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Exhibit A Findings in Support of the ordinance Amending the Eugene Code, Chapter 9 to Address Telecommunication Facilities. The City Council finds that the code amendment as described in the attached ordinance is consistent with adopted plans and Oregon's Statewide Planning Goals and Guidelines as follows. 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. The public notification process for the amendments to Chapter 9 of the Eugene Code to address telecommunication facilities exceeded the established requirements in the Eugene Code for public notification. An interested parties list consisting of approximately 180 people was compiled. This list included interested parties from the moratorium on telecommunication towers, the conditional use applications that were exempted from the moratorium, and others who contacted staff or testified at the various public hearings conducted on telecommunications related issues overthe pastsix months. The interested parties list received numerous mailings including preliminary concepts for the code amendments, the ordinance in draft form, a Planning Commission public hearing notice, notice of Planning Commission decision and a copy of the draft ordinance as recommended by the Commission, and notice of the City Council public hearing. Goal 2 ~ Land Use Planning To establish a land use planning process and policy framework as a basis of all decisions and action related to use of land and to assure an adequate factual base for such decisions and actions. This code amendment was processed consistent with the adopted amendment procedures in the Eugene Code Sections 9.1130 - 9.1136. Consistent with the amendment procedures, this amendment was processed through the Eugene Planning Commission. The Planning Commission conducted a study session on the proposed amendment and a public hearing before forwarding a unanimous recommendation to the Eugene City Council to approve the ordinance to amending the code to address telecommunication facilities. The Eugene City Council conducted a study session and a public hearing on the ordinance before taking action to approve the ordinance. Exhibit A to Ordinance 20078 - t