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Finding #29. The Metro Plan Residential Land Use and Housing Element addresses the housing needs of current and future residents of the metropolitan area. The Element includes a projection of housing need based on a coordinated population projection and polices (Metro Plan pg. III -A -7) aimed at meeting the calculated need. The proposed Chapter IV amendments will not reduce available housing capacity and will not impact needed housing. Lane County has adopted a coordinated population projection for the Eugene and Springfield through the year 2030. Projections of needed housing are based in part of this projection. Goal 10 requires that communities plan for and maintain an inventory of buildable residential land for needed housing units. The proposed amendments do not impact the supply or availability of residential lands included in the documented supply of "buildable land" that is available for residential development as inventoried in the acknowledged 1999 Residential Lands Study. Therefore, the amendments are consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 9. Goal 11— Public Facilities and Services. Goal 11 calls for efficient planning of public services such as sewers, water, law enforcement, and fire protection. Finding #30. The Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Public Services and Facilities Plan (PFSP) is a refinement plan of the Metro Plan that guides the provision of public infrastructure, including water, sewer, storm water management, and electricity. The proposed Chapter IV amendments do not affect either city's provision of public facilities and services. Goal 12 — Transportation. The goal aims to provide "a safe, convenient and economic transportation system." TransPlan (2002) is Eugene - Springfield's local Transportation System Plan and is a functional plan of the Metro Plan. TransPlan provides policies addressing transportation facilities and policies for the Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Area. The Transportation Planning Rule (OAR 660 - 012 -0060) contains the following requirement: (1) If an amendment to a functional plan, an acknowledged comprehensive plan, or a land use regulation (including a zoning map) would significantly affect an existing or planned transportation facility, then the local government must put in place measures as provided in section (2) of this rule, unless the amendment is allowed under section (3), (9) or (10) of this rule. A plan or land use regulation amendment significantly affects a transportation facility if it would: (a) Change the functional classification of an existing or planned transportation facility (exclusive of correction of map errors in an adopted plan), (b) Change standards implementing a functional classification system; or (c) Result in any of the effects listed in paragraphs (A) through (C) of this subsection based on projected conditions measured at the end of the planning period identified in the adopted TSP. As part of evaluating projected conditions, the amount of traffic projected to be generated within the area of the amendment may be reduced if the amendment includes an enforceable, ongoing requirement that would demonstrably limit traffic generation, including, but not limited to, transportation demand management. This reduction may diminish or completely eliminate the significant effect of the amendment. Metro Plan Chapter IV Amendments TYP411 -00001 Exhibit A October 15, 2013 Page 8