Item 1: Metro Plan Boundary Adjustment - Springfield

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Exhibit E (2) It has a demonstrable impact on the water, storm drainage, wastewater, or transportation facilities of the non-home city; or (3) It affects the buildable land inventory by significantly adding to Low Density Residential (LDR), Campus Industrial (CI), Light-Medium Industrial (LMI), or Heavy Industrial (HI) designations or significantly reducing the Medium Density Residential (MDR), High Density Residential (HDR), or Community Commercial (CC) designations. d. A jurisdiction may amend a designation without causing Metro Plan Regional Impact when this action is taken to: compensate for reductions in buildable land caused by protection of newly discovered natural resources within its own jurisdiction; or accommodate the contiguous expansion of an existing business with a site-specific requirement. e. Decisions on all Type II amendments within city limits shall be the sole responsibility of the home city. Finding 56:This amendment entails a Plan Boundary change that triggers one or more of the criteria identified in Policy 5. a., therefore, all three governing bodies are decision makers. 6. Public hearings by the governing bodies for amendments requiring Metro Plan participation from one or two jurisdictions shall be held within 120 days of the initiation date. amendments that require a final decision from all Metro Plan three governing bodies shall be concluded within 180 days of the initiation date. When more than one jurisdiction participates in the decision, the Planning Commissions of the participating jurisdictions shall conduct a joint public hearing and forward that record and their recommendations to their respective elected officials. The elected officials also shall conduct a joint public hearing prior to making a final decision. The time frames prescribed in connection with Type II amendment processes can be waived if the Metro Plan applicant agrees to the waiver. Finding 57: As this amendment requires a decision form all three jurisdictions, a public hearing must be held within 180 from the formal initiation date. The formal initiation date for this amendment is June 1, 2011. A public hearing for this amendment is scheduled for July 19, 2011, which is within the required time specified. This will be a joint hearing of the three Planning Commissions. The recommendation from the three Planning Commissions will be forwarded to the elected officials who shall also conduct a joint public hearing prior to making a final decision. 7. If all participating jurisdictions reach a consensus to approve a proposed amendment, substantively identical ordinances affecting the changes shall be adopted. Where there is a consensus to deny a proposed amendment, it may not be re-initiated, except by one of the three governing bodies, for one year. Amendments for which there is no consensus shall be referred to the Metropolitan Policy Committee (MPC) for additional study, conflict resolution, and recommendation back to the governing bodies. Page 18 of 24