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

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EXHIBIT E (c) Consideration of a privately initiated Metro Plan amendment shall be postponed if the proposed amendment is also part of an existing planned refinement plan or special area study adoption or amendment process or one that is scheduled on the Planning Commission's work program to begin within three months of the date the Metro Plan amendment application is submitted. Such a requested Metro Plan amendment shall be considered in the legislative proceedings on the refinement plan or special area study. If the refinement plan or special area study process has not begun within the three month period, the Metro Plan amendment application process shall begin immediately following the three month period. The Planning Director may waive a particular plan amendment application postponement under this subsection and require more immediate review if the Planning Director finds that either there is a public need for earlier consideration or that review of the proposed amendment as part of a general refinement plan or special area study adoption or amendment process will interfere with timely completion of that process. Finding36 This proposal is not a citizen initiated Metro Plan amendment, therefore this criteria is not applicable. Lane Code Ch. 12.215 Referral of Plan Amendment. All Metro Plan amendments affecting land outside the city limits of either city shall b e referred to the other city for consideration of Regional Impact. Lane County shall participate in the hearing and decision of all Metro Plan amendments outside the city limits. All Metro Plan amendments affecting land inside the city limits of one city shall be referred to the other city and Lane County so that they may participate as parties to the hearing. All referrals shall occur within 10 days of the plan amendment initiation date. Any referral that is provided for the purpose of determining Regional Impact shall be answered by the referral jurisdiction within 45 days of receipt of the referral. Failure of a jurisdiction to take action on the referral within 45 days from the date of referral shall be deemed a finding of no Regional Impact. If a referral jurisdiction adopts a resolution, ordinance, or order finding that the proposed amendment has a Regional Impact that referral jurisdiction may participate in the decision if they so choose. All jurisdictions participating in the plan amendment decision process must approve the amendment in order to enact the amendment. Finding37: This proposal was initiated by Lane County and is being referred to the two other participating cities; Eugene and Springfield. The proposal only involves land outside of the Urban Growth Boundary under the current plan document of the Metro Plan. The County has been coordinating with the both the City's Planning agencies upon initiation of this Amendment application. Both city planning jurisdictions have chosen to participate in this Metro Plan amendment. It is understood that all jurisdictions participating in the amendment process must approve the Metro Plan component in order to enact this amendment. Page 13 of 31 Page 13 — Ordinance No. PA