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The codes provide that when a Metro Plan amendment is enacted that requires an amendment to a refinement plan or functional plan diagram or map for consistency, the Metro Plan diagram amendment automatically amends the ref nement plan or functional plan diagram yr map if no amendment to the refinement plan or functional plan text is involved. 1n this instance, the Airport Master Plan Gn Airport Land Use Plan diagram will be automatically amended to extend the Air Cargo designation 9.1 acres to the south. The Air Cargo designation in the refinement plan is consistent with the Metro Plan designation of Government and Education because the property will be owned by a government entity the City of Eugene}. The Air Cargo designation provides a greater level of clarity about the intended government use of the site. The following discussion provides evidence from the record pertaining to Metro Plan .Amendment Criterion #1, consistency with Statewide Planning Goals. Goal 1, Citizen Involvement: To develop a citizen involvement program that insures the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process. This Metro Plan diagram amendment request is subject to the public notif cation and hearing processes adopted by all three Metropolitan jurisdictions. The amendment was considered at a public hearing before all three Planning Commissions and bodies of elected officials. Notice of the Planning Commission public hearing was published in the Register-Guard and Springfield News, written notice of the Planning Commission public hearing was mailed to the owners and occupants of properties within 500 feet of the property, to persons who requested notice, and to the neighborhood associations. Notice was provided to the owners of the airport as required by ORS 227.175. After receiving the recommendation from the Planning Commissions, the elected officials hold a duly noticed j oint public hearing on the record to consider approval, modification, or denial of the amendment. The process for Metro plan amendments was adopted and acknowledged in 1995. The process provides ample opportunity for citizen involvement consistent with Goal 1. Goal 2, Land Use Planning: ~'o establish a land use planning process and policy framework as a basis for all decision and actions related to use of land and to assure an adequate factual base for such decisions and actions. This request to amend the Metro Plan diagram is consistent with government-initiated Plan amendment provisions found in Section IV of the Metro Plan, as codif ed in the Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County Codes. 0n December 8,1997, this Metro Plan diagram amendment was initiated by the City of Eugene City Council. Provisions in the Eugene, Springf eld, and Lane County Codes specify the means by which the Metro Plan may be amended. This request, and the process for reviewing the requested amendment, follow the procedures outlined in these codes and conform with the established land use planning process consistent with Goal 2. Exhibit C, Findings - 3