Item B: River Road/Santa Clara Annexation Policy

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ATTACHMENT A Chapter II Fundamental Principles and Growth Management Policy Framework This chapter contains Fundamental Principles that reflect the overall themes of the Metro Plan. The chapter also contains: Metropoliutn Goals; Growth Management Goals, Findings, and Policies; Eugene and Springfield Jurisdictional Responsibility; Urban and Urbanizable Land; River Road and Santa Clara Goals, Findings and Policies; and Metro Plan Diagram. A. Fundamental Principles There are seven principles that are fundamental to the entire Metro Plan. They are implicitly included in the various individual Metro Plan components. These Fundamental Principles are: 1. The Metro Plan is a long-range policy document providing the framework within which more detailed refin.ement plans are prepared. This concept is discussed in more detail in the Introduction (Chapter I). 2. To be meaningful, the Metro Plan requires cooperation by all general purpose, special district, and special function agencies in th.ecommunity. This reflects its comprehensive nature encompassing physical land use, social, and economic implications for the metropolitan area. Examples where cooperation is essential include planning and' implementation of a transportation system, development of a metropolitan-wide energy plan, metropolitan-wide analysis and resolution of certain housing issues, and planning for areas outside the urban growth boundary (UGB) and within the Plan Boundary. 3. The Metro Plan and most of its elements are oriented to and require that urban development occur in a compact configuration within the metropolitan UGB. Elaboration of this principle is treated in the other sections ,of thi.s chapter, and in the Public Facilities and Services Element in Chapter III. 4. Comprehensive plans identitY and establish the plan-zoning consistency concept and recognize the importance of timing concerning implementation techniques. Im.plementation techniques, including zoning, shall generally be consistent with the precepts established in the Metro Plan, which is the broad policy document for the metropolitan area. The consistency test shall continuously be applied to implementation measures and public actions taken to rectify inconsistencies when the general direction provided by the Metro Plan is modified. A variety of potential solutions to consistency problems exist, including modification to the Metro Plan or alteration to the implementation techniques themselves. 5. The zoning process shall. be monitored and adjusted to meet current urban land use demands through the planning period for all land use categories. II-A-l