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<br />10. A variety of public services are provided by Lane County and special service districts to <br />unincorporated portions of the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area. <br /> <br />11. In 1986, the. Cities of Eugene and Springfield entered into Urban Transition Agreements <br />with Lane County which transferred from the County to the Cities administration for <br />building and land use. within the urbanizable portion of the UGB. <br /> <br />Objectives <br /> <br />1. Continue to minimize urban scatteration and sprawl. by encouraging compact growth and <br />sequential development. <br /> <br />2. Insure that land supply is kept in proper relationship to land use needs. <br /> <br />3<< Conserve those lands needed to efficiently accommodate expected urban growth. <br /> <br />4. Protect rural land and open space from premature urbanization. <br /> <br />5. When necessa1)' to meet urban needs, utilize the least productive agricultural lands for <br />needed expansion. <br /> <br />6. Encourage new and maintain existing rural land uses where productive or beneficial <br />outside the.urban growth boundary. <br /> <br />7. Shape and plan for a compact urban growth form to provide for growth while preserving <br />the special character of the metropolitan area. <br /> <br />8. Encourage development of suita.ble vacant, underdeveloped, and redevelop able land <br />where services are available, .thus capitalizing on public expenditures already made for <br />these services. <br /> <br />9. Prot~ct life and property from natural hazards and natural disasters. <br /> <br />10. Allow smaller outlying communities the opportunity .to plan for tIleir own futures without <br />being engulfed by unlimited outward expansion of the metropolitan area. <br /> <br />11. Identify methods of establishing an urban transition program which will eventually <br />reduce service delivery inefficiencies by providing for the provision of key urban services <br />only by cities. <br /> <br />Policies <br /> <br />1. The UGB and sequential development shall continue to be implemented as an essential <br />means to achieve compact urban growth~ -The provision of all urban services shall be <br />concentrated inside the UGB. <br /> <br />II-C- 3 <br />