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comprehensive plan and refinement plan amendments in order to ensure consistency with those docurnents. The proposed amendments also address a "change in circumstances" not anticipated at the time the refinement plan was adopted by the Eugene City Council in 1982. Since adoption of that plan, more than 20 years ago, the University has grown substantially, resulting in numerous changes to the area. Those changes include construction of the Knight Law School, Museum of Natural History, Olum Child Care Center and Graduate Student Village, reconfiguration of the Bean parking lot, and removal of all of the 1940's era "vanport" buildings referenced in the Fairmount/UO SAS. The University has continued to acquire property in the area which, at the time the Fairmount/UO SAS was adopted, was in private or other public agency ownership. The University now owns 113 of the 122 tax lots located within the planning area. It should also be noted that the Fairmount/UO SAS states that the plan "...is a long range, comprehensive plan and, as such should be occasionally reviewed and updated" (page 6). The physical changes to the area, and change in ownership patterns constitute a change of circumstances that meets criterion (2)(e), above. Code Amendments Eugene Code Section 9.8065 requires that the following criteria (in bold and italic) be applied to a code amendment. (1) Is consistent with applicable statewide planning goals as adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission. Goals 1 through 9. Refer to findings for goals 1 through 9 related to Comprehensive Plan Diagram amendment criteria in EC 9.7730(3), above. Goal 10. The land affected by these amendments was not included in the area's documented supply of"buildable land" that is available for residential development. The methodology used to develop the acknowledged 1999 Residential Lands Study excluded vacant land owned by a public agency and not intended for residential development from consideration as "buildable land". Publicly owned land is generally not considered available for residential use. The State Board of Higher Education owns 113 of the 122 parcels located within the affected area. Nine parcels remain in private ownership. Of the nine privately-owned parcels, four parcels are in the area proposed for re-designation to another land use classification. The four parcels total .51 acres in size. Goal 10 requires that communities plan for and maintain an inventory of buildable residential land for needed housing units. The Metropolitan Area General Plan - Residential Land and Housing Element implements Goal 10 by providing background data and analysis, findings and policies related to the provision of residential lands inside the urban growth boundary. With the adoption of the 1999 Residential Lands Study, the following finding was incorporated into the Metro Plan: 14 City Council Agenda page 248