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Exhibit A: Findings E. C. 9.8065 Code Amendment Approval Criteria. If the city council elects to act, it may, by ordinance, adopt an amendment to this land use code that: (1) Is consistent with applicable statewide planning goals as adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission. (2) Is consistent with applicable provisions of the Metro Plan and applicable adopted refinement plans. (3) In the case of establishment of a special area zone, is consistent with EC 9.3020 Criteria for Establishment of an S Special Area Zone. Criteria (1) and (2) are discussed below. Criterion (3) is not applicable; no special area zone is being proposed. 1) Is consistent with applicable statewide planning goals as adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission. Goall - Citizen Involvement: To develop a citizen involvement program that insures the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process. The City has acknowledged provisions for citizen involvement that ensure the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process and set out requirements for such involvement. The action does not amend the citizen involvement program. The process for reviewing these amendments complies with Goal 1 since it complies with, and surpasses the requirements of, the citizen involvement provisions. The process to draft the code amendments has employed significant public involvement opportunities. The need for a comprehensive review of existing downtown zones emerged as part of the initial Downtown Visioning effort in 1999 and was included as an implementation strategy in the Downtown Plan, adopted in April, 2004. In May, 2004 staff introduced the topic of a review of Downtown Area Zoning at the Eugene Planning Commission. Since that time, Planning and Development staff met with the Eugene Planning Commission, the Eugene Redevelopment Advisory Committee, and City Council on multiple occasions, in addition to hosting public workshops. In July, 2006 City Council initiated the downtown code amendment process. Since that time, city staff held four additional Planning Commission meetings, a follow- up meeting with ERAC, and a well attended public workshop. The Planning Commission public hearing was duly noticed to the City of Springfield, Lane County, all neighborhood organizations, as well as community groups and individuals who have requested notice. In addition, notice was also published in the Register Guard. The City Council then held a duly noticed public hearing to consider approval, modification, or denial of the code amendments. These processes afford ample opportunity for citizen Exhibit A-I