Item 1: Metro Plan Boundary Adjustment - Springfield

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Exhibit E Lane Code Ch. 12.235 Metro Plan - Plan Amendment Approval Process - Two Jurisdictions. (1) When the Two Jurisdictions Process is Used. The following process shall be used to approve Metro Plan amendments when an amendment concerns land located outside of the corporate limits of one of the cities and the other city has chosen not to participate in the approval process. (2) Investigation and Report. Within 30 days after a response is received from both referral jurisdictions or within 50 days after the Metro Plan amendment initiation date if no response is received, the planning staff of the home jurisdiction where the proposed Metro Plan amendment was submitted shall investigate the facts bearing on the application, prepare a report, and submit it to the Planning Commission. The report shall be mailed or delivered to affected and interested parties at the time it is delivered to the Commission. (3) Planning Commission Consideration. Within 30 days after receipt of the staff report, the Planning Commissions of both affected jurisdictions shall hold a joint public hearing to consider the proposed Metro Plan amendment. The provisions of LC 12.230 above apply to the joint Planning Commission hearing and decision on a proposed Metro Plan amendment. Within 30 days after the joint public hearing and close of the evidentiary record, both Planning Commissions shall make a recommendation to their governing bodies on the proposed Metro Plan amendment. (4) Governing Body Action. Within 30 days after the date the last Planning Commission acts on the Metro Plan amendment, the governing bodies of both affected jurisdictions shall hold a joint public hearing on the proposed amendment. The governing bodies’ decisions shall be based on the evidentiary record created before the Planning Commissions. No new evidence shall be allowed at the governing body joint hearing. Within 30 days after the joint public hearing, both governing bodies shall approve, modify and approve, or deny the proposed Metro Plan amendment. Both governing bodies shall take action by ordinance with adopted findings and conclusions on whether the proposal or modified proposal meets the approval criteria. The actions of the governing bodies are final if they are identical. The date the last governing body acts shall be the date the decision becomes final. (5) Conflict Resolution Process. The following process shall be used when the governing bodies do not enact identical decisions on the proposed Metro Plan amendment. (a) The Metro Plan amendment shall be referred to the Metropolitan Policy Committee within five days after the last governing body action. The Metropolitan Policy Committee shall meet within 30 days of the referral to hear comments on the proposed amendment from the applicant, staff of the affected jurisdictions and interested persons. The committee may develop a recommendation to the governing bodies on the proposed amendment. The Metro Plan amendment shall be denied if the committee fails to act within 30 days of the referral date or if the governing bodies fail to adopt identical plan amendment actions within 45 days of receiving a recommendation from the committee. (b) If the plan amendment is denied because of lack of consensus or committee inaction, within 5 days the planning director of the home jurisdiction where the application originated shall issue a denial decision on the amendment containing findings and conclusions on why the proposed amendment does not meet the approval criteria. Those findings and conclusions may incorporate findings and conclusions previously adopted by one or both of the governing bodies. The decision of the director is final. Page 13 of 24