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Eugene Ordinance Exhibit B [Lane County Ordinance Exhibit B] buildable lands for residential use, a local government shall demonstrate that its comprehensive plan or regional framework plan provides sufficient buildable lands within the urban growth boundary established pursuant to statewide planning goals to accommodate estimated housing needs for 20 years. The 20 -year period shall commence on the date initially scheduled for completion of the periodic or legislative review. The actions taken by this ordinance are the result of a legislative review of the location of Eugene's UGB, as required by the legislature's 2007 passage of HB 3337 (ORS 197.304). The detailed findings that follow demonstrate that the Eugene UGB provides sufficient buildable lands to accommodate estimated housing needs for the 20 -year period: 2012-2032. The legislative review of Eugene's UGB began in 2007/2008. At that time, the City scheduled completion of this legislative review for 2012. This was specified by the City in the initial DLCD notice of the amendment. The Notice to DLCD was sent in October, 2012. That notice specifically stated that the City initially scheduled final adoption for 2012. DLCD staff confirmed, at that time, that the notice had "locked in" 2012 as the commencement date. Correspondence with DLCD staff confirmed that 2012 was, therefore, the fixed commencement year for Eugene's 20 -year planning period. LCDC and the Oregon Courts have recognized that it takes an unpredictably long time for local governments to address the policy, planning and legal efforts required establish the sufficiency of a city's UGB. (3) In performing the duties under subsection (2) of this section, a local government shall: (a) Inventory the supply of buildable lands within the urban growth boundary and determine the housing capacity of the buildable lands The City's work to inventory of the supply of buildable lands within the Eugene UGB is documented in the Envision Eugene Residential Land Supply Study. Part I of that Study documents the supply of residential sites that had some housing capacity at the commencement of the planning period, in 2012. Part II of the Study is the Housing Needs Analysis ("HNA"), which includes (in its Chapter 4) the housing capacity of different kinds of buildable residential sites in the City's UGB; not all buildable land on the City's inventory has the same housing capacity. The HNA explains why some buildable land is expected to be developed more densely than other land. Part III of the Study accounts for the diminished capacity that results from other uses occurring on residentially -designated land and Part IV of the Study, Measures to Increase Residential Development, accounts for the additional capacity achieved through measures to increase residential development. Part V, Residential Buildable Lands Inventory (2012- 2032), is the City's final inventory of the City's buildable land for the 2012-2032 planning period, including the assumed development capacity of that land, taking into account all the factors address in Parts I-IV. See also, findings under (4), below. (b) Conduct an analysis of housing need by type and density range, in accordance with ORS 197.303 and statewide planning goals and rules relating to housing, to determine the number of units and amount of land needed for each needed housing type for the next 20 years. 6 Final