Item 1: Metro Plan Boundary Adjustment - Springfield

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Exhibit E Finding 30: Findings of consistency with the provision of Chapter IV of the Metro Plan are provided under Finding 54-59, below. Lane Code Ch. 12.200 Purpose. Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan Element The Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) allows citizen-initiated Type II Metro Plan amendments to be initiated at any time. Amendments that require a final decision from one or two jurisdictions shall have a public hearing before the appropriate governing bodies within 120 days of the initiation date. Amendments that require a final decision from all three governing bodies shall be concluded within 180 days of the initiation date. The Board of Commissioners may initiate a Type I or Type II Metro Plan amendment at any time. Metro Plan amendments shall be made in accordance with the standards contained in Chapter IV of the Metro Plan and the provisions of this Code. Finding 31: This Amendment proposal was initiated by Land Management Division staff at the direction of the Lane County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) as a high priority item in the adopted 2011 Long Range Planning Program. The proposal is classified as a Type I Plan Amendment requiring a final decision from all three governing bodies (Eugene and Springfield City Councils, and the Lane County BCC). The adoption and process of this proposal shall follow the procedures and provisions contained in Ch. IV of the Metro Plan combined with the procedures of Lane Code. As noted in Finding 1 above, there are 5 separate elements to this proposal. Item number 1 is a Metro Plan Amendment and the other four items are amendments to Lane County RCP. The Metro Plan component will require a joint recommendation and the other four items related to the RCP will require the sole recommendation of the LCPC. This is because once the Metro Plan boundary is adjusted to Springfield’s Urban Growth Boundary, the geographic area will be subject to Lane County’s RCP within the sole planning jurisdiction the Lane County. Therefore, only the item related to the Metro Plan will be evaluated with findings in these Code sections below. (Findings of consistency concerning the RCP components can be found in LC Ch. 16.400 section elsewhere in this application). Lane Code Ch. 12.210 Initiation of Plan Amendments. (1) Who Can Initiate Metro Plan Amendments. An amendment to the Metro Plan can be initiated by the following persons or entities: (a) Type I Non-Site Specific Text Amendments, UGB/ Plan Boundary Changes or Other Goal Exceptions: Any of the three governing bodies. (i) The Board of Commissioners may solicit a recommendation from the planning commission before initiating this category of amendment. (ii) A citizen may seek council initiation of a Metro Plan Type I amendment by filing a written request with the County. A staff report on the request shall be submitted to the Board of Commissioners within 30 days of receipt of the request. At the direction of two Board members, the request shall be placed on the Board agenda for discussion. The request shall be considered denied if the Board takes no action within 60 days of the date the staff report is submitted to the Board. The Board need not hold a public hearing on a private Type I amendment request and may deny the request for any reason. A citizen seeking Board initiation of a site specific Metro Plan Type I amendment must own the property subject to the amendment. Page 9 of 24