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ORDINANCE NO, 20461 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE EUGENE - SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSPORTATION PLAN (TRANSPLAN) TO ADJUST THE PLANNING PERIOD FROM YEAR 2015 TO YEAR 2027, TO REMOVE COMPLETED PROJECTS FROM THE PROJECT LISTS AND TO MAKE RELATED AMENDMENTS TO THE EUGENE - SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN, The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. Chapter ITT of the Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) sets forth procedures for amendment of the Metro Plan, which for Eugene are implemented by Chapter 9 of the Eugene Code, 1971. B. The Metro Plan identifies the Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Area Transportation Plan (TransPlan) as a special purpose or functional plan which forms the basis for the Transportation Element of the Metro Plan and guides surface transportation improvements in the metropolitan area. C, The City Council adopted TransPlan by Ordinance No. 19385, enacted on April 28, 1986, which was subsequently amended by Ordinance No. 19584, enacted on November 28, 1988, Ordinance No. 19857, enacted on June 8, 1992, Ordinance No. 19872, enacted on September 9, 1992, Ordinance No. 19887 enacted on November 9, 1992, Ordinance No. 20 186 enacted on February 14, 2000, Ordinance No. 20234 enacted on September 10, 2001, Ordinance No. 20258 enacted on July 8, 2002, and Ordinance No. 20442 enacted on November 9, 2009, adopting a revised Transportation Element of the Metro Plan and adopting revisions to TransPlan. D, On November 8, 2007, the Metropolitan Policy Committee adopted an update to the federally- required Regional Transportation Plan (RTP); the update included extending the RTP's planning period to 2031 and deleting projects that had been completed or that were determined to be no longer needed. E, Following a public hearing on April 7 2009, the Eugene Planning Commission recommended to the Eugene City Council that TransPlan be amended to adjust the planning period from year 2015 to year 2024, to remove completed transportation projects from TransPlan's project lists, and to make related amendments to the Metro Plan. On September 1, 2009, following Eugene, Springfield and Lane County's adoption of coordinated population forecasts, the Eugene Planning Commission recommended to the Eugene City Council that the previously - recommended 2024 planning period be ad j usted to reflect the newly adopted population numbers. F, On June 17, 2010, the City Council conducted a public hearing on these amendments, and is now ready to take action based upon the above recommendations and the Ordinance - Page 1 of 3