EXHIBITS Page 180 <br />Springfield's city-specific residential land needs through 2030.4 In 2013, Springfield completed the draft <br />Economic Element for the Springfield Comprehensive Plan. The Economic Element identifies the goals, <br />objectives, policies, implementation actions and findings Springfield, in cooperation with Lane County <br />are developing to provide an adequate land supply for economic development and employment growth <br />in compliance with Statewide Planning Goal 9, Economic Development. <br />Finding #45. Metro Plan Chapter II contains growth management and urbanization sections (Sections <br />II-C and II-E). The proposed amendments update the Metro Plan with respect to annexations. These <br />include: <br />Section II-C, Policy 12 discusses annexation of land which is not contiguous to a city. The <br />existing Policy 12 sets criteria for the annexation of non-contiguous land. ORS 222.111 (1) <br />states that "the boundaries of any city may be extended by the annexation of territory that is <br />not within a city and that is contiguous to the city or separated from it only by a public right of <br />way or a stream, bay, lake or other body of water." State statutes do not allow for non- <br />contiguous annexation. Policy 12 is therefore being deleted and the numbering of the <br />remaining policies is amended to reflect that (pages II-C-5 through II-C-9). <br />• Section II-E deletes a reference to the Lane County Local Government Boundary Commission <br />which was abolished in 2007. The former Commission processed annexation requests. These <br />are now processed by the cities. <br />Finding #46. No other substantive changes were made to the policies in Chapter II Sections C and D. <br />The few changes which are proposed are related to the mandate from ORS 197.304 to replace the <br />shared metropolitan UGB with separate Eugene and Springfield UGBs. <br />Goal 15 - Willamette River Greenway. Goal 15 sets forth procedures for administering the 300 miles <br />of greenway that protects the Willamette River. <br />Finding #47. The Metro Plan Willamette River Greenway, River Corridors and Waterways Element <br />(Section III-D) includes policies for administering the Willamette River corridor as it passes through the <br />Eugene-Springfield area. The proposed amendments do not change these policies. <br />Goals 16 through 19 - Estuarine Resources, Coastal Shorelands, Beaches and Dunes, and Ocean <br />Resources. <br />Finding #48. There are no coastal, ocean, estuarine, or beach and dune resources within the Eugene or <br />Springfield Urban Growth Boundaries or the Metro Plan Boundary. These goals do not apply to this <br />proposal. <br />Conclusion: The proposed amendments to the Metro Plan are consistent with the statewide planning <br />goals adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission. <br />4 See the "Springfield 2030 Refinement Plan Residential Land Use and Housing Element" adopted by Springfield <br />Ordinance No. 6268 and Lane County Ordinance No. PA 1274. <br />Metro Plan Enabling Amendments-Staff Findings <br />October 23, 2014 <br />Page 12 <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 743 <br />