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"3. Provide for at least an adequate supply of sites of suitable sizes, types, locations and service levels for a variety of industrial and commercial uses consistent with plan policies." The proposal is consistent with the Metro Plan's Economic Element policies as found in the evaluation of EC 9.8424(1)(b) and incorporated herein by reference. The amendment is, therefore, consistent with statewide planning Goal 9. Goal 10 - Housing: To provide for the housing needs of citizens of the state. The Metro Plan amendment to shift 1.38 acres of land from being designated Low- Density Residential to Commercial does not hinder the ability to provide for the housing needs of the community. The fact that the useable area of the site is limited to 9000 square feet, equivalent to a maximum of two residential lots at the current Eugene Code minimum lot size, demonstrates the limited potential of the site to contribute to serving the area's housing needs. As a result of the 1999 Residential Lands Study, the following finding was incorporated into the Metro Plan: "There is sufficient buildable residential land within the existing urban growth boundary to meet the future housing needs of the projected population. In fact, the 1992 residential buildable land supply exceeds the 1992-2015 residential land demand in all residential categories. Assuming land is consumed evenly over the period, by 1999, there will be at least a 20-year supply of residential land remaining inside the urban growth boundary." (See Metro Plan findings 4, Page III-A-2) Therefore, the amendment is consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 10. Goal 11 - Public Facilities and Services: Toplan and develop a timely, orderly and efficient arrangement of public facilities and services to serve as a framework for urban and rural development. Public Works Engineering staff have reviewed the proposal and have made the following evaluations: The southeasterly portion (approximately ½) of the subject site north of Moon Mountain Drive and west of Glenwood Drive is within Area "H" of the Storm Sewer Study, conducted by Poage Engineering, dated April 18, 2003, which reconfigured the sub-basin boundary between GL-60 and RA-80 in the 1990 OTAK study. With this reconfiguration, the southeasterly portion of the site is served by a stormwater system. The applicant has not, however, provided evidence that the northwesterly portion of the site can be served by a gravity -fed stormwater system. The wastewater system on Moon Mountain Drive is shallow (the depth of the flat- top manhole #16104 is 3.5 feet from rim to outlet). It is difficult to guarantee IV-61 Page 5 of 12: Proposed Findings for Laurel Hill Plan Amendment (RA 04-1)