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Public Hearings will be held on all changes to the Metro Plan text or diagram. On April 26, 2003, more than twenty days prior to the June 3, 2003 joint planning commission public hearing, 3,884 notices of the June 3 and June 17, 2003 public hearings were mailed to all property owners affected by the Metro Plan Diagram amendments, to all property owners outside the UGB and within the Metro Plan boundary, and to the Periodic Review Interested Parties Mailing List. The notice described the amendments in detail. A Periodic Review Newsletter was included with the notice and was sent to the interested parties list as well as affected property owners. A total of 5,500 newsletters were mailed. Notice of the Metro Plan amendments joint public hearings was published in the Register- Guard on May 4 and May 13 and in the Springfield News, April 30, 2003, at least twenty days prior to the public heatings. All of the materials related to these Metro Plan diagram amendments were posted on the web site www.lcog.om/metro and this web site was advertised in all notices and the newsletter. A wall map showing the Metro Plan diagram amendments was posted at the City of Eugene and City of Springfield planning offices. News releases were provided to the media on April 23 and May 6, 2003. A Public Workshop was held on the proposal on May 7, 2003. Notice of the workshop was provided in: the news releases; the April 30, 2003 and May 4, 2003 newspaper display ads; and the Periodic Review Newsletter which was distributed as described in the previous paragraph. About 37 people attended the May 7 workshop and several people provided oral or written comment. For the most part, staffresponded to questions posed by workshop participants. Fact sheets, flyers, reports, and other written materials were provided at the workshop and available ' before and during the public involvement process. All of the materials related to these Metro Plan text and diagram amendments were posted on the web site www.lcog, org/metro or via a link to the City of Eugene web site: www.ci.eugene.or.us/NRS/eugene.htm by April 30, 2003. This Metro Plan amendment proposal is subject to the public notification and hearing processes adopted by the City of Springfield in SDC 7.100, City of Eugene in EC 9.118 to 9.136, and Lane County in LC 12.240. The amendments were considered at joint public hearings before the Springfield, Eugene, and Lane County Planning Commissions on June 3 and June 17, 2003. Notice of the Planning Commissions public hearings was published in the Register-Guard on May 13, 2003. Written notice of the Joint Planning Commissions public heating was mailed to all affected property owners and interested parties. Following a recommendation from the planning commissions, the Springfield and Eugene City Councils and Lane County Board of Commissioners held a duly noticed, on the record, joint public heating to consider approval, modification, or denial of the amendments on February 10, 2004. The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) received drafts of the text and diagram amendments in compliance with Periodic Review requirements. Notice of the Metro Plan Diagram amendments was sent to DLCD on Exhibit D: Findings in Support of Adopting Ordinance fox the Eugene-Springfield Page 3 of 15 Metropolitan Plan (Metro Plan) Housekeeping Revisions, Metro Plan Chapter III-C, and the Metro Plan Diagram.