Attachment 1 <br />forwarding a copy of any application by certified mail - return receipt requested. Notice of action taken <br />by [the City] on an application shall be furnished to DOT. <br />The City Council finds that the Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments update Chapter 9 of the Eugene <br />Code to require compliance with paragraph G of Goal 15. Specifically, the Code Amendments require that a copy <br />of the Willamette Greenway Permit application and notice of initial public hearings on Willamette Greenway <br />Permit applications be mailed to both the Oregon Department of Transportation and the Oregon Parks and <br />Recreation Department. Additionally, the Code Amendments require that notice of action taken by the City on a <br />Willamette Greenway application be mailed to the Oregon Department of Transportation and the Oregon Parks <br />and Recreation Department. The City Council finds that the Willamette Greenway Code Amendments are <br />therefore consistent with paragraph G of Goal 15. <br />Based on the findings above, the City Council finds that all applicable requirements of Statewide Planning Goal <br />15 are met by the Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments. <br />Goal 16 through 19 (Estuarine Resources, Coastal Shorelands, Beaches and Dunes. and Ocean <br />Resources): <br />There are no coastal, ocean, estuarine, or beach and dune resources related to the lands affected by Willamette <br />River Greenway Code Amendments. Therefore, these goals are not relevant, and the Willamette River <br />Greenway Code Amendments will not affect compliance with Statewide Planning Goals 16 through 19. <br />EC 9.8065(2): [The amendments are] consistent with applicable provisions of the comprehensive plan <br />and applicable adopted refinement plans. <br />The following findings address relevant portions of the City's comprehensive plan, specifically including adopted <br />policies and relevant text from the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan), the <br />adopted and acknowledged regional comprehensive plan, the Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan (Envision <br />Eugene), the Eugene-specific adopted and acknowledged comprehensive plan, and applicable adopted <br />refinement plans including the Willakenzie Area Plan, Downtown RiverfrontSpecificArea Plan, and Riverfront <br />Park Study. The area within the Willamette River Greenway Boundary which is the subject of the Willamette <br />River Greenway Code also encompasses land within parts of other refinement plan areas including the River <br />Road-Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan and Whiteaker Plan. While these additional refinement plans do not <br />contain specific adopted policies relevant to the Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments, they are <br />nonetheless considered with additional findings below for context, and to ensure that all applicable refinement <br />plans have been addressed. There are no specific adopted policies from the Envision Eugene Comprehensive <br />Plan (Envision Eugene) that require additional findings under this criterion. <br />Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) <br />The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) functions as a component of the City's <br />overall comprehensive plan and addresses a variety of land use planning responsibilities that remain regional in <br />nature between Lane County, Springfield and Eugene. The Willamette River Greenway is one such element of <br />the Metro Plan that is regional in nature and provides general policy direction for all three jurisdictions, but <br />leaves the primary responsibility for local implementation of (and compliance with) Goal 15 requirements to <br />each local jurisdiction. The local implementation measures vary by jurisdiction, but all three generally include <br />codified Greenway compatibility review procedures, setback requirements and other required development <br />standards such as for public access to and along the river. <br />The primary purpose of the proposed Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments is to create a new set of <br />clear and objective approval criteria and standards that will be available to applicants proposing housing <br />Page 26 of 125 21 <br />