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e In response to a question from James Pearson, Planning Commissioner, Mr. Chenkin said Alternative 2 would most closely follow existing trends. In response to a question from Mr. Lieuallen, Mr. Chenkin said the phasing suggested in the plan would allow an annexation policy by the jurisdictions to ensure a 5-to-10-year supply of developable land. Statistics can continually monitor this supply of land. This would assure there would be property within the City, and services are available, to increase the supply of developable land. Mr. Lieuallen asked a question regarding acccuracy of the population statistics. Mr. Chenkin replied the population estimates are done by L-COG and Portland State University annually, and by the U.S. Census each ten years. The MPPC felt comfortable with the L-COG statistics as they have proven to be rather accurate. Also, there are backup mechanisms available such as computerized land use information because of the data bank, building permits, and demolition permits. e Regarding phasing, and providing an adequate inventory of developable land within the City, Mr. Delay thought that implied that annexation will be restricted to keep consistent with that pool of resources. Mr. Chenkin said through the phasing effort, the cities would provide a five-to- ten-year supply of developable land within the City. The City would have to develop criteria, which he noted to be a complex process. The difficult part will be designating which areas are to be annexed. Sugges- tions have been made of perhaps concentrating on one certain area at a time. Others say there's a need to spread the annexations around in order to lessen impact on schools. Randy Thwing, Planning Commissioner, wondered if the increase in residen- tial density would mean a decrease in available industrial land. Mr. Chenkin said all three alternatives show certain areas for industrial development, and they are all virtually alike. However, he noted again the special designation of two additionat.sites for large-scale light industrial in Alternate 1. He said part of the basis for al location of industrial land was the population projection of an increase of 105,000 which was used in all three alternatives. Under Alternative 1, there would be a bonus of light industrial specialized sites. There would be no need under any of the alternatives to increase the Urban Service Boundary solely for industrial land use. Adrienne Lannom, Planning Commissioner, wondered if the commercial alloca- tions varied. Mr. Chenkin said just slightly because of configurations in the different diagrams. However, he noted the text talked about a certain number of commercial allocations needed for a certain population. Again, he noted the 105,000 population figure used for all three plans. - In response to a question from Mr. Obie, Mr. Chenkin said there could be a tradeoff of light industrial land rezoned for residential use. Mr. Obie thought the Lane Community College Basin seemed to be a high-cost area in terms of servicing. Mr. Chenkin said it had been decided it would be less expensive to go into other areas southwest of Eugene and out Jasper Road, rather than the LCC Basin. Mr. Obie wondered if there had been attempts 2/7/79--7 bl