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Chapter I Introduction Background The 2003 Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) is the third first update of the 1990 Plan. The 1990 Plan, adopted in 1972, provided that a major update of the comprehensive plm~ General Plan should be initiated every five years. This reflects the fact that comprehensive plans a general pl~ must be adaptable to the changing needs and circumstances of the community if.fl~ey ~-is are to retain fl~eir 4~-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. Purpose The Metro Plan is the official long-range comprehensive general plan (public policy document) of metropolitan Lane County and the cities of Eugene and Springfield. Its policies and land use designations apply only within the area under the jurisdiction of the Metro Plan as described in Chapter II-D. ,-4he Plan Botm~.''~t,~l~tro Plcmq:Xa~,r4u-~ mai.) in Chaptcq:4-I-). The Metro Plan 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 Plan is intended to designate a sufficient amount of urbanizable land to accommodate the need for further urban expansion, taking into account the growth policy of the area to accommodate a population of 286,000~=9-3-,700:within the UGB by the year 2015.l The Metro Plan also identifies the major public facilities required to meet the land use needs designated within the UGB. More specifically, the Metro Plan provides the overall framework for the following planning functions. The Metro Plan: 1. 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 Area, a census tract area much larger than the UGB. The projection was used as the basis for deriving the population figure of 286.000 for the UGB ~br the year 2015 for the residential lands analysis performed in the 1999 Residential Lands and Housing Study. I-1