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C. ORS 197.732 —Goal Exceptions The requirements established by ORS 197.732 for goal exceptions, as well as the identical requirements of Goal 2, Part II and OAR 660 Divisions 4 and 14, are addressed in Section IX of these findings. D. ORS 197.763 —Quasi-Judicial Land Use Hearing Procedures The county provided mailed notice of the application to all owners of record within 750 feet of the subject property more than ten days prior to the first evidentiary hearing on the application, as required by ORS 197.763(2)-(3). More than ten days prior to the hearing before the Planning Commission, the county provided notice to all owners of record within 750 feet of the subject property and to all interested parties identified during the initial evidentiary hearing. The county held evidentiary hearings on the application before the Planning Commission on October 16, 2007 and December 18, 2007, and before the Board of Commissioners on June 18, 2008. During the course of the proceedings, all documents and evidence submitted to the county by the applicant and other parties were available to the public for review at the County Planning Department offices, as required by ORS 197.763(4)(a). All county staff reports were available at least seven days prior to the hearing for which they were prepared, as required by ORS 197.763(4)(b). The Planning Commission held the record open after the close of the hearings to allow parties the opportunity to provide new evidence and respond to new evidence, as provided by ORS 197.763(6). VIII. STATEWIDE PLANNING GOALS The Board finds that the requested amendments are consistent with all of the applicable Statewide Planning Goals, as addressed below. A. Goal 1 - Citizen Involvement Goal 1 requires local government to develop a citizen involvement program to ensure the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process. Because Goal 1 establishes a requirement for local government to develop a program, it is not directly applicable to this decision. However, the county's citizen involvement plan has been adopted by the county and acknowledged by the Land Conservation and Development Commission. The hearings and county evaluation process for this case has been governed by that acknowledged program. For this particular request, multiple public hearings have been held by the county. The Board finds that Goal 1 has been met generally by the county and specifically in this instance. B. Goal 2 - Land Use Planning Part I of Goal 2 requires the establishment of the land use planning and policy framework as a basis for all decisions and actions. Part II of Goal 2 relates to the exception process that must be followed when an applicant or local jurisdiction requests an exception to a Statewide Planning Goal. The first part of Goal 2 has been met by acknowledgement of the county's comprehensive plan by LCDC. With respect to Part II, findings regarding the applicable exception criteria are set forth in Section IX below. C. Goal 3 —Agricultural Lands Goal 3 relates to the preservation of agricultural lands. The application requests detailed plan approval of a rural subdivision on lands that are within Rural Residential and Public plan map designations with a Limited Use overlay zone. A conceptual plan approval was granted for this subdivision in 1982, and therefore, the Board finds that Goal 3 has been met. -5-