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

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ORDINANCE NO. ATTACHMENT A AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE EUGENE - SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN (METRO PLAN) BY ADOPTING A NEW METRO PLAN BOUNDARY THAT IS COTERMINOUS WITH THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY EAST OF INTERSTATE 5; ADOPTING SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds as follows: A. Chapter IV of the Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) sets forth procedures for amendment of the Metro Plan, which for the City of Eugene are implemented by Chapter 9 of the Eugene Code, 1971. B. Lane County now requests certain amendments to the Metro Plan. C. On February 9, 2011, the Board of County Commissioners of Lane County directed the Land Management Division to initiate an amendment to the Metro Plan to modify the plan boundary east of Interstate 5 so that it is coterminous with the City of Springfield Urban Growth Boundary. D. The proposal was reviewed at a joint public hearing with the Lane County Planning Commission, the City of Springfield Planning Commission and the City of Eugene Planning Commission on July 19, 2011, and August 16, 2011. E. The proposal was also reviewed at a joint public hearing with elected officials of Lane County, the City of Springfield and the City of Eugene on March 13, 2012. F. On March 18, 2013, the City of Springfield adopted Ordinance No. 6288, which contains substantially identical provisions to those described in Sections 1 through 3 of this Ordinance. G. Evidence exists in the record indicating that the proposal meets the requirements of the Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan, the Eugene Code, and applicable state law. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1 . The Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) - official Plan Diagram Map, as depicted in Section II -G pages 17 and 18 of the Metro Plan and contained in Exhibit A to this Ordinance is hereby amended as shown on the Plan Diagram Map contained in Exhibit B attached and incorporated herein, to reflect a new Metro Plan boundary that is coterminous with the separate City of Springfield Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) east of Interstate 5 as established by city and county ordinances. Although the exhibits show Metro Ordinance - Page 1 of 2