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ORDINANCE NO. 20290 AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE CHANGE OF STREET NAME OF CENTENNIAL BOULEVARD, LOCATED-WITHIN THE CITY OF EUGENE BETWEEN COBURG ROAD AND INTERSTATE 5~ TO MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. On Jarma~ 13, 2003, the City Council passed a motion by a unanknous vote to initiate the processing of a street name change application to change Centennial Boulevard to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. B. ORS 227.120 and Eugene Code (EC) Sections 9.8475 through 9.8490 set forth the procedures for considering a street name change, which includes a Type IV review process requiring the planning commission to hold a public hearing according to the quasi-judicial procedures of state law and those set out in EC 9.7065 through 9.7095, and to make a recommendation to the City Council to approve, approve with modifications, or deny the application. On March 21, 2003, notice of a public hearing to be held by the Eugene planning commission was mailed to property' owners and occupants within 300' of Centennial Boulevard, to the affected Eugene neighborhood association and to persons who requested notice. Notice was also posted and freestanding signs were installed pursuant to EC 9.7415. D. On April 22, 2003, the Eugene planning commission held a public hearing on the proposed street name change, and following the public hearing, the planning corrnnission unanhxaously recommended (6:0) that the City Council approve the proposed street name change. E. On May 11, 2003, notice of the Eugene City Council public hearing and proposed ordinance were published in the Register-Guard as required by Section 28 of the Eugene Charter of 2002. On May 16, 2003, notice of the Eugene City Council public hearing was mailed to all parties who submitted written or oral testimony and to parties who requested notice of the planning commission decision, pursuant to EC 9.7440. On May 21,2003, notice of the Eugene Cky Council public hearing was published in the Register-Guard, as required by EC 9.7440(3). On May 27, 2003, the Eugene City Council held a public hearing on the proposed street name change, and the Eugene City Council is now ready to take action. G. Evidence exists within the record and the findings attached hereto establishing that the proposal meets the requirements of Chapter 9 of the Eugene Code, 1971, and the requirements of applicable state and local law.