EXHIBITS Page 170 <br />3. Revisions to change or remove text that can no longer be applied due to a change in the law and <br />that could not (even arguably) raise a policy concern. This includes the deletion of text relating to <br />the now defunct Lane County Boundary Commission. <br />Metro Plan Diagram and Plan Boundary Amendments <br />Included in the proposed amendments is a minor but important update of the Metro Plan Diagram. The <br />Metro Plan Diagram is a graphic representation of the Metro Plan showing the Metro Plan Boundary, <br />the Urban Growth Boundary and the land uses planned for the metropolitan area. The passage of ORS <br />197.304 mandated the establishment of separate urban growth boundaries for Eugene and Springfield. <br />A Metro Plan Diagram amendment is proposed to show a "Metropolitan Urban Growth Boundary" that <br />encompasses both Eugene and Springfield with no division along Interstate 5 separating, separating the <br />urban and urbanizable lands in both cities from rural lands in Lane County. The Metro Plan Diagram will <br />show the adopted Springfield UGB and eventually the Eugene UGB. The Metropolitan UGB will continue <br />to exist until both Eugene and Springfield have adopted, and have in effect, their own separate UGBs. <br />The Metro Plan Boundary Map defines that area shown on the Metro Plan Diagram that includes <br />Springfield, Eugene, and unincorporated urban, urbanizable, rural, and agricultural lands exclusive of <br />areas encompassed in the Lane County Rural Comprehensive Plan. Those changes proposed for the <br />Metro Plan Diagram are also proposed for the Metro Plan Boundary Map. <br />Conclusion and Recommendation of Staff <br />This report includes findings demonstrating conformance with the criteria for approving Metro Plan <br />amendments found in Eugene Code 9.7730(3), Springfield Development Code Section 5.14-135(C) and <br />Lane Code Section 12.225(2) (a&b). These criteria state: <br />"1. The amendment shall be consistent with the relevant Statewide planning goals adopted by the <br />Land Conservation and Development Commission; and <br />Adoption of the amendment shall not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent." <br />Based on the findings of staff with respect to the approval criteria cited above, staff finds the proposed <br />text amendments to the Metro Plan to be consistent with these criteria and recommend approval of the <br />amendment. <br />II. Procedural Requirements <br />Procedural requirements for processing Metro Plan amendments are described in Metro Plan Chapter <br />IV. The amendment procedures found in Chapter IV are implemented through each jurisdiction's local <br />land use codes. Sections 9.7700 through 9.7750 of the Eugene Code, Sections 5.2-115, 5.4-135 and 5.4- <br />140 of the Springfield Development Code and Lane Code Sections 12.220 through 12.225 and 12.240 <br />contain the amendment procedures and policies found in Chapter IV of the Metro Plan. <br />In November 2013, Metro Plan Chapter IV was amended in response to ORS 197.304. The changes to <br />the local land use codes which implement Chapter IV are being processed concurrently with the Metro <br />Metro Plan Enabling Amendments-Staff Findings <br />October 23, 2014 <br />Page 2 <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 733 <br />