I confusing step of orienting the diagram itself to the top of the printed page as <br />2 north but orienting the north arrow to grid north, there would likely be <br />3 something in the legislative history to explain that odd choice. The basic <br />4 function of the north arrow on a map is to indicate the orientation of the <br />5 features depicted on the map relative to the north pole. The simpler <br />6 explanation for legislative silence regarding the north arrow, as LHVC argues, <br />7 is that both the diagram itself and the north arrow are oriented toward grid <br />8 north. LHVC cites the Schlieder testimony to explain that the use of grid north <br />9 on the 2004 Metro Plan map was purposeful. Schlieder explained: <br />10 "The Oregon State Plane Coordinate System's central meridian is <br />11 located in Central Oregon. * * * [W]ith increasing distance <br />12 eastward and westward from the meridian, lines actually pointing <br />13 to True North are subject to increasing rotation toward the <br />14 meridian at their northern end and no longer run straight up and <br />15 down on the projection. * * * In the Eugene area, which is located <br />16 approximately 125 miles west of the meridian, the rotation <br />17 imparted by the projection is right around 2 degrees (clockwise)." <br />18 Record 881. <br />19 LHVC also argues that the grid north orientation of the 2004 Metro Plan <br />20 diagram can be seen by looking at the north-south streets on the diagram. In <br />21 older versions of the Metro Plan diagram that orient north toward the top of the <br />22 printed page, the north-south streets appear to be parallel to the side borders. <br />23 By contrast, on the 2004 Metro Plan diagram, the north-south streets appear to <br />Page 17 <br />