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INVENTORY OF EXISTING CONDITIONS region, a review of existing plans has been performed. The following list outlines major regional and local plans along with an analysis of how they relate to the Eugene Airport Master Plan. 1.12.3.1Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) Cooperative planning effort through Lane Council of Governments (LCOG) Metropolitan Planning Organization is integral to planning in Oregon communities. Planning members for the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) include the City of Eugene, Lane County, and the City of Springfield. The purpose of the Eugene-Springfield Metro Plan is to serve as the sole official long-range comprehensive plan (public policy document) which collaboratively addresses regional land use planning for metropolitan Lane County, Eugene, and Springfield. The Metro Plan also intends to “designate a sufficient amount of urbanizable land to accommodate the need for further urban expansion within the shared metropolitan UGB and “identify the major public facilities required to meet the land use needs designated within that metropolitan UGB.” Oregon Revised Statute 197.304 requires the division of those metropolitan UGB’s into city specific boundaries as well as the adoption of separate 20-year population forecasts, which are accounted for in the regional nature of the Metro Plan through city-specific comprehensive plans (in Eugene’s case this is the Envision Eugene Comprehensive Plan) that supplement the content within the regional plan for that locality. Overall, the Metro Plan provides the framework that guides regionally coordinated policy establishment, citizen involvement to inform local decision makers, a long-range vision that recognizes social and economic effects of those decisions, and identifies major infrastructure investments required for the area to thrive. Promoting goals of the efficient use, conservation, and protection of land across the rural to urban spectrum, the Eugene Airport Master Plan works in harmony with the Metro Plan. Oregon’s strong statewide planning goals and UGB requirements promoted within the Metro Plan serve to emphasize zoning which is compatible with the Airport and protect the surrounding environs from sprawling and incompatible development. Metro Plan policy outlines an area of “Airport Reserve” zoning in which “lands may be acquired by Eugene at some future time in connection with the Eugene Airport, and for which an exception to statewide planning goals must be taken, if the zoning is changed from its current Exclusive Farm Use/Commercial Airport Safety Combining.” This zoned area of land is located south of the Runway 34R approach end and is bounded by existing airport zoned land to the north and west, Clear Lake Road to the south, and Green Hill Road to the east. Protection for lands impacted by airport operations are taken into account under the Commercial Airport Safety Combining overlay zone. Beyond progressing proper social policies surrounding airport development and its associated impacts, the Metro Plan specifically promotes economic development surrounding airport activities by “encouraging the development of transportation facilities which would improve access to industrial and commercial areas and improve freight movement capabilities by implementing the policies and projects found within the TransPlan and the Eugene Airport Master Plan.” Transportation specific portions of the Metro Plan also identify the Eugene Airport Master Plan as the “guide for improvements of facilities and services at the airport.” EUGENE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN 1-44