7 <br /> <br />not amend a code provision adopted in order to protect a significant Goal 5 resource or to address <br />specific requirements of Goal 5, do not allow new uses that could be conflicting uses with a significant <br />Goal 5 resource site, and do not amend the acknowledged urban growth boundary. For these reasons, <br />the amendments are consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 5. <br />Additionally, the Metro Plan amendments are consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 5 because the <br />Neighborhood Plan includes goals and policies that are intended to conserve open space and protect <br />natural and historic resources, including: Goal 7, “Maintain and create natural areas which are healthy, <br />thriving spaces that provide habitat for native species and function as natural infrastructure;” and Policy <br />7.4 “Public Natural Areas: Create new and enhance existing natural areas, including within the <br />Willamette River Greenway, that are accessible to all residents.” <br /> <br />Statewide Planning Goal 6 - Air, Water and Land Resources Quality. To maintain and improve the <br />quality of the air, water and land resources of the state. <br />Goal 6 addresses waste and process discharges from development, and is aimed at protecting air, water <br />and land from impacts from those discharges. The Metro Plan amendments will repeal the 1987 River <br />Road-Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan, which to a large extent focuses on sanitary sewer service. In the <br />1980’s, after a groundwater pollution problem became apparent in the River Road Santa Clara area, the <br />City accepted responsibility for providing sewer service to River Road and Santa Clara to address the <br />health hazard and remedy the situation. The implementation piece of the Urban Facilities Plan related to <br />providing sewers to the River Road-Santa Clara area has been executed and repealing the Urban <br />Facilities Plan will have no impact on the provision of wastewater service. The City of Eugene’s 2020 <br />Wastewater Master Plan states that, “With the exception of the eastern fringe, and some limited in-fill, <br />the properties in the River Road and Santa Clara basins are fully served.” The Wastewater Master Plan <br />also notes that much of the wastewater lines in the River Road and Santa Clara basins have been built <br />since the 1980’s and 1990’s, “The River Road basin includes nine sub-basins, all south of the Beltline <br />Highway between the Willamette River and Northwest Expressway. With the exception of the West <br />Bank interceptor built in 1951, the 48 miles of wastewater lines in this basin were built since 1971. Of <br />those 48 miles, 37 miles were built since 1990. The Santa Clara basin includes 10 sub-basins, all north of <br />Beltline and east of Northwest Expressway. The majority of the 82-mile system has been built since <br />1980.” <br />Similarly, these amendments will remove Chapter II Section F from the Metro Plan. The policies in <br />Chapter II Section F of the Metro Plan also focused on the provision of a wastewater system and <br />implementing the Urban Facilities Plan. These policies have been addressed since adoption of the Urban <br />Facilities Plan and removing them from the Metro Plan will have no impact on the provision of <br />wastewater service and therefore do not negatively affect the quality of the water resources of the <br />state. <br />These Metro Plan amendments do not affect other existing regulations or adopted plan provisions for <br />protection of air, water, and land resources. Therefore, the amendments are consistent with Statewide <br />Planning Goal 6. <br />