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A.5 Develop a monitoring system that measures land consumption, land values, housing type, size, and density. Reports should be made to the community on an annual basis. A.6 Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County shall encourage a community dialogue, when the annual monitoring report on land supply and housing development is made public, to address future Periodic Review requirements that relate to meeting the residential land supply needs of the metropolitan area. A.7 Endeavor to provide key urban services and facilities required to maintain a five-year supply of serviced, bnildable residential land. A.8 Require development to pay the cost, as determined by the local jurisdiction, of extending public services and infrastructure. The cities shall examine ways to provide subsidies or incentives for providing infrastructure that support affordable housing and/or higher density housing. Residential Densi .ty Findings 14. Housing costs are increasing more rapidly than household income. With rising land and housing costs, the market has been and will continue to look at density as a way to keep housing costs down. 15. Recently approved subdivisions are achieving lot sizes on flat land averaging 7,400 square feet in Eugene and 7,800 square feet in Springfield. Comparing the net density5 of all Eugene-Springfield metropolitan single family-detached units in 1986 and 1994 indicates that in 1986 the net density was 4.12 units per acre which equates to a 10,573 square foot lot while in 1994, the net density was 4.18 units per acre or a 10,410 square foot lot. These trends indicate that development in low-density is achieving assumed density expectations. 16. Although single-family detached lot sizes are decreasing, the Metro Plan targeted residential densities for all new development are not being achieved at this time. The Metro Plan assumes a net density of 8.57 units per acre (note: translation from 6 units per gross acre6) for new development over the planning period. For new dwelling units constructed during 1986 to 1994, the net density was 7.05 units per acre based on the Regional Land Information Database of Lane County (RLID). The estimated average overall residential net density for all residential development has climbed from 5.69 units per acre in 1986 to 5.81 units per acre in 1994. s Density (Net): The number of dwelling units per each acre of land, excluding areas devoted to dedicated streets, neighborhood parks sidewalks, and other public facilities. 6 Density (Gross): The number of dwelling units per each acre of land, including areas devoted to dedicated streets, neighborhood parks, sidewalks, and other public facilities. III-A-6