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planning period. The Metro Plan will evolve from its pre- HB3337 content and structure in phases as the cities complete their remaining implementation obligations under the new law, based on the new forecasts. A demonstration of compliance with the state -wide goals for this amendment, if required at all, is primarily related to Goals 1 and 2 as the remaining goals either don't apply within UGBs (3 & 4) or don't apply here in the Willamette Valley (16 -19); the other goals are not affected by a population forecast alone, but can have applicability when subsequent actions that rely upon the forecast are proposed. In spite of the indirect nature of the relationship between the proposed amendment and the goals, an explanation was provided explaining why this action was not contrary to the 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. No amendments to acknowledged citizen involvement programs are proposed. The two cities and the county have acknowledged land use codes that are intended to serve as the principal implementing ordinances for the Metro Plan. Chapter 5 of the SDC, Metro Plan Amendments; Public Hearings, prescribes the manner in which a Type I Metro Plan amendment must be noticed. Citizen involvement for a Type I Metro Plan amendment not related to an urban growth boundary amendment requires: Notice to interested parties; notice to properties and property owners within 300 feet of the proposal if site - specific; notice to neighborhood associations; published notice in a newspaper of general circulation; and notice to the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) at least 45 days before the initial evidentiary hearing (planning commission). Notice of the joint planning commission hearing was mailed on August 21, 2009; notice was published in the Register -Guard on August 21, 2009; neighborhood associations were mailed notice on August 21, 2009; notice of the first evidentiary hearing was provided to DLCD on July 16, 2009; notice of this proposal and the joint planning commission hearing was sent to the cities of Florence, Dunes City, Veneta, Junction City, Coburg, Creswell, Lowell, West Fir, Oakridge, and Cottage Grove on August 17, 2009. Another letter was sent to these same cities on September 10, 2009 notifying the elected officials that the joint planning commissions of Eugene, Springfield and Lane County had conducted a public hearing on September 1, 2009 and that the results of that hearing was a unanim recommendation from the planning commissions supporting the Metro Plan text amendment as it appears on the first page of these findings under the heading Nature of the Application This same letter also included announcement of the joint elected officials hearing on the planning commission recommendation to be conducted on September 22, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. in the Library Meeting Room of Springfield City Hall. Requirements under Goal 1 are met by adherence to the citizen involvement processes required by the Metro Plan and implemented by the Springfield Development Code, Chapter 5, Section 5.14 -135, Eugene Code Section 9.7735, and Lane Code Sections 12.025 and 12.240. Goal 2 — Land Use Planning 0