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

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EXHIBIT E Goal 2: Planning To establish a land use planning process and policy framework as a basis for all decisions and actions to use of land and to assure an adequate factual base for such decisions and actions. Finding61: This goal requires governmental agencies to adopt land use plans and implementation ordinances after public hearings are completed. Lane County has conformed to the goal through adoption of the Rural Comprehensive Plan and the implementing ordinances found in Lane Code Ch. 16. Lane County co- adopted the Metro Plan pursuant to Ordinance No. 883 which is a component of the RCP pursuant to LC 16.400(4)(a)(i). The County is required to provide the public opportunities to comment and participate during the review of this (and any) plan amendment proposal. The public hearing and notification process will be conducted pursuant to applicable provisions in Lane Code Ch. 14.300, LC Ch. 16. 400(6), LC Ch. 12, and Metro Plan Ch IV. Throughout this document staff has developed findings of consistency with a wide range of applicable criteria listed above. The proposal must meet any and all of the criteria in order to be implemented and adopted. Consistency with Goal 2 is derived through the public process along with the complete set of findings of consistency with all the criteria. Goal 3: Agricultural Lands To preserve and maintain agricultural lands. Finding62: This goal recognizes the importance of maintaining agricultural lands as those that are defined under the goal. In western Oregon, agricultural land consist of predominantly Class I through IV soils identified by the Soil Conservation Service and other lands suitable for farm use taking into consideration soil fertility, suitability for grazing, climatic conditions, existing and future availability of water for farm and irrigation purposes, existing land use patterns, technological and energy input required for accepted farm practices. Lands in other classes which are necessary to permit farm practices to be undertaken on adjacent or nearby lands, shall be included as agricultural land in any event. Agricultural lands shall be preserved and maintained for farm use, consistent with existing and future needs for agricultural products. There are many acres of agricultural lands within the Metro Plan area. This proposal is not affecting the amount, changing the amount of agricultural lands base, nor is it changing the uses allowed in the agricultural lands in Lane County. An item in this ordinance is simply changing like- for -like Plan designations: from Metro Plan "Agriculture" to Lane County Rural Comprehensive Plan "Agricultural" plan designations. Thus, lands previously governed under the Metro Plan will be governed under the RCP should this amendment obtain approval. Lane County completed Goal 3 requirements in its acknowledged RCP. Given the above finding, the application is consistent with Goal 3. Goal 4: Forest Lands Page 24 of 31 Page 24 — Ordinance No. PA