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

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technology such as pers promise to make such ef Commercial and NGO rtnerships. If there are non-governmental agencies in the community that relia inventory land use or track commercial development, the region could explore a angements for obtaining supplemental data and independent data verific ton services. I data assistants (PDAs) that have GIS capability s easier in the future. LAND INVENTORY OPTIONS The project prov.d: d a preliminary assessment of the supply of commercial and ind s' ialland in the Eugene-Springfield Urban Growth Boundary. There ar an,y options that could be pursued, but the first question is whether r'not to extend this project State law, prudent planning, and local conflicts is es (between Eugene and Springfield, among elected officials in the same verning body, and among various interest groups) strongly suggest the ed for a land needs analysis for the Metro area. Though the costs (direct and litical) of such a study are large, the costs of not addressing these iss e are larger. At risk are regional partnerships on land use planning and econo i. development, and relationships between local government and bus. ss. Without a comprehensive evaluation and decision, the land supply issu ill continue to be an issue for all jurisdictions and will inhibit other efforts t i~proving regional cooperation quality of life in the region by t~king tim nd resources away from other efforts, and by failing to provide a framewor r future private and public development. Proceeding with I the sponsoring agencies will require the approval of policy assumptions, ciding if the project should be expanded to include residential land, dev I ping land demand estimates and comparing the supply with the demand. There are severa ptions; four are discussed below: t the current project. Let the elected officials of each n and how they will proceed with land inventories. es the cooperative efforts of the sponsoring ould result in a project that will cease to be useful for e. . Option 1. Close agency decide w This option miti jurisdictions and its intended purp . Option 2. Coop r te, identify and fund the next steps of the commercial and industrialla s study. The continued cooperative efforts could result in a useful datab e useable by all agencies for the intended purpose of the project. The fun ng to support this option is not designated and depending on th ost could be a deterrent in selecting this option. . Option 3. Coop r., te, design and schedule an expanded land needs study. This option coul xpand the study to include residential lands. A land needs study coulbe useful for all sponsoring j1.;lrisdictions however, some are already in va .. us stages of such a study. Cooperatively funding such Commercial and Industrial Lands Database ECONorthwest September 2006 Page 22