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Exhibit A Findings o£Consistency of Land Use Code Amendments with Criteria for Approval of Amendments to the Eugene Code The Fall 2002 Land Use Code amendments address many code sections and a w/de variety of regulations. Findings of consistency for ordinances 4 and 5 are provided below. The ordinance concemingamendmems to parking requirements primarily addresses parking standards for schools and shared off-street parldng. The ordinance concerning amendments to entertainment and recreation uses, parking area landscaping and other pro-visions primarily addresses errors, clarifies existing code provisions, and streamlines procedures. The Eugene City Council wilt apply the following criteria from EC 9.8065 to the proposed code amendment: (1) Is consistent with applicable statewide planning goals adopted by the Land Conservation and DeVelopment commission Goal 1 - Citizen ]nvolvement. To develop a citizen involvementprogram that insures the opportuniO, for citizens to be involved i-----n all phases of the planning process. The City has actcnowledged provisions for citizen involvement which insure the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process and set out requirements for such involvement. The action taken did not amend the citizen involvement program. The process fbr adopting these amendments complied w~th Goal 1 since it complied with, and s~mpassed the requ/rements of, the citizen involvement provisions. Specifically, on August 30~ 2002, the City provided wfiuen mailed notice of the October t, 2002, j oint Eugene and Lane County Planning Commission public hearing on the Fall 2002 Draft Land Use Code Amendments. The notice included information on the basis 1~br the draft amendments and applicable approval criteria. The notice was provided to the Lane County and City of Springfield Pt~nning DireCtOrs and to all neighborhood ~roups officially recognized by the city cc~unciL In addition, the notice was provided to the ~bllowing organizations revolved in local land use regulations: 1) (Professionals for Responsible UrbanDevelopment in Eugene*Springfield; 2) Eugene Area Charnber of Commerce; 3) Home Builders Association of Lane County; 4) Friends of Eugene; and 5) 1000 Friends of Oregon. Any party that had request notice of the draft code amenc~ments or that provided public testimony was also added to an "interested party" list and provided written mailed notice of the public hearing. Legal notice in the local newspaper was also provided in accordance w4th Lane County code amendment requirements. On October 1,2002~ Eugene and Lane County Planning Commissions held a joint public hearing on thedraft amendments. The Eugene Planning Commissionheld work sessions on October 7, October October 21~ October 28, November 18, and December 16, 2002 and tbrwarded recommendations Exhfbit A - I