Attachment 1 <br />development within the Greenway, consistent with the "clear and objective" requirements of ORS 197.307, and <br />consistent with the requirements of Goal 15. The Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments will only <br />impact the portion of lands within the adopted Willamette River Greenway Boundary that are within Eugene's <br />jurisdiction; however, the Metro Plan provides helpful context for the regional policy framework and <br />understanding how Goal 15 requirements are implemented locally. A brief discussion of Eugene's legislative <br />history relating to Goal 15 and the Metro Plan is therefore provided below. <br />The Willamette River Greenway, River Corridors, and Waterways Element (Element D) is one of eleven specific <br />elements within the Metro Plan. The introductory text of Element D notes that the jurisdictional area of the <br />Metro Plan (i.e. the area within the overall Metro Plan Boundary), including areas within the Willamette River <br />Greenway Boundary, was found to be in compliance with Goal 15 on September 12, 1982. The Greenway <br />Boundary has been digitized in the Lane County Regional Land Information Database (RLID) and is shown as an <br />overlay on the adopted Metro Plan land use diagram. In Eugene, the officially recognized Greenway Boundary is <br />the boundary adopted by Resolution No. 2592 in 1976. As noted previously, the proposed Willamette River <br />Greenway Code Amendments do not change or amend the City's adopted Willamette River Greenway Boundary. <br />Element D includes a general discussion about land ownership and public access which is relevant to the <br />Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments. Within Eugene, much of the land within the Greenway <br />Boundary is in public ownership as public parks such as Skinner's Butte Park and Alton Baker Park. The element <br />includes discussion related to park acquisitions, such as acquisition of the area of the Goodpasture Island gravel <br />ponds, which have further expanded opportunities for public access and enjoyment of the river. The element <br />also describes how Eugene cooperated with Springfield and Lane County in the development of a bicycle- <br />pedestrian trail system that extends along the Greenway from south of Springfield to north of Eugene and into <br />the River Road area. This system includes five bike bridges across the river. The element also notes that land <br />along the Greenway in private ownership includes a variety of uses, some of which appear to provide greater <br />opportunity than others for public access and enjoyment of the river. The element states that residential uses <br />along the Greenway have the potential to provide residents with access to the river, while certain commercial <br />uses, such as restaurants, can provide visual access. <br />The Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments do not rezone or re-designate any properties, nor do they <br />amend the text of the Metro Plan or the Metro Plan diagram. Due to the regional nature of the adopted <br />Greenway policies in the Metro Plan, and the limited scope of the Willamette River Greenway Code <br />Amendments in establishing clear and objective standards for the review of proposed housing within Eugene's <br />Willamette Greenway Boundary, only of few of the policies from Element D as listed below are specifically <br />relevant to the Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments: <br />Willamette River Greenway, River Corridors, and Waterways Element <br />D.1 Periodically, local governments shall review Greenway boundaries, uses, and potential <br />acquisition areas to ensure continued compliance with state and local Greenway goals. <br />The scope of the Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments is limited to the establishment of new clear and <br />objective standards for the review of proposed housing within the Greenway, as well as to add comparable <br />discretionary tree preservation standards for the review of Willamette Greenway Permits to maintain parity <br />between the City's two review tracks. These Code Amendments do not include any changes to the existing <br />adopted Willamette River Greenway boundary according to Resolution 2592 as discussed above, nor the <br />identification of any additional potential acquisition areas, or changes to allowed uses according to existing <br />zoning and plan designations. These amendments are however necessary to ensure continued compliance with <br />the requirements of Goal 15 and State law, consistent with Metro Plan Policy D.1. <br />Page 27 of 125 22 <br />