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Appendix F: Land Use and Development Trends The Eugene/Springfield Metro Region is growing. To accommodate the next 20 years of population growth, Eugene and Springfield will have to expand their Urban Growth Boundaries (UGB), increase density within their UGB's, or both. In 2009, ECONorthwest created the City of Springfield Commercial and Industrial Buildable Lands Inventory and Economic Opportunities Analysis.' Similarly, in 2010, ECONorthwest, Lane Council of Governments, the Ulum Group, and Winterbrook Planning prepared the Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment for the City of Eugene Planning and Development Department.2 Per Oregon House Bill 3337 requirements the reports include a buildable lands inventory, an economic opportunity analysis, and for Eugene and Springfield, a housing needs analysis. The report also accounts for partially constrained lands related to natural hazards, such as slopes, 100-year floodplains, geologic hazards, and wetlands in looking at potential developable lands. The assessment will help Eugene and Springfield determine the amount of land needed to accommodate population and employment growth, as well as the amount of land within the current UGB that can accommodate this growth. The Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment relies on population projections provided by Lane County that estimates Eugene will grow from 179,338 people in 2011 to 213,238 people in 2031 at an average annual growth rate of 0.88%.4 In January 2017, after several years of community input, research and analysis, public meetings, and revisions, the City of Eugene adopted a new UGB. The new UGB addresses Eugene's land needs for housing, jobs, parks, and schools from 2012-2032, and is based on the state land use planning framework, Envision Eugene pillars, and seven years of technical analysis, community input, and Council direction. Eugene anticipates approximately 34,000 new residents and 36,000 new jobs by 2032. While the majority of these residents and jobs can be accommodated on land inside the UGB, 1 ECONorthwest (2009). City of Springfield: Commercial andlndustnal Buildable Lands Inventory and Economic Opportunities Analysis. Retrieved from http://www.springfield-or.gov/wp- content/uploads/2016/1I/Draft CIBL Analvsis 9 09.pdf, accessed August, 2019. 2 ECONorthwest (2010). Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment Retrieved from https://www.eugene-or.gov/index.aspx?NID-788, accessed August 2019. 3 City of Eugene. Oregon House Bill, https://www.eugene-or.gov/DocumentCenter/View/581/Oregon- House-Bill-3337?bidId=. Accessed August 2019 Portland State University (Population Research Center) `Lane County Coordinated Population Forecast 2015-2065'.June 2015. https://www.p(-x.edu/l)rc/sites/www.pdx.edu.pre/files/Lane Forecast Report 201506.pdf, accessed August 5, 2019 6-115 January 2020