearing. Notice was published in the Register Guard, the area’s general circulation newspaper, on March 18, 2009, twenty (20) days before the first hearing. The proposed amendments were available for inspection at the Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County planning offices. The process leading up to the adoption of the amendments provided numerous opportunities for public involvement. We find that the process for adopting these amendments complies with Statewide Planning Goal 1 since it complies with, and surpasses, the requirements of the State’s citizen involvement provisions. GOAL 2 - LAND USE PLANNING: To establish a land use planning process and policy framework as a basis for all decisions and actions related to the use of land and to assure an adequate factual base for such decisions and actions. The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) is the policy tool that provides a basis for decision-making in this area. The Metro Plan was acknowledged by the State in 1982 to be in compliance with statewide planning goals. The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Transportation Plan (TransPlan) is a function plan of the Metro Plan, which forms the basis for the Transportation Element of the Metro Plan and guides surface transportation improvements in the metropolitan area. TranPlan was acknowledged by the State to be in compliance with statewide planning goal. These findings and the record show that there is an adequate factual base for City’s decision concerning the amendments. Goal 2 requires that plans be coordinated with the plans of affected governmental units and that opportunities be provided for review and comment by affected governmental units. The Goal 2 coordination requirement is met when the adopting governmental bodies engage in an exchange, or invite such an exchange, between the adopting bodies and any affected governmental unit and when the adopting bodies use the information obtained in the exchange to balance the needs of the citizens. To comply with the Goal 2 coordination requirement, the three jurisdictions coordinated the review of these amendments with all affected governmental units. Notice of the proposed amendments and information about where the materials would be available for review was mailed to all parties that had requested such notice. There are no Goal 2 exceptions required for the amendments. Therefore, the amendments are consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 2. GOAL 3 - AGRICULTURAL LANDS: To preserve and maintain agricultural lands. 2