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EXHIBITA <br />Findings <br />LandUseCodeAmendmentsforMetroPlanAmendmentProcedures <br />CityFileCA142 <br />Overview <br />Thepurposeoftheselandusecodeamendmentsistoimplementtherecentlyadoptedpolicy <br />changestoChapterIVoftheMetroPlan(MetroPlanReview,Amendments,andRefinements) <br />regardingthereviewandapprovalprocessofMetroPlanamendments.Theamendmentsrevisethe <br />MetroPlanAmendmentProceduresintheversionoftheEugeneCodethatapplieswithintheEugene <br />citylimits,andinthecodethatappliesbetweentheEugenecitylimitsandtheurbangrowth <br />boundary(alsoreferredtoastheUrbanTransitionCode). <br />Findings <br />EugeneCodeSection9.8065requiresthatthefollowingapprovalcriteria(inbolditalics)beappliedto <br />acodeamendment: <br />(1)TheamendmentisconsistentwithapplicablestatewideplanninggoalsadoptedbytheLand <br />ConservationandDevelopmentCommission. <br />Goal1CitizenInvolvement.Todevelopacitizeninvolvementprogramthatinsurestheopportunity <br />forcitizenstobeinvolvedinallphasesoftheplanningprocess. <br />TheCityhasacknowledgedprovisionsforcitizeninvolvementwhichinsuretheopportunityfor <br />citizenstobeinvolvedinallphasesoftheplanningprocessandsetoutrequirementsforsuch <br />involvementprogram.Theprocessfor <br />involvement.Theamendmentsdonotamendthecitizen <br />adoptingtheseamendmentscompliedwithGoal1becauseitisconsistentwiththecitizen <br />involvementprovisions. <br />ANoticeofProposedAmendmentwasfiledwiththeOregonDepartmentofLandConservationand <br />DevelopmentonAugust30,2013.ApublichearingwasscheduledbeforetheJointPlanning <br />CommissionsofEugene,SpringfieldandLaneCountyonOctober23,2014.Apublichearingwas <br />scheduledbeforetheJointElectedOfficialsofEugene,SpringfieldandLaneCountyonNovember10, <br />2014.Consistentwithcoderequirements,theJointPlanningCommissionpublichearingonthe <br />proposalwasdulynoticedtoallneighborhoodorganizationsinEugene,communitygroupsand <br />individualswhohaverequestednotice.Inaddition,noticeofthepublichearingwasalsopublishedin <br />theRegisterGuard.Informationconcerningtheproposedamendmentsthedatesofthepublic <br />hearingswerepostedontheCityofEugenewebsites. <br />TheseprocessesaffordampleopportunityforcitizeninvolvementconsistentwithGoal1.Therefore, <br />theordinanceisconsistentwithStatewidePlanningGoal1. <br />Goal2LandUsePlanning.Toestablishalanduseplanningprocessandpolicyframeworkasabasis <br />foralldecisionsandactionsrelatedtouseoflandandtoassureanadequatefactualbasisforsuch <br />decisionsandactions. <br />Findings1 <br />