EXHIBIT R Page 162 <br />Continue + Ctl ..deyele a r Mme programsand rrc~`edurn that mn e the <br />'v~va~ , maintain, n m <br />Tent in LIZC7 eenmnuni 's ~ng and <br />planning implementation preeesses eensistent with mandater-y statewide pla*ng standards. <br />Objectives <br />1. 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 />3. 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.1 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 />W el III-K-3 <br />L~~Yel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 481 <br />