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• • EXHIBIT D Findings of Consistency Metro Plan Diagram Amendments Eugene Code Section 9.7730(3) requires that the following • criteria (in bold and italics) be applied to a Metro Plan diagram amendment: (a) The amendment must be consistent with the relevant Statewide Planning Goals adopted by the • Land Conservatlon.andDevelopment Commission;.and • • 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. The City has acknowledged provisions for citizen involvement that ensure the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process and set out requirements for such • involvement. The action does not amend the citizen involvement program. The process for reviewing these amendments complies with Goal 1 since it complies with, and surpasses the requirements of, the citizen involvement provisions. The City of Eugene land use implements Statewide Planning Goal 1 by requiring that notice of the proposed amendments be given and public hearings be held prior to adoption. Consideration of the amendments begins with a joint City of Eugene and Lane County Planning Commission public hearing on August 4, 2009. On June 19, 2009, the City mailed notice of the proposed plan amendments to the Department of Land Conservation and Development, as required by the Eugene Code and in accordance with State statutes. Referrals concerning the.pending applications were sent to the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), City of Springfield, Lane County, the • Cal Young Neighborhood Association and to City departments. On July 13, 2009, notice of the Planning Commission public hearing was mailed to the property owners and occupants of property within 500 feet of the subject property, Cal Young Neighborhood Association, interested parties who requested notice, and other community organizations requesting such notice, which is in excess of the requirements of the Eugene Code. On July 15, 2009, notice of the Planning Commission public hearing was published in the Register - Guard, in accordance with the Eugene Code. In addition to public meetings and mailed notices, printed materials related to these proceedings were made available at Planning and Development Department offices, and provided via the City's • internet site at www.eugeneplanning.org. • 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 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. These findings and record show that • there is an adequate factual base for decisions to be made concerning the proposed amendments. Findings of Consistency Page 1 •