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Susan Muir Kurt Yeiter May 30, 2006 Page 4 (h) Adoption of an average n~sidentia1 density standard; and (i) Rezoning or redesignation of nonresidential land. ORS 197.296(9). There are n,either adniinistrative rules nor court cases that clarify how any of these nine actions might be implemented. . If Eugene and Springfield agree, the measures described above could be adopted. as UGB~wide' regulations to accommodate growth. This could be accomplished through amendment of the Metro Plan by the two cities and would also require County approval or the UGB-wide approach could be accomplished by both jurisdictions adopting the same measures as part of their land use codes. . If, as the cities have done in the past, the two jurisdictions consider the <need' on a UGB- wide basis, but approach the supply issue in different ways, the City of Eugene could adopt the types of regulations listed above as a land use code amendment, adopted independently of Springfield or the County, so long as Eugene and Springfield's actions, taken together, provide sufficient supply within the UGB. Exceptions The Statewide Planning Goals include a process for taking exceptions to specific provisions in the Goals. Through the exceptions process, it may be possible for the City to gain back some of the flexibility that it would have had under the RPS program. With respect to accommodation of growth, for example, the City may adopt a plan that does not provide for enough of a certain type of 'needed housing' if the City can show that: (a) The needed housing type is being provided for elsewhere in the region in sufficient numbers to meet regional needs; (b) Sufficient buildable land has been allocated within the local jurisdiction for other types of housing which can meet the need for shelter at the particular price ranges and rent levels that would have been met by the excluded housing type; and (c) The decision to substitute other housing types for the excluded needed housing type furthers the policies and objectives of the local comprehensive plan, and has been coordinated. with other affected units of government. OAR 660-008-0035. Other exceptions are possible. We would be happy to discuss specific questions with respect to the applicability of the exceptions process.