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Criterion A. STATEWIDE PLANNING GOAL CONSISTENCY: Based on the findings set forth below, the amendments are consistent with applicable Statewide Planning Goals and interpretive rules. 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. Eugene has an acknowledged citizen involvement program and acknowledged processes for securing citizen input on all proposed Metro Plan amendments. The City’s code provisions implement Statewide Planning Goal 1 by requiring that notice of the proposed amendment be given and public hearings be held prior to adoption. Consideration of the amendments will begin with a Planning Commission staff introduction, followed by a public hearing on May 5, 2009. Thus, notification of the proposed amendments and opportunities for public participation in these amendments were consistent with the acknowledged citizen involvement program. Notice of these two proposed amendments was given to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development on January 29, 2009. The DLCD notice was revised on March 4, 2009, to reflect a new hearing date. Notice of this public hearing was mailed on April 14, 2009, to all interested parties requesting such notice and owners of property located within 300 feet of the affected street segments, and posted on April 3, 2009, pursuant to Eugene Code 9.7735(3). Notice of this public hearing was published in the Register Guard newspaper on April 15, 2009. We find that the process for adopting these amendments complies with Statewide Planning Goal 1 since it complies with, and surpasses, the requirements of the State’s citizen involvement provisions. 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 the use of land and to assure an adequate factual base for such decisions and actions. The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) is the policy tool that provides a basis for decision-making in this area. The Metro Plan was acknowledged by the State in 1982 to be in compliance with statewide planning goals. TransPlanis a functional plan of the Metro Plan, which forms the basis for the Transportation Element of the Metro Plan and guides surface transportation improvements in the metropolitan area. TransPlanwas acknowledged by the State to be in compliance with statewide planning goals. These findings and the record show that there is an adequate factual base for City’s decision concerning the amendments. Goal 2 requires that plans be coordinated with the plans of affected governmental units and that opportunities be provided for review and comment by affected governmental units. The Goal 2 coordination requirement is met when the adopting governmental body engages in an exchange, or invites such an exchange, between the adopting body and any affected governmental unit and when the adopting body uses the information obtained in the exchange to balance the needs of the citizens. To comply with the Goal 2 coordination requirement, the City coordinated the review of these amendments with all affected governmental units. Specifically, notice was mailed to the Oregon Department of Transportation, Lane Council of Government, Downtown Eugene Inc./Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce, Lane County, City of Springfield, Eugene Neighborhood Liaison, and all Eugene neighborhood associations. 2