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<br /> <br />June 24, 2019, Work Session – Item 2 <br /> <br />The importance of this work for the success of the project cannot be overstated; it is critical to setting the stage for Urban Reserves decision-making. Please see Attachment B, Technical Analysis Supplement. <br /> <br />Suitability Analysis Work is beginning on the next step in the analysis; identifying developable land that would be “suitable” for urban reserves.a Staff is evaluating the developable land in the study area by considering it in terms of the following “locational” factors, then dismissing land that, on balance, would be unsuitable for urban reserves based on this evaluation: 1. Efficient accommodation of identified land needs 2. Orderly and economic provision of public facilities and services 3. Comparative environmental, energy, economic and social consequences 4. Compatibility of the proposed urban uses with nearby agricultural and forest activities occurring on farm and forest land outside the UGB As part of this work, staff has met with service providers three times, in February and April 2019. Participants include wastewater, water, transportation, stormwater and fire protection service providers within the urban reserves study area, and those within the urban growth boundary. Most “urban” service providers (those within the UGB) have completed a preliminary assessment of serviceability and high-level cost estimates by sub-area to be used in Locational Factor 2 analysis. County land management and transportation staff have been participating in service provider meetings. County and City staff have also had an initial meeting to discuss potential urban reserve area planning and zoning standards. Staff held the first Triple Bottom Line Sounding Board meeting in May 2019. The TBL is a framework the City of Eugene uses to reach its sustainability goals. It’s designed to help City Council and staff think about and explore the environmental, equity and economic impacts, benefits and trade-offs of their decisions. The work of the TBL Sounding Board will help inform Locational Factor 3 analysis. <br />Additional Project Partners A wide variety of agencies, stakeholder groups and members of the public have been involved in urban reserves planning to date: Over the summer of 2018, staff recruited, and the City Manager appointed the 13-member <br />Envision Eugene Technical Advisory Committee, which was established to provide technical advice to staff on growth management issues, primarily the Growth Monitoring and Urban Reserves projects. The EETAC has met nine times since October 2018 and has been critical in reviewing and providing input on the Urban Reserves technical analysis. <br /> <br />a OAR 660-021-0030(2) states that “[i]nclusion of land within an urban reserve shall be based upon the locational factors of <br />Goal 14 and a demonstration that there are no reasonable alternatives that will require less, or have less effect upon, resource <br />land.”