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Eugene -Springfield Area Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan 6. Appendices an expansion was necessary to accommodate additional jobs, park, and school needs. Major components of the UGB include: • Clear Lake Road expansion area for 3,000 jobs, a park, and a school in the Bethel Neighborhood, and the proposed Clear Lake Overlay Zone. • Santa Clara expansion area for a new community park. • Development of a new Eugene -specific Comprehensive Plan with chapters addressing Economic Development, Transportation, Administration and Implementation (including growth monitoring), and the Urban Growth Boundary. • Proposed housing strategies, including planning for 1,000 high density homes in downtown and 600 medium density homes in existing medium density areas. The expansion areas do not include land with a slope of 25% or greater or land in the 100-year floodplain. The areas are partially constrained by the presence of wetlands. Development impacts in wetland -constrained areas will be mitigated through the development of "green infrastructure" practices described in the Eugene Stormwater Master Plan.5 The remainder of Eugene's housing need will be accommodated on existing vacant and partially vacant lands and through redevelopment. Additionally, the City Council provided direction committing the City to monitor and report on growth assumptions and outcomes, improve the land use code for needed housing development, and begin urban reserves planning for the long-term population growth. The Springfield Residential Land and Housing Needs Analysis (RLHNA) documented that the land currently designated as High, Medium and Low Residential and Nodal Mixed -Use plan designations will accommodate the expected residential housing need. Therefore, Springfield is focused on the need for industrial and employment lands. The Commercial and Industrial Buildable Lands Inventory for Springfield concludes that there will be a 32% increase in the number of employees between 2010 to 2030, equaling roughly 13,000 new jobs. The City of Springfield co -adopted an ordinance with Lane County to expand Springfield's UGB, and to change Economic and Urbanization land use policies and zoning to establish a 20-year supply of land for job creation. The expansion and land use policies and zoning changes became final after acknowledgement by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development in 2019. In order to provide for this growth in employment, the City of Springfield will need to expand its UGB. The UGB expansion will provide the 257 acres needed for seven employment sites, on 223 suitable unconstrained acres.6 The two areas being considered for UGB expansion are 'City of Eugene, `Urban Growth Boundary', httl)s://www.eugene-or.gov/2988/Urban-Growth- Boundary#howplan, accessed August 2019 6 City of Springfield, `Comprehensive Planning', Springfield Ordinance 6361, http://www.springfield- or.gov/citv/development-public-works/comprehensive-planning/, accessed August 2019 6-116 January 2020