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Introduction <br />Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 197.304, adopted by the Oregon Legislature <br />in 2007 with the passage of House Bill 3337, required Eugene and <br />Springfield to divide their shared urban growth boundary, so that each of <br />the cities would have its own, separate urban growth boundary and <br />separate policies for land uses within it. <br />The Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan is the result of Eugene's efforts to <br />implement ORS 197.304 by adopting Eugene -specific policies to address <br />land use issues that would no longer be addressed as a region. The full <br />development and adoption of all chapters of the Envision Eugene <br />Comprehensive Plan will take place in several steps, over several years. This <br />first phase of the comprehensive plan focuses on those policies and <br />elements required to adopt a Eugene -specific urban growth boundary. As <br />each new chapter of the Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan is adopted, <br />the Metro Plan will be amended to identify the Metro Plan provisions that <br />will no longer apply to Eugene and to refer readers to the Envision Eugene <br />Comprehensive Plan instead. Ultimately, the Metro Plan will continue to <br />serve as Eugene's comprehensive plan only as needed to address those land <br />use planning responsibilities that remain regional in nature.' The <br />relationship between the Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan and the <br />Metro Plan is addressed below. <br />How to Use the Comprehensive Plan <br />The Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan is a formally adopted, legally <br />binding land use plan. Policies in the Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan <br />direct the City as it considers future legislative actions. A policy should not <br />be applied as a criterion for approving or denying an individual land use <br />2In addition to the continued collaboration through the Metro Plan and other regional land use plan,,...._......_ie regional <br />transportation system plan and the regional public faci l it ies and services plan, Eugene remains committed to working <br />collaboratively with Springfield and Lane County through other initiatives, such as regional economic prosperity planning. <br />Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan I July 2017 1-2 <br />