Item B: Update on Commercial/Industrial/Residential Land Studies

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in Oregon.) This led to <jJ vernor Kulongoski's "certified" industrial sites initiative which is inten4 to ensure that large "project-ready" sites are cataloged and are easy to market t~ rospective industries wishing to relocate or expand operations in Oregon. PURPOSE This project is about: eating a comprehensive database of commercial and industrial lands within t* Eugene-Springfield Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). The land inventory data~ se is the primary product of this project. This project is not in response to state~i e policies that require cities to maintain a 20-year supply of buildable co ercial and industrial lands-rather it reflects the desire by the four project spon rs (Lane County, the cities of Eugene and Springfield, and the Lane Metro Part rship) to better understand the commercial and industrial land base in L~ e County. Moreover, the inventory is a stand-alone ?foduct without commet ry on local land-use policy Of the implications of the Inventory. ! While this is not a pi l.cy project, the land inventory cannot be accomplished without consideration 0 tatewide planning Goal 9 (Economy) and OAR 660-009 (the administrative rule at implements Goal 9). OAR 660-009-0015(3) provides the following guidance th respect to land inventories: (3) Inventory of Indus ral and Other Employment Lands. Comprehensive plans for all areas within urban owth boundaries must include an inventory of vacant and developed lands withi he planning area designated for industrial or other employment use. I I (a) For sites invent ried under this section, plans must provide the following information: I I i (A) The descrt ion, including site characteristics, of vacant or developed s~tes within e~c plan or zoning district; I (B) A descrip~~, n of any development constraints or infrastructure needs that affect the builp ble area of sites in the inventory; and I (C) For cities ~ d counties within a Metropolitan Planning Organization, the inventory mu~t Iso include the approximate total acreage and percentage of sites within e~c plan or zoning district that comprise the short-term supply of land. (b) When compar~n current land supply to the projected demand, cities and counties may inv~ ory contiguous lots, or parcels together that are within a discrete plan or zgn. ng district. I i ECONorthwest September 2006 Page 2 I I ECONorthwest wrote the majority of the study as a subcont$ tor to OT AK. I Commercial and Industrial Lands Database