Attachment B <br />Exhibit B <br />adopted by either the Eugene City Council or the Lane County Board of Commissioners. As such, these <br />findings need not and do not address compliance of the Action Plan with land use approval criteria. <br />In 1980, the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) concluded that a public health hazard <br />existed for people using the River -Road Santa Clara aquifer, resulting from ground water contamination <br />from individual septic tank disposal systems. As part of the acknowledgment process for the 1982 Metro <br />Plan, the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission provided direction that an urban <br />services plan be developed for both River Road and Santa Clara and that City of Eugene provide those <br />services. This direction was memorialized in the text of the 1982 Metro Plan. After the 1987 River Road - <br />Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan was adopted, the River Road -Santa Clara specific text in the Metro Plan <br />was revised in 1987 to reflect adoption of the Urban Facilities Plan, and moved into Chapter II Section F <br />of the Metro Plan, "River Road and Santa Clara Goals, Findings, Objectives, and Policies," with the <br />intention that the policies would lead to the delivery of urban services to the River Road and Santa Clara <br />areas, most specifically wastewater service. The 1987 Urban Facilities Plan policies address the <br />extension of wastewater service to the River Road -Santa Clara area in order to address the groundwater <br />pollution problem. Policies were also added to Chapter II Section F of the Metro Plan that addressed <br />extension of wastewater service to the area. Since the 1987 Urban Facilities Plan and the Chapter II <br />Section F Metro Plan policies were adopted, additional planning tools have been made available for <br />planning for wastewater and other urban services; for example, Eugene's Wastewater Master Plan, the <br />City's Capital Improvement Program, and the regional Public Facilities and Services Plan. Consistent with <br />the policy direction contained in the 1987 Urban Facilities Plan and Chapter II Section F of the Metro <br />Plan, wastewater has been extended throughout the River Road -Santa Clara area. As a result, the <br />properties in the River Road and Santa Clara basins are fully served with wastewater service, with the <br />exception of the eastern fringe, and some limited in -fill. For these reasons, the policies in Chapter II <br />Section F from the Metro Plan are no longer necessary and are proposed for removal. <br />Additionally, a set of proposed amendments to the City of Eugene's Land Use Code which would apply <br />within portions of the River Road and Santa Clara areas that are within the city limits are also included in <br />the proposed adoption package. The Code Amendments only apply within the City of Eugene and <br />therefore will only be adopted by the City of Eugene. The proposed code amendments are not <br />addressed in these findings. The Eugene City Council will adopt a separate ordinance and a separate set <br />of findings in order to approve the proposed code amendments. These findings only address the Metro <br />Plan Amendments that must be adopted by both the Eugene City Council and the Lane County Board of <br />Commissioners. <br />Metro Plan Amendment Criteria <br />City of Eugene Criteria <br />EC 9.7735 Metro Plan Amendments — Criteria for Approval. <br />(1) The proposed amendment is consistent with the relevant Statewide Planning Goals; and <br />(2) The proposed amendment does not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent; and <br />(3) When the city -specific local comprehensive plan also applies, the proposed amendment is <br />consistent with the city -specific local comprehensive plan. <br />{00460822;1} 2 <br />CC Agenda Page 49 March 12, 2024 JEO Public Hearing- Item 1 <br />