Item B: River Road/Santa Clara Annexation Policy

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.Large-scale and timely annexations of undeveloped and underdeveloped areas should be encouraged to enhance the opportunity for compact urban growth, an efficient land use pattern, and a well-planned supporting arterial street.system. The approach is to allow th~ cities to develop annexation programs which will ensure a six-to ten-year surplus of land. Such a range will allow the maintenance of an adequate surplus of land at any point in time. The six- to ten-year surplus is suggested as a reasonable range which will not only allow for the conversion of urbanizable "to urban land through annexation but will allow the cities the opportunity and flexibility to plan for and provide urban facilities and services on a large scale. The six-year minimum will allow the cities and other providers of urban services to develop coordinated capital improvement programs in accordance with the Metro Plan. Such coordinated capital improvement programs can and should be closely related to implementation of annexation plans. . The Metro Plan will be updated before undeveloped surplus urban lands are exhausted. The six- to ten-year low density residential land surplus should be based. on the amount of development over ~he previous six to ten years. For other land use categories, annexation programs should be based on past trends, Metro Plan assumptions, and Metro Plan Goals, particularly those goals dealing with prom.otion of economic development and diversity. Improved momtoringtechniques made possible by the Regional Land Information Database of Lane County (RLID) formerly referred to as the Geographic Information System (GIS) should allow such monitoring to occur. The monitoring information should be provided on a jurisdictional basis and on the metropolitan level. Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County shall cooperatively monitor and periodically report on development trends and land supply for all categories of residential, commercial, and industrial lana. This system shall include consideration of proper zoning, coordinated capital improvements programming, annexation, and other factors necessary to maintain availability of sufficient land to ensure that the supply is responsive to demand in keeping with the Fundamental Principles of the Metro- Plan. In summary, the cities should continually monitor the conversion ofurbamzable land to urban and pursue active.annexationprogrnmsbased on local policies and applicable provisions of this Metro .Plan including, for example: 1. Orderly economic provision of public facilities and services (nlaintenance and development of capital improvement programs). 2. Availability of sufficient land to ensure a supply -responsive to demand. 3. Compact urban growth. 4. Cooperation with other utilirtes and providers of urban services to ensure coordination with their respective capital improvement programs. II-E-2