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Draft 9/29/14 Chapter I Introduction Background The 2004 Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan(Metro Plan) is the third update of the 1990 Plan. The 1990 Plan, adopted in 1972, provided that a major update of the comprehensive plan should be initiated every five years. This reflects the fact that comprehensive plans must be adaptable to the changing needs and circumstances of the community if they are to retain their validity and usefulness. Therefore, this Metro Plan is not an entirely new product, but rather has evolved from and reflects needed changes to the original 1990 Plan. The Metro Plan was acknowledged by the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) in 1982 for the area inside the urban growth boundary (UGB). The remaining area was acknowledged in September 1985. The Metro Plan was updated in 1987 and in 2004 through periodic review. As explained in the Preface and below, the Metro Plan will continue to evolve. Purpose The Metro Planwas created to isserve asthe sole official long-range comprehensive plan (public policy document) of metropolitan Lane County and the cities of Eugene and Springfield. As Eugene and Springfield carry out their obligations under ORS 197.304, including the establishment of separate UGBs and land supplies for their individual populations, more comprehensive planning istaking place on a city-specific basis, through city-specific plans adopted by each jurisdiction. Its policies and land use designations apply only within the area under the jurisdiction of the Metro Plan as described in Chapter II-D. The Metro Planwill continue to include some of the regional land use planning that is collaboratively addressed by Lane County, Eugene and Springfield. It will also refer its readers to jointly adopted functional land use plans and Eugene and Springfieldcity-specific comprehensive land use planning documents. sets forth general planning policies and land use allocations and serves as the basis for the coordinated development of programs concerning the use and conservation of physical resources, furtherance of assets, and development or redevelopment of the metropolitan area. The Metro Planiswas intended to designate a sufficient amount of urbanizable land to accommodate the need for further urban expansionwithin the shared metropolitan UGB, taking into account the growth policy of the area to accommodate a population of 286,000 within the metropolitan UGB by the year 2015.The Metro Planalso was intended to identifiesythe major 3 public facilities required to meet the land use needs designated within thethat metropolitanUGB. 3 The population projection range for the Residential Land Use and Housing Element in Chapter III-A is 291,700 to 311,100. The expected population for the year 2015 is 301,400. This projection is for the Metropolitan Study I-1 Replaced October 31, 2008