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EXHIBIT C The following preliminary findings address details of the proposal in the context of compliance with the applicable approval criteria at EC 9.7735 and EC 9.8865. Those criteria are provided below (in bolded text), including findings addressing compliance with each. METRO PLAN AMENDMENT requested Metro Plan Amendment proposes to change the land use designation of the subject property from Heavy Industrial to Light Medium Industrial. The amendment qualifies as a Type I amendment as it only involves a change to the land use diagram and no text amendments to the plan are proposed or required. The following findings address the applicable approval criteria for the Metro Plan Amendment: EC 9.7735 (1): The proposed amendment is consistent with the relevant Statewide Planning Goals. Goal 1: Citizen Involvement - To develop a citizen involvement program that ensures the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process. s for citizen involvement ensure the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process and set out requirements for such involvement. The proposal does not include any changes to citizen involvement program. use code implements Statewide Planning Goal 1 through its noticing requirements, which include: A pre-application neighborhood/applicant meeting (08/13/2020) Notice to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (12/22/2020) Referrals and notice sent to Lane County and the City of Springfield (01/06/2021) Public notice for the Planning Commission public hearing to consider the applications, which includes: mailing notice to interested parties and adjacent property owners (12/24/2020); posting of the notice on-site (01/08/2021); and, publishing the notice in a local newspaper (01/08/2021). Consideration of the amendment and zone change will begin with a Planning Commission public hearing on January 26, 2021, which provides an opportunity for members of the public to provide oral testimony in addition to written comments. Following consideration and deliberations, the Planning Commission will provide a recommendation to the City Council. The Eugene City Council will then hold a public hearing to consider the proposal. Each public hearing will present an opportunity for interested parties to provide testimony to the Planning Commission and City Council for their consideration. Based on these findings, the proposed Metro Plan Amendment is consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 1. Goal 2: Land Use Planning - To establish a land use planning process and policy framework as a basis for all decisions and actions related to use of land and to assure an adequate factual base for such decisions and actions. Findings Page 2 of 14 MA 20-3 / Z 20-10