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Draft 9/29/14 Chapter II Fundamental Principles and Growth Management Policy Framework This chapter contains Fundamental Principles that reflect the overall themes of the MetroPlan. The chapter also contains: Metropolitan Goals; Growth Management Goals, Findings, and Policies; Eugene and Springfield Jurisdictional Responsibility; Urban and Urbanizable Land; River Road and Santa Clara Goals, Findings and Policies; and MetroPlanDiagram. As explained in the Metro PlanPreface and Chapter I, Eugene,Springfield and Lane County are taking incremental steps totransition from a single “metropolitan UGB” to two separate UGBs, “the Eugene UGB” and “the Springfield UGB.” The general references to “the UGB” within this Chapter II shall be interpreted as applying to any UGB within the Metro Plan area, unless the text specifically refers to the metropolitan UGB, the Springfield UGB or the Eugene UGB. When both the Springfield UGB and the Eugene UGB have been established, the metropolitan UGB will cease to exist. A.Fundamental Principles There are seven principles that are fundamental to the entire Metro Plan. They are implicitly included in the various individual Metro Plan components. These Fundamental Principles are: 1.The Metro Planis a long-range policy document providing the framework within which more detailed refinement plans are prepared. This concept is discussed in more detail in the Introduction (Chapter I). 2. To be meaningful, the Metro Planrequires cooperation by all general purpose, special district, and special function agencies in the community. This reflects its comprehensive nature encompassing physical land use, social, and economic implications for the metropolitan area. Examples where cooperation is essential include planning and implementation of a transportation system,and development of a metropolitan-wide energy plan, metropolitan-wide analysis and resolution of certain housing issues, and planning for areas outside the urban growth boundary (UGB) and within the Plan Boundary. 1 3.The Metro Plan and most of its elements are oriented to and require that urban development occur in a compact configuration within the metropolitan UGB. Elaboration of this principle is treated in the other sections of this chapter, and in the Public Facilities and Services Element in Chapter III. 1 Metro As a result of actions taken by all three jurisdictions in 2013, there are no lands outside the UGB within the Plan boundaryon the east side of Interstate 5. Lane County Ordinance No. PA 1281 (June , 2013); Springfield Ordinance No.6288 (March, 2013), Eugene Ordinance No.20511 (May, 2013). II-A-1