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Suitability Analysis <br />ere is no ‘perfect’ area for Eugene to grow into. All areas have trade-os. e purpose of the suitability analysis is to consider and <br />balance a list of state-directed factors, then dismiss land that would be unsuitable for urban reserves. <br />After completing the technical analysis, we developed suitability criteria to further evaluate our study area. ese suitability <br />criteria were based on the state-directed outline of analysis and reect the City’s Triple Bottom Line Framework. We subdivided the <br />study area into 18 subareas and structured the analysis to explicitly address the suitability criteria. <br />What type of land are we looking for? <br />Ideally, Urban Reserves will be designated in areas that could eciently develop as complete neighborhoods—places that could <br />include dierent housing types, stores and commercial areas, schools, and parks, all within close proximity to each other. is is <br />also called a 20-minute neighborhood. <br />Process <br />Each subarea was analyzed based on the criteria below. For each subarea, there is a written analysis and a recommendation on <br />which areas within it are suitable for urban reserves. e analysis went through multiple rounds of review by City and County sta, <br />the Envision Eugene Technical Advisory Committee, and service providers, and is available on the project web page. <br />e suitability analysis evaluates all the developable land in each subarea by considering it in terms of the following four factors <br />(dictated by state rules), then dismisses land that, on balance, would be unsuitable for Urban Reserves based on this evaluation: <br /> 1. Efficient accommodation of identified land needs <br /> • Will this area be able to eciently meet our future land need? Is there topography, steep slopes or other characteristics that <br /> would make ecient urbanization dicult? <br /> 2. Orderly and economic provision of public facilities and services <br /> • Can city services, such as utilities and re protection, be eciently extended to this area? <br /> 3. Comparative economic, energy, social, and environmental impacts <br /> • How would urbanization impact natural resources like open space, wildlife habitat, and wetlands? Would urbanization <br /> increase the risk of landslides, wildre, or ooding? <br /> • How much economic activity would urbanization of this area bring? <br /> • To what extent would urbanization generate energy or climate burdens? <br /> • How would current residents be impacted? <br /> • How might urbanization in this area impact the most vulnerable and underserved groups? <br /> 4. Compatibility with nearby agricultural and forest activities outside the UGB <br /> • Would urbanization be compatible with surrounding forest and agricultural uses? <br />Results <br />e Urban Reserves Draft Suitability Map shows the draft results of our suitability analysis. is is an iterative process and our <br />results may change as we rene the analysis. Of the almost 11,000 acres of developable land that were studied, over 6,000 acres <br />are considered suitable for Urban Reserves – this is a little more than we would need for a 30-year Urban Reserve. <br />Land that is ‘suitable’ moves forward for further consideration; it will not necessarily become Urban Reserves. Since the amount of <br />suitable land in the study area is slightly more than the amount of land needed for a 30-year Urban Reserve option, additional <br />land will be removed from consideration in the next phase of analysis. <br />www.eugene-or.gov/UrbanReserves <br />ATTACHMENT D <br />January 29, 2020, Work Session - Item 1