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Conservation and Development Commission adopted citizen involvement as a mandatory statewide planning goal. Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County, in accordance with LCDC's Citizen Involvement Goal, have each appointed committees for citizen involvement whose responsibilities include developing, monitoring, and evaluating the citizen involvement programs in their respective jurisdictions and recommending programs and techniques which will increase citizen participation. For the purposes of future updates of the Metropolitan Plan, the three governing bodies designated JPCC as the citizens' committee for coordinating and soliciting citizen input on the update process. JPCC's functions also include the monitoring of the citizen involvement process regarding amendments to and the implementation of the Metropolitan Plan. Find,n,gs . 1. The Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area has a history of encouraging and recognizing citizen involvement as an essential element in its planning program. 2. Citizens' advisory committees have been established to provide the citizens' perspective on a variety of metropolitan-wide planning and related issues. 3 . Springfield, Lane County, and Eugene each use either their local planning commission or a committee for citizen involvement in monitoring citizen involvement in the planning process. There are also several citizen advisory committees involved with individual components of the process, such as housing and transportation planning. 4. JPCC has been designated as the citizen organization for developing and conducting a citizen involvement program for the Metropolitan Plan, including update processes. 5. The governing bodies have furthered their efforts at citizen involvement through the development and support of community neighborhood organizations, community surveys,r citizen involvement advisory committees, and various media techniques for citizen involvement and education. ordinance - Z