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There are no coastal, ocean, estuarine, or beach and dune resources related to the property or involved in the amendment. Therefore, these goals are not relevant and the amendments will not affect Metro Plan compliance with Goals 16 through 19. (b) Adoption of the amendment must not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent. The amendments are consistent with the Metro Plan diagram and text. Those Metro Plan policies that are arguably applicable are addressed below. 1. Metro Plan Housing Policy A-2 Residentially designated land within the UGB should be zoned consistent with the Metro Plan and applicable plans and policies; however, existing agricultural zoning may be continued within the area between the city limits and the UGB until re-zoned for urban use. The applicant proposes to re-designate approximately 16 acres of land. While this application does not include a re-zoning action, the applicant has stated the intention of ultimately re-zoning the property, consistent with the underlying designation. As discussed above, publicly owned land is generally not considered available for residential use; the subject area was not identified in the 1999 Residential Lands Study as available for residential use. Thus, the proposal to re-designate, and ultimately re-zone these lands for Government and Education use is consistent with Metro Plan Housing Policy A-2. 2. Metro Plan Housing Policy A-3 Provide an adequate supply of buildable residential land within the UGB for the 20 year planning period at the time of periodic review. Of the 29.7 acres affected by the amendment, all but .51 acres are in public ownership. Land in public ownership was not considered available for residential development in the 1999 Residential Lands Study, and was not factored into the inventory ofbuildable lands for that study. The proposed amendments would re-designate 14 acres of Low-Density Residential, 6.2 acres of Medium-Density Residential, and 9.5 acres of High-Density Residential land to Government and Education. The 1999 Residential Lands Study indicates that, for each of these categories, there is sufficient buildable residential land within the urban growth boundary to meet future housing needs for the 20 year planning period. Even if this shift were to be viewed as a reduction in the residential land supply, the region would still have an "adequate supply" of residential land. The Residential Lands Study indicates that for the High Density Residential category, there were 60 acres of land in excess of projected demand; for the Medium Density Residential category, there were 239 acres of land in excess of projected demand; and for the Low Density Residential category, there were 940 acres of land in excess of projected demand. City Council Agenda page 243