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<br />ATTACHMENT B <br />ORDINANCE NO. _____ <br /> <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN <br />AREA GENERAL PLAN (METRO PLAN) BY ADOPTING A NEW METRO <br />PLAN BOUNDARY THAT IS COTERMINOUS WITH THE CITY OF <br />SPRINGFIELD URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY EAST OF INTERSTATE 5; <br />AND ADOPTING SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES. <br /> <br /> <br />The City Council of the City of Eugene finds as follows: <br /> <br />A. <br />Chapter IV of the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro <br />Plan) sets forth procedures for amendment of the Metro Plan, which for the City of Eugene are <br />implemented by Chapter 9 of the Eugene Code, 1971. <br /> <br /> B. <br />Lane County now requests certain amendments the Metro Plan to enhance <br />equity among the Metro Plan partners and provide additional autonomy to Lane County. <br /> <br />C. <br /> On February 9, 2011, the Board of County Commissioners of Lane County <br />directed the Land Management Division to initiate an amendment to the Metro Plan to modify <br />the plan boundary east of Interstate 5 so that it is coterminous with the City of Springfield Urban <br />Growth Boundary. <br /> <br /> D. <br />The proposal was reviewed at a joint public hearing with the Lane County <br />Planning Commission, the City of Springfield Planning Commission and the City of Eugene <br />Planning Commission on July 19, 2011, and August 16, 2011. <br /> <br />E. <br /> The proposal was also reviewed at a joint public hearing with elected officials of <br />Lane County, the City of Springfield and the City of Eugene on March 13, 2012. <br /> <br />F. <br /> Evidence exists in the record indicating that the proposal meets the requirements <br />of the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan, the Eugene Code, and applicable <br />state law. <br /> <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, <br /> <br />THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />Section 1. <br /> The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) - <br />official Plan Diagram Map, as depicted in Section II-G pages 17 and 18 of the Metro Plan and <br />contained in Exhibit A to this Ordinance is hereby amended as shown on the Plan Diagram Map <br />contained in Exhibit B attached and incorporated herein, to reflect a new Metro Plan boundary <br />that is coterminous with the separate City of Springfield Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) east of <br />Interstate 5 as established by city and county ordinances. Although the exhibits show Metro <br />Plan land use designations, this Ordinance only amends the Plan Diagram Map by relocating <br />the Metro Plan boundary; this Ordinance does not have any effect on plan designations that <br />apply to properties within the current or new Metro Plan boundary and no previously adopted <br /> <br />land use designations shall be affected by this Ordinance. <br />Ordinance - Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />