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Eugene Ordinance Exhibit B [Lane County Ordinance Exhibit B] Because the Ordinance does not propose to establish or change the UGB, the following findings are provided solely as background, and are not requirements that pertain to the actions taken by this ordinance. (1) Demonstrated need to accommodate long range urban population, consistent with a 20 -year population forecast coordinated with affected local governments; and To determine the residential land needs of its long range urban population, Eugene is required to base its land studies on a 20 -year population forecast. Consistent with Oregon Laws 2013 c.574 §3, Eugene relies on the coordinated population forecast for Eugene prepared by PSU and adopted by Lane County in June 2009. That forecast is located in the Eugene -Springfield Metropolitan Area Plan. Eugene's forecast covers the 2012 to 2032 period. (2) Demonstrated need for housing, employment opportunities, livability or uses such as public facilities, streets and roads, schools, parks or open space, or any combination of the need categories in this subsection (2). In determining need, local government may specify characteristics, such as parcel size, topography or proximity, necessary for land to be suitable for an identified need. The established Eugene UGB is not expanded by this ordinance. Rather, the ordinance is based on a demonstration that, with the actions taken, the current UGB includes sufficient land to meet the demonstrated need for housing. Prior to expanding an urban growth boundary, local governments shall demonstrate that needs cannot reasonably be accommodated on land already inside the urban growth boundary. The supply and demand studies prepared in accordance with State law show that the City's unmet need for residential land was modest enough to reasonably be accommodated on land already inside the UGB. Part IV of the Residential Land Supply Study ("Measures to Increase Residential Development") documents the measures the City has already taken to increase the capacity of the land inside its UGB to increase the development of new homes in the UGB, and Section 3 of the Ordinance includes the last action needed to accommodate residential land needs for the 2012-2032 planning period, without expanding the UGB. Urbanizable Land Land within urban growth boundaries shall be considered available for urban development consistent with plans for the provision of urban facilities and services. The Residential Buildable Land Inventory for the 2012-2032 Planning Period is located at Part V of the Residential Land Supply Study. The BLI is based on an analysis of all land within the Eugene UGB, including land currently located outside the city limits. Comprehensive plans and implementing measures shall manage the use and division of urbanizable land to maintain its potential for planned urban development until appropriate public facilities and services are available or planned. The City's /UL Urbanizable Land Overlay Zone applies to all unincorporated areas between the Eugene city limits and the Metropolitan Area General Plan urban growth boundary. The /UL overlay zone is 21 Final