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I gln 8 4 1 � %W 9%W K. Citizen Involvement Element Active, ongoing and meaningful citizen i nvol vement i's an essential in to the development and implementation of any successful planning program, C i t i z e n s in the Eugene - Springfield metropolitan area have participated in, and articulated their concerns-on, planning ac- ti vities and decisions as individuals and through various private in- terest groups; community and neighborhood organizations, and citizen advisory committees. A c i t i z e n s ' adv -i sory committee was established for the 1990 Plan and was an integral part of that plan's development. The adopted 1990 Plan included a recommendation that a permanent "Citizens' Advisory Com- mittee" be-established. That recommendation was implemented by the three governing bodies when the Metropolitan Area Planning Advisory Committee was established. (MAPAC consists of 21 members, seven from each jurisdiction.) MAPAC's responsibilities have included monitoring that use and implementation of the General Plan, serving as the L -COG advisory committee on natural resources, and reviewing and commenting on planning issues of metropolitan-wide significance. In recent years, citizens' advisory committees have also been estab- lished to provide the c i t i z e n s ' perspective on a wide variety of spe- cific planning issues (e.g., 'Transportation, Greenway, Solid Waste Management) . This emphasis on citizen p a r t i c i p a t i o n has been recognized at the state level where the Land Conservation and Development Commission adopted c i ti zen involvement as a mandatory statewide planning goal. Eugene, Spr i ngf i.el d and Lane County, in accordance with LCDC' s Citizen Involve- ment goal., have each appointed commi tt-ees 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 par - tici pation. For the purposes of th.i s Metropolitan Area General Plan update, the three governing bodies designated MAPAC as the citizens' .committee for coordin and-soliciting citizen input on the update process. MAPAC' s functions included reviewing and evaluating the plan document, making recommendations on its various components, and developing and coordinating a citizen i nvol vement program for the update process. Findings 1. The Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area has a history of encour- aging and recognizing citizen i nvol vement as an essential element in its planning program. III --K -1