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with development plans due to lack of contiguity with City limits or the availability of urban services (which means they cannot annex). The alternative of allowing annexation agreements, along with enabling extension of sanitary sewer services outside the City limits, would be an efficient way to allow industrial development to proceed in the area, with a binding agreement to annex in the future when possible This policy question was posed to the Council in November of 2016, with a recommendation from the City Manager and unanimous approval by the Council of a motion directing the City Manager to schedule a public hearing to allow property in the ICCO area to develop either by annexing or, if non- contiguous, signing an irrevocable consent to annex. To that end, these legislative findings have been prepared in support of an ordinance which includes a land use code amendment and related provisions. The land use code amendment will create an exception to the requirements for Extra-Territorial Extension of Water or Sewer Service in Chapter 9 of the Eugene Code (see EC 9.8115-9.8121), which is a necessary component to enable development for some properties not already served with water and sewer facilities. Findings of Compliance with Applicable Approval Criteria Below are legislative findings addressing the land use code amendment, which is the only aspect of the ordinance subject to the approval criteria for code amendments at EC 9.8065 (listed below in bold, with findings addressing each). EC 9.8065(1): \[The amendment\] is consistent with applicable statewide planning goals as adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission. Goal 1 - 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 which ensure the opportunity for community members to be involved in all phases of the planning process and set out requirements for such involvement. The amendment does not amend the citizen involvement program. The process for adopting these amendments complies with Goal 1 because it is consistent with the citizen involvement provisions. A Notice of Proposed Amendment was filed with the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development on March 7, 2017. The formal public hearings on the proposal will be duly noticed to all neighborhood organizations, community groups and individuals who have requested notice, as well as to the City of Springfield and Lane County. In addition, notice of the public hearing was published in the Register Guard. Following action by the Eugene Planning Commission (to make a recommendation on the ordinance and code amendment), the Eugene City Council will hold a duly noticed public hearing to consider approval, modification, or denial of the proposal. These processes afford ample opportunity for citizen involvement consistent with Goal 1. Therefore, the code amendment is consistent with the requirements of Statewide Planning Goal 1. Findings - 2