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( Exhibit IIAII d.55tf ( June 1976 Resolut-ion No. WHEREAS, pUblic par>ticipation is the act of shaPing in -tl18 fOY1i1Ulation of policies and proposals which affect the lives of all citizens; and WHERE.4S, local govern71ent has a responsibility for encouraging pUblic par>- ticipation in the planning process, both for the betterment of local deeision-making and to satisfy requirements of state and federal planning programs; and rIffEREAS, par>ticipation needs to go beyond just the s7~ple role of commenting t~ard a process whieh involves the pub lie in an aetive role; and WHERE.4S, the city of Eugene recognizes that pUblic par>ticipation through neighborhood organizations ean produee benefits for the general health~ welfare~ an~ pride of the total eommunity: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the city of Eugene that: 1. the eity of Eugene eneourages the formation of neighborhood organizations and their involvement in the local government's decision-making processes; and 2. the city of Eugene adopts this Neighborhood Organization Recognition Policy in order to estahlish enteria for the reeognition of neighborhood organizations and define the relationship between the city and reeognized neighborhood organizations; and 3. sections 1 - 5 which comprise this Neighborhood Organization Reeognition Poliey are adopted as poliey statements and are to be used to aff~rm and govern the relationship between the eity and recognized neighborhoods as they partieipate in the deeision- making processes of the city; and 4. the provisions of the IWeighborhood Organization Policy for Citizen Planning Groups~" adopted by the City Couneil on August 28~ 1973:, are superseded by the provisions of this resolution. Section 1. Criteria for Recognition of Neighborhood Organizations a. At the time a neighborhood €Aa~tejQ governing document is submitted to the City Council for reeognition~ evidence SAa~t8 shall be submitted showing that the €Aa~te~ doeu'7lent was widely circulated within the neighborhood ~~te~ te tFie s~ase~HeAt a8eptt8~ Sf a eAa~te~ before adoption by the group. b. All meetings shall be well-publicized in advance. c. tRat The neighborhood organization ts shall be open to the total area and tAe diversity of interests present in the neighborhood. PartiCipation 5Ae~+s shall be open to any property o~vner or tenant within the neighborhood. Criteria regulating voting shall be determined by eaeh neighborhood group~ shall not exelude residents~