v'rzcrizairt@- El" E}~`'rf`~{'mss and pFeeedtires that maxim. ~[i~'v°-Al- <br />fire r 5 <br />n-r...qrtupity f r_rnepaiingfi j r,et •t1LYi 111YVL 1YYAAxv~ ,IVAAt i AA p the n v iu.• Wanas yJ it~e~ <br />1~ YS~. W • <br />U <br />nlnMnivx.Y implementation 11YA,i`S_C <br />Objectives <br />Promote and strengthen communication and coordination among various citizens <br />organizations; business, industrial, and other groups in the community; and between these <br />groups and government.- <br />2. Insure adequate opportunities and provide adequate support for citizen involvement in <br />metropolitan planning and related issues. <br />Insure that the roles and responsibilities of the various citizen advisory committees <br />remain effective and responsive vehicles for citizen involvement. <br />4. Maintain a permanent citizens advisory committee to monitor the adequacy of citizen <br />involvement in metropolitan-wide planning processes. <br />Policies <br />K.I Maintain an ongoing citizen advisory committee to the governing bodies of Springfield, <br />Eugene, and Lane County to monitor the adequacy of citizen involvement in the update, <br />review, and amendments to the Metro Plan. <br />K.2 Maintain and adequately fund a variety of programs and procedures for encouraging and <br />providing opportunities for citizen involvement in metropolitan area planning issues. <br />Such programs should provide for widespread citizen involvement, effective <br />communication, access to technical information, and feedback mechanisms from <br />policymakers. These programs shall be coordinated with local citizen involvement <br />programs and shall be prepared on the metropolitan level by the JPCC, a committee <br />composed of two representatives from each of the three metropolitan planning <br />commissions. <br />K.3 Improve and maintain local mechanisms that provide the opportunity for residents and <br />property owners in existing residential areas to participate in the implementation of <br />policies in the Metro Plan that may affect the character of those areas. <br />K.4 Maintain an ongoing metropolitan region policy committee, known as the MPC, to <br />provide policy direction on major Metro Plan updates, Metro Plan amendments, and <br />special studies. MPC shall resolve land use issues and other disagreements at the elected <br />official level among the two cities and the county and fulfill other intergovernmental <br />functions as required by the three metropolitan governments. <br />III-K-3 <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 262 <br />