Agenda Packet 6-24-19 Work Session

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Urban Reserves Technical Analysis Supplement 6 Urban Reserves Land Supply Model After the study area was developed, staff set to work developing a geospatial land supply model that categorizes the land within the study area and identifies the capacity of the land in the study area that is developable.2 The land supply model works in conjunction with the land need model by identifying whether the land supply in the urban reserves study area is adequate to meet the land need identified. To do so, land considered not suitable for development was identified and removed from capacity consideration. This land falls into two categories: Protected land is reserved to protect natural resources or prevent the impact of natural hazards, and therefore is assigned no development capacity. It includes: • Lane County Goal 5 adopted riparian corridors • National Wetlands Inventory and West Eugene Wetlands • Critical habitat (federal and state-listed threatened and endangered species) • Historic and cultural resources • Natural Resources plan designations • Floodway and 100-year flood plain (FEMA) • Prohibitively steep slopes (>30%) • High risk landslide areas (DOGAMI)3 Committed land includes public and other land that has no development potential for housing or jobs because they are committed to other uses for the foreseeable future. It includes:4 • Public Parks and Open Spaces • School District Property • Utility Property • Airport Property • Other Government Property • Cemeteries • Transportation Rights-of-Way • Bonneville Power Administration Rights-of-Way The Land Supply Model further categorizes land at the taxlot level – identifying whether taxlots are considered fully developed, partially vacant, or undeveloped. Taxlots identified as partially vacant 2 The definition of “developable land” from the state’s rules on Urban Reserves is “land that is not severely constrained by natural hazards or designated or zoned to protect natural resources an that is either entirely vacant or has a portion of its area unoccupied by structures or roads” (OAR 660-021-0010(5)) 3 High-risk landslide areas are currently being added to the Land Supply Model, as it is new data. Therefore, the 718 acres associated with high-risk landslide areas are not yet incorporated into the acreage amounts shown in the table above. 4 State rules allow inclusion of private property with conservation easements that prohibit urban development, but none were found in the study area. June 24, 2019, Work Session – Item 2