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Exhibit C Findings of Consistency With Criteria for Approval of Metro Plan Amendment The criteha for approval of a Metro Plan amendment are found in Chapter 9 of the Eugene Code at 9.7730(3): Chteria for Approval of Plan Amendment. The following chteria shall be applied by the city council in approving or denying a Metro Plan aruendment application: (a) (b) The amen~ent must be consistent with the relevant Statewide Planning Goals adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission; and Adoption of the amendment must not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent. (a) The amendment must be consistent with the relevant Statewide Planning Goals. Goal i - Citizen Involvement. To develop a citizen invotvement program that ensures the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process. The City has ackno~vledged provisions for citizen involvement that ensure the opportunity for citizens m be involved in all phases of the planning process and set out requirements for such involvement. The adoption oF these ordinances does not amend the citizen involvement program. The process for adopting them complied with Goal 1 since it complied with, and surPassed the requirements of, the citizen involvement provisions. The process for adopting a Goal 5 Inventory for the area within the Eugene Urban Growth Boundary has provided numerous opportunities for citizen involvement. A public involvement plan for the Goal 5 process was reviewed and approved by the Joint Planning Commission Committee [n May, 2000. In June 2000, two public workshops were held to provide an overview of the Goal 5 process for Springfield, Eugene and Lane County within the Metro Plan boundary. In April 2001, a public workshop has held to review the draft inventory and significance criteria for Springfield, Eugene and Lane County within the Metro Plan botmdary. On December 17, 2002, a public hearing was held before the Eugene Planning Commission on the Goal 5 inventory of riparian and-upland wildlife habitat sites within the urban growth boundary. All ovcners of affected and adjacent properties were notified, in addition to a large list of interested parties. The Eugene Planning Commission opened the pub lic record for additional w~tten comments from February 3~ 2003 to February 7, 2003 and fi.om March 17, 2003 to March 28, 2003. The Eugene Plarming and Development Department staffheld a public information meeting on May 21, 2003 on the status of the Goal 5 inventory. On June 9, 2003 a public hearing was held before the Eugene City Council. In addition to pubhc meetings and mailed notices, printed materials related to these proceedings were made available at Ptarming and Development Department ofl2ces and via the City's Internet site prior to each meeting. As described above, the opportunities that have been provided for citizen involvement are more