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the Metro Plan compliance with the Goal. Goal 15 - Willamette River Greenway: To protect, conserve, enhance and maintain the natural, scenic, historical, agricultural, economic and recreational qualities of lands along the Willamette River as the Willamette River Greenway. The Eugene Airport is not within the boundaries of the Willamette River Greenway. Therefore, Statewide Planning Goal 15 is not relevant, and adoption of the master plan update will not affect Metro Plan compliance with Goal 15. Goal 16 through 19 - Estuarine Resources, Coastal Shorelands, Beaches and Dunes, and Ocean Resources: There are no coastal, ocean, estuarine, or beach and dune resources in proximity to the Eugene Airport. Therefore, these goals are not relevant and adoption of the master plan update will not affect compliance with Statewide Planning Goals 16 through 19. Metro Plan Consistency -- EC 9.8424(1)(b) and LC 12.060 The Metro Plan serves as the area’s comprehensive, policy framework plan. The current update to the Eugene Airport Master Plan replaces earlier versions as a refinement to the Metro Plan, and is found to be consistent with the policy framework already established by the Metro Plan. As previously discussed, adoption of the updated master plan is supported by a variety of Metro Plan policies including the following from the Transportation Element (Policy F.30, Page III-F-12): Support public investment in the Eugene Airport as a regional facility and provide land use controls that limit incompatible development within the airport environs. Continue to use the Eugene Airport Master Plan as the guide for improvements of facilities and services at the airport. As stated previously, unlike the adoption process for the 1999 Airport Master Plan, the current update does not include any amendments to the Metro Plan or other locally adopted plans such as the Eugene-Springfield Transportation System Plan (Transplan). No changes to existing land use designations, zoning, or adopted policy are proposed. The current update does include recommendations for a variety of airport improvements that will accommodate the Airport’s needs into the future, some of which will require further research and analysis to determine the need and timing for any future Metro Plan amendments or zone changes in the vicinity. It is emphasized that any specific Metro Plan amendments or zone changes necessary to implement the recommendations of the updated Eugene Airport Master Plan will require additional public process and formal adoption by the affected jurisdiction(s) in the future. Based on the available information and findings above, adoption of the current master plan update is consistent with the Metro Plan and will not otherwise make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent, as required. Findings – Eugene Airport Master Plan Update (RA 10-2 and PA 10-5284) Page 13