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<br /> <br />Urban Reserves Technical Analysis Supplement 4 <br /> <br />Urban Reserves Study Area <br />Over the summer and fall of 2018, staff developed the Urban Reserves Study Area in accordance with <br />the guidance in Oregon Administrative Rules 660, Divisions 21 (Urban Reserves) and 24 (Urban Growth <br />Boundaries). The study area includes land at least one mile from the UGB, except for a few key <br />exceptions: <br /> <br />• At the McKenzie River <br />• At I-5 <br />• Where the Metro Plan boundary extends beyond one mile <br />• Where Priority 1 Exception Areas extend beyond one mile <br /> <br />The study area is consistent with the new guidelines for establishing a UGB study area, to streamline <br />the UGB analysis in the future. Staff coordinated with a variety of partner agencies before setting the <br />draft study area, including Lane County, neighboring jurisdictions (Springfield, Junction City), other <br />public stakeholders (Eugene Airport, LCC, U of O, Bethel SD), and internal partners. There are <br />approximately 25,800 acres in the Urban Reserves Study Area. It contains approximately 73 percent as <br />much land as is within the Urban Growth Boundary (35,570 acres). <br /> <br />Study area development included identifying priority lands within the study area. To help protect farm <br />and forest land (sometimes called “resource land”), state law has specific requirements about how to <br />prioritize land to study for inclusion in Urban Reserves, similar to the analysis required for urban <br />growth boundary expansion. <br /> <br />Map 1 shows the Urban Reserves Study area and the Priority Land Classification. <br /> <br />June 24, 2019, Work Session – Item 2