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Goal 13 - Ellel~gy COllservation. This goal requires that land uses maxiInize conservation of all forms of energy based on sound econonlic principles. The proposed site is part of the existing urban fabric of Springfield, bet\veen t\\'o large residential areas which are fully served by existing streets and transit facilities. The site is more centrally located than any other currently-designated medium-density residential site of ITIOre than half its size anywhere within the Metropolitan Area Urban Growth Boundary. It is on an existing main Lane Transit District Bus Route. Its internal street and sidewalk sy~tem, together with nearby Tyson Park, the proposed commercial node at 1\..1ain.Street, \vi11 allow residents t.o 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 14 - Urbanization. This goal requires that urban growth boundaries (UGB's) be established to assure compact and efficient urban growth within UGB's while protecting rural resource lands outside UGB's. Use of the subject site for affordable, medium-density housing promotes this objective in many ways, SOIlle of which have been described in the discussion of the energy, transportation, and facilities goals, above. In those instances where an under allocation of needed supply exists, it is necessary to then convert another inventory source or look towards an expansion in the boundary. Conversion of surplus inventory is far more preferable than a boundary expansion. The discussion under the ECOn0111Y and Housing Goals, above, ~emonstrates that the Metro Area has been quite liberal in its allocation of industrial lands but quite conservative in its allocation of land for medium density residen,tial, 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 use. II. METRO PLAN Al\IEl\TD1\1ENTS l\lUST NOT l\fAKE THE l\1ETRO PLAN INTERNALLY INCONSISTENT The proposed plan amendment does not render the ~,1etr9 Plan internally inconsistent. It seeks to reallocate most of a single parcel of land froIn 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 iIllpair the area's industrial land base, nor does it reduce short or long-term inventory below projected denland. It will add 35 acres to the area's limited base of medium density land at a site that is fully serviced and centrally located. 11