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Go1l 13 - E~~ergy Co~~ser~ralior~. This goal requires that land uses ~l~axin~ize conser~~ation of ill forms of e~~ergy based on so~~nd eco~~omic principles. The proposed site is part of the existing urban fabric of 5prit~bf field, bet~~~een two lame residential areas ti~fl~icl~ are fully served by existing streets and transit facilities. Tl~e site is more centrally located tha~~ any other currently-designated medium-density residential site of more than half its size anywhere within the Metropolitan Area Urban Growth Boundary. It is on an existing main Lane Transit District Bus Route. lts internal street and sidewalk system, together with nearby Tyson Park, the proposed commercial node at Main Street, ~~~ill allow residents to meet many of their daily needs by walking or bicycling. The neighborhood loop system will result in pedestrian-friendly neighborhood streets. The income levels of the population will result in below-average automobile ownership and usage, trip generation, and fuel consumption. . Goal. X4 - Ut•bax~ization. This goal req«ires that urban growth boundaries ~UGB's} be established to assure cocl~ act a~~d eff cie~~t urban gro~~~tll within UGB's while protecting rural p resource lands outside UGB's. Use of the subject site for affordable, medium-density housing promotes this objective ire many ways, so~1~e of wllicl~ have been described in the discussion of the energy, transportation, and facilities boats, above. ~n those instances where an under allocation of needed supply exists, it is necessary to then convert another inventory source or Zook towards an expansion in the boundary. Conversion of surplus inventory is far more preferable than a boundary expansioil~. The discussion under the Economy and Housing Goals, above, demonstrates that the Metro Area has been quite liberal in its allocation of industrial lands but quite conser~tative in its allocation of land far medium density residential, and that past residential development has not included affordable low-income housing. These needs must be met somewhere, and a reasonable exercise is to evaluate the attributes of sites which are included in a surplus inventory. The subject site is such a tract. The proposed redesignation will allow it to be tailored for an optimum use as buffer, commercial, and residential ~~se. I~. IlZETR4 PLAN AI17E~TD1I~ZENTS 11~UST~~ 1\aT MAKE THE n~ETR~ PLAN INTER11rALLY ~~Ca1~~51STEI~T The proposed plan amendment does not render the Metro Plan internally inconsistent. It seeks to reallocate most of a single parcel of land from the Metro Area's industrial land base to the area's medium density residential land base. As the discussion of the Economy and Housing Goals makes clear, the reallocation does not impair the area's industrial land base, nor does it reduces :art or tan -term inventor below rojected demand. It will add 35 acres to the area's - ~ . g y P limited base of medium density land at a site that is fully ser~~iced a~~d centrally located.