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Public involvement continued during Phase III of the revision to TransPlan development process. Stakeholder participation continued in the evaluation of alternatives. Commu- nity workshops were conducted, focus groups were formed and their input was used in later plan development. A community survey on alternative strategies was circulated and the results were evaluated. Throughout the revision to TransPlan development process, a newsletter, Transportation News, was published and circulated among the public. A guidebook focusing on transportation growth issues was developed and circulated. Cop- ies of the proposed draft revised TransPlan, including modifications as they were devel- oped during the public involvement, were widely distributed. After extensive citizen involvement and the involvement of key stakeholders, including elected government officials, the Metropolitan Policy Commission and the JPCC, the re- vision to TransPlan development process moved to public hearings and work sessions of the Eugene, Springfield and Lane County planning commissions and the Lane County Roads Advisory Committee. These meetings started with April 1998 joint public hear- ings and continued with further public hearings by the Springfield and Eugene planning commissions. These hearings were followed by joint work sessions of the planning commissions and the roads advisory committee. Starting in October 1998, the planning commissions and the roads advisory committee held a combined total of 20 work sessions to fully review the proposed revisions to TransPlan. The JPCC involvement provided guidance and a forum for resolving the intergovern- mental planning project, which included revisions to TransPlan and related amendments to the Metro Plan text. The newsletters, public information sessions, literature distribu- tion and public hearings constituted a significant program of citizen information distribu- tion and citizen input gathering. After review and approval by the planning commissions, the proposed revisions to TransPlan and amendments to the Metro Plan were sent on to the governing bodies of Eugene, Springfield and Lane County. Conclusion: Based on the above findings and supporting material in the record, we find that the pro- posed revisions to TransPlan are consistent with the applicable Metro Plan policies. IV. FINDINGS THAT ADOPTION OF THE METRO PLAN AMENDMENTS WILL NOT MAKE THE METRO PLAN INTERNALLY INCONSISTENT. The Metro Plan text amendments adopting a revised transportation element and related changes are consistent with applicable Metro Plan policies and will not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent for the same reasons described in section III above. To pre- serve consistency within the Metro Plan upon adoption of the Metro Plan text amend- ments concerning the revised transportation element, other text amendments are neces- sary. These text amendments are consistent with the proposed amendments to the trans- Exhibit C Findings in Support of the Adoption of TransPlan 49