Item A: Ordinance on Airport Master Plan

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does not include any improvements are proposed that would permit service by a larger class of airplanes and no goal exceptions are required. Conformance with the state’s Transportation Planning Rule will be further addressed below as part of the findings relative to Goal 12. Further, as noted elsewhere in this evaluation, adoption of the current master plan update as a refinement to the Metro Plan remains consistent with, and does not include any additional plan amendments to the Metro Plan or other locally adopted plans such as Transplan. The following policy language from the Metro Plan Transportation Element (Policy F.30, Page III-F-12), is particularly relevant under Goal 2: 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. 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. Those recommendations are further addressed in the findings below and it is emphasized that any specific Metro Plan amendments or zone changes necessary to implement the recommendations of the Eugene Airport Master Plan will require additional public process and formal adoption by the affected jurisdiction(s) in the future. As such, the current master plan update is consistent with Goal 2 as it relates to updating a refinement to the Metro Plan and does not create internal inconsistencies with the Metro Plan. Goal 3 - Agricultural Land: To preserve and maintain agricultural lands. The prior 1999 Airport Master Plan adoption included Metro Plan amendments to re-designate parcels from Agricultural use on the Metro Plan diagram to Government and Education and to Airport Reserve. At that time, analysis required by Goal 3 was provided for the affected parcels which were re-designated to accommodate airport use and no Goal exception was required pursuant to OAR 660-012-0065(1) and (3)(n). Adoption of the current master plan update does not include any changes to existing Agricultural land use designations in the surrounding area, and OAR 660-012-0065(1) and (3)(n) allow airport improvements contemplated in the master plan update without the need for a Goal exception. The current master plan update does consider impacts related to noise from airport operations and possible impacts from surrounding land uses on aviation safety. Existing and proposed airport improvements are compatible with agricultural uses per standards set forth in OAR 660-013-0040, et seq; ODOT’s Oregon Airport Land Use Compatibility Guidelines; and relevant Metro Plan policies and local ordinances. As such, adoption of the current master plan update is consistent with Goal 3 and will not otherwise affect Metro Plan compliance with this Goal. Findings – Eugene Airport Master Plan Update (RA 10-2 and PA 10-5284) Page 5