Item 5: Ordinance Amending the Metro Plan Boundary (Springfield Side)

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EXHIBIT E and other organizations, and citizens generally to the end that maximum coordination of Plans may be secured. Finding7 As part of the public hearing consideration of this proposal the Planning Commissions shall consult and advise with others so that maximum coordination is secured prior to their recommendations to the BCC and City Councils. (iii) Whenever the Planning Commission is considering a Rural Comprehensive Plan component, or an amendment to such Plan component, it shall be referred to the planning agency of every city and county affected to inform them and solicit their comments. Finding& Even though this is a Lane County initiated Plan Amendment, it must be referred to and reviewed by all three governing bodies (pursuant to Metro Plan Chapter IV Policy 5(a)) of Lane County, Eugene, and Springfield because it in -part involves a Metro Plan Amendment. LMD Staff has coordinated with the city of Eugene and Springfield planning agencies /staff and they are able and willing to participate in this Amendment proposal. (iv) The provisions of this subsection are directory, not mandatory, and the failure to refer such Plan, or an amendment to such Plan, shall not in any manner affect its validity. Finding9 LMD Staff has referred this proposal to the appropriate planning agencies affected, as such this proposal has met the above criteria. Also, refer to Finding above. (d) Planning Commission Recommendation and Record. (i) Recommendation of the Planning Commission on a Rural Comprehensive Plan component, or an amendment to a Plan component, shall be by resolution of the Commission and carried by the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of its total voting members. Finding 10 : Again, this proposal is a both a RCP Amendment and a Metro Plan Amendment. Therefore, because this is a Joint Planning Commission public hearing as explained in other Findings, the Planning Commission's vote on each of their respective individual items in this proposal must be carried out by an affirmative quorum vote. (ii) The record made at the Planning Commission hearings on a Rural Comprehensive Plan component, or an amendment to such Plan component and all materials submitted to or gathered by the Planning Commission for its consideration, shall be forwarded to the Board along with the recommendation. Finding11 The Joint Planning Commission's recommendation will be forwarded by LMD staff to the BCC and City Councils for their consideration in additional public Page 4 of 31 Page 4 — Ordinance No. PA 1283