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the record indicate that several Lane County land use application documents and City of Eugene zone change application from 1988 all refer to an area of approximately 33 acres that were outside the Urban Growth Boundary. The current location of the Urban Growth Boundary shown on the GIS map leaves substantially less than 33 acres outside the UGB. Staff Analysis: There is clearly a conflict between the statement that 33 acres of the property were outside the UGB and the fact that the map shows only about 19 acres outside the UGB. Either the 33 acre figure is incorrect or the location of the UGB shown on the GIS map is incorrect. The source of the 33 acre figure referenced in the Lane County land use application documents is not clear. It is possible that the 33 acre figure was an error, and that the error was repeated in all subsequent documents associated with the Jeffries' application for approval to construct a golf course on the site. One map submitted for the City zone change (file Z 88-6) shows a different UGB location, a location that roughly follows the 100-year floodway. Staff conducted a brief GIS analysis of the area in question, and determined that if the UGB was drawn to follow the 100 year floodway across RiverRidge golf course, there would be almost exactly 33 acres of the site outside the UGB. Staff then consulted the 1987 Update to the Metropolitan Area General Plan, which contains broad descriptions of the location of the UGB and the basis for its location. In the location of RiverRidge Golf Course, the diagram indicates the following were used to determine the location of the UGB in this general area: protecting agricultural lands, the floodway fringe, protecting wetlands, protecting sand and gravel resources, and meeting housing goals. The 33 acres · that lie east of the 100 year floodplain (formerly called the floodway fringe) were, at the time of the rezoning application to the County, designated for Sand and Gravel. The former sand and gravel resource area and the location of the floodplain coincide with the 33 acre figure. Written testimony included assessor maps that have a dashed line that early Metro Diagram cartographers may have incorrectly followed instead of the floodway line. This information appears to indicate that the 33 acre figure cited in the 1998 documents was correct, and that the location of the UGB shown on the GIS map was incorrect. The land in question was not included in the residential buildable lands inventory. The UGB correction on the GIS map would not adversely affect this inventory. Recommendation: Staff recommends correcting the Urban Growth Boundary on the GIS Metro Plan Diagram so that it generally follows the 100 year flood plain through RiverRidge Golf Course, and following existing tax lot lines at the south end of the subject area as shown in Exhibit C. The change to the data layer and file is consistent with the current, adopted text of the Metro Plan and reflects the actual UGB location adopted as of record. Metro Plan Periodic Review Text and Diagram Amendments Staff Notes Page 25 of 28 City Council Agenda page 327