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Draft 9/29/14 G.Metro Plan Diagram The Metro PlanDiagram is a generalized map and graphic expression of the goals, objectives, and recommendations expressed found elsewhere in the applicable provisions of theMetro Plan and city-specific plans. Rather than an accurate representation of actual size and shape, the arrangement of existing and, to an even greater degree, projected land uses illustrated on the Metro Plan Diagram, is based on the various elements and principles embodied in the Metro Planand city-specific plans.Likewise, statements in this section that prescribe specific courses of action regarding the community’s future should be regarded as policies. Projections indicated a population of approximately 286,000 iswasexpected to reside in the metropolitan area around the year 2015. The allocation of living, working, and recreational areas and supporting public facilities that were shown on the Metro PlanDiagram when the 2004 Metro Plan Update was conducted in this section and on the Public Facilities Maps in Appendix A generally respondedto that metro-wide projection. After Springfield and Eugene have (pursuant to ORS 197.304 (2007)) establishedtheir separate city-specific UGBs and designated land supplies for theirnew 20-year planning horizons, the TheMetro PlanDiagram will be bifurcated. The area shown east of Interstate 5 will represents the land use needs and supporting facilities necessary to serve Springfield’s future population. The area shown west of Interstate 5 within the UGB will represent the land use needs and supporting facilities necessary to serve Eugene’s future population.a certain number of people rather than a point in time. The process used to allocate land uses in the Metro Plan Diagram, fully documented in the Technical Supplement, can be repeated for any population. Until both cities, with co-adoption by Lane County, have taken action to establish their independent UGBs and land supplies, the Metro Plan Diagram willserve different purposes for the two cities. 4 Finally, the Metro PlanDiagram is drawn at a metropolitan scale, necessitating supplementary planning on a local level. The original Metro Plan Diagram adopted in the 1982 Metro Plan and subsequently amended was not tax lot-specific, although exception areas were site specific, with exact designation boundaries shown in supporting working papers. The use of the Regional Land Information Database (RLID) data for long-range planning studies led to the decision to base the Metro PlanDiagram on RLID data, as described below. The Metro PlanDiagram and text provide the overall framework within which more detailed planning occurs on the local level. When local plans include densities or land use allocations significant on a metropolitan scale, their adoption requires analysis of metropolitan implications, followed by amendments to the Metro Plan, when necessary. Standards for identifying factors of metropolitan significance need to be defined and agreed to by Springfield, Lane County, and Eugene. In practice, the Metro Plan amendment process described in Chapter IVof referrals between the three bodieswill also determine ensure that issues of metropolitan significance are addressed cooperatively by all three jurisdictionson a case-by-case basis. 4 As part of theadoption of the City of Springfield’s city-specific UGB (through Springfield Ordinance No. 6268 and Lane County Ordinance No. PA1274in 2011, the Metro Plan Diagram was amended so that the area west of Interstate 5 is no longer included in Springfield’s UGB. II-G-1