3 of 10 Exhibit A to Ordinance No. XXXXX <br />Findings of Consistency <br />Planning Goal 5 does not apply. <br /> <br />Goal 6 - Air, Water and land Resource Quality. To maintain and improve the quality of the <br />air, water and land resources of the state. <br /> <br />Goal 6 addresses waste and process discharges from development and is aimed at protecting air, <br />water and land from impacts from those discharges. This goal requires that local comprehensive <br />plans and implementing measures be consistent with state and federal regulations on matters such as <br />groundwater pollution. <br /> <br />The proposed amendments to Eugene’s Stormwater Development Standards are one component of <br />the larger Stormwater Program initiated following the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality <br />(DEQ)’s issuance of the City’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) <br />municipal stormwater permit. The City’s first-term NPDES Stormwater permit was issued in 1994 <br />and was subsequently re-issued in March 2004, December 2010 and September 2021. The permit <br />includes measures which, in total, fulfill the applicable Clean Water Act requirements for <br />municipalities over 100,000 in population. Each time the permit is reissued, unless receiving streams <br />are meeting water quality standards for their designated beneficial uses, the requirements are <br />modified to further improve water quality. <br /> <br />The City’s fourth-term NPDES Stormwater permit requires that the City update its post-construction <br />stormwater pollutant and runoff control program for new development and redevelopment projects <br />that create or replace 1,000 sq. ft. or more of impervious surface to prioritize on-site retention <br />(infiltration, followed by extended filtration) of stormwater runoff for improved stormwater runoff <br />volume reduction and pollutant removal. <br />The City’s current stormwater development standards require locating, designing, constructing, and <br />maintaining stormwater facilities applicable to the development of new and replaced impervious <br />surfaces to reduce pollutants before discharging runoff from the development site to the city’s <br />stormwater system. The proposed amendments will further reduce pollutants and mitigate the <br />volume, duration, time of concentration and rate of stormwater runoff to the City’s stormwater <br />system. <br /> <br />More specifically, the proposed amendments for stormwater management will implement a <br />hierarchy of on-site stormwater management techniques that emphasize and promote low impact <br />development and green infrastructure approaches which improve volume reduction and pollutant <br />removal. Low impact development and green infrastructure approaches emphasize practices that <br />seek to mimic a development site’s pre-development hydrology, thereby reducing negative effects of <br />stormwater runoff on downstream rivers, lakes, streams and wetlands. For the reasons stated above, <br />the amendments are consistent with Goal 6. <br /> <br />Goal 7 - Areas Subject to Natural Disasters and Hazards. To protect life and property from <br />natural disasters and hazards. <br /> <br />Goal 7 requires that local government planning programs include provisions to protect people and