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officials, the public was informed of all meetings and any opportunities for public com- ment. The elected bodies of Eugene, Springfield and Lane County and the Lane Transit Board conducted public hearings on September 29 and October 20, 1999 in which approxi- mately 685 people submitted testimony in the form of an oral presentation at one of the two public hearings, e-mail testimony, by letter or by petition. Following the.close of the record on October 29, 1999, TransPlan staff prepared a response to the public testimony, which was provided to the adopting officials and the general public. The TransPlan adopting officials re-opened the public record from January 25 to March 31, 2000 to allow the public to submit additional testimony. The public record was re- opened again from August 10 to October 6, 2000 to allow the opportunity to provide written testimony on the Alternative Plan Performance Measures. TransPlan adopting officials held an extensive number of work sessions to review and deliberate on the public comment and the revised TransPlan. Fifth-four individual work sessions were held through June 2001. In addition, the adopting officials conducted three joint work sessions to resolve any outstan~ing is~ues that resulted from the individual meetings. The adopting officials then forwarded the unresolved outstanding issues to the Metropolitan Policy Committee (MPC) for dispute resolution. All adopting officials re- ceived agendas and materials for all MPC meetings. The public was kept informed of the MPC meetings and opportunities for public comment. MPC formed two subcommittees to resolve the outstanding differences. One committee was assigned to resolve the outstanding issues and the other was directed to identify and recommend Alternative Plan Performance Measures to be forwarded to the Land Conser- vation and Development Commission. Both committees met several times prior to sending their recommendations to the full MPC. All issues approved by MPC were sent out to the adopting officials for concurrence by the four adopting agencies. The Department of Land Conservation and Development opened up their public comment period to allow residents of the Eugene-SPr4tgfield metropolitan area to comment di- rectly to the Land Conservation and De,;elopmeJ;lt . Commission on the Alternative Plan Performance Measures. On May 4,2001, the Land Conservation and Development Commission conducted a public hearing prior to approving the Alternative Plan Perform- ance Measures for the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area. Additional detail on the TransPlan update process is provided in TransPlan Appendix C. These processes afforded ~ple opportunity for citizen involvement consistent with Goal 1. Goal 2-Land Use Planning: To establish a land use planning process and policy framework as a basis for all decisions and actions related to use of land and to assure an ; , Exhibit C Findings in Support of the Adoption of TransPlan 6