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Section 9.145 of the Eugene Cade. Com fiance With Goal 9 In 1953, the Oregon Legislature passed land use legislation requiring LCDC to adopt a method of ensuring that local plans provide enough land for future industrial and commercial development. In 1987, LCDC adopted the Goal 9 administrative rule. In response to Goal 9 and GAR 660-09-000 through b60-09-025, requiring cities to evaluate whether the supply of commercial land meets local community economic objectives, in February 1989, an intergovernmental staff team began work on the Commercial Lands Study. The study was completed over a period of approximately 3 years with significant input from community members, local civic groups and professional consultants. The Eugene City Council adopted the Eugene Commercial Lands Study on May 11, 1992 as a refinement of the Metro Plan for the Eugene portion of the Urban Growth Boundary. The Eugene Commercial Lands Study serves as a framework for compliance with Goal 9 and the Goal 9 rule and is consistent with the Statewide Plarming Goals, The Commercial Lands Study includes a Commercial Buildable Land Inventory. It identifies the available vacant commercial lands as of 1989. The study defines "commercial lands" as parcels either designated commercial under the Metro Plan or zoned commercially. As of January 1989, the commercial buildable land inventory for the Eugene urban growth boundary was 505 acres. The Commercial Lands Study found a forecasted demand in Eugene for 109 acres of developable office land and 423 acres of non-office commercial land for a total of 532 acres by the year 2010. Based on the study's assumptions of how the demand far commercial land will be met, and given the adjusted supply data collected, the supply of vacant commercial land X702 acres} exceeds that of the demand X532 acres} . Goa19 requires the provision of adequate opportunities throughout the state for a variety of economic activities vital to the health, welfare, and prosperity of Dregan's citizens. Comprehensive plans shall contain policies concerning the economic development opportunities in the community and provide for at least an adequate supply of sites of suitable sizes, types, locations and service levels for a variety of industrial and commercial uses consistent with plan policies. The Goal also requires that plans should strongly emphasize the expansion of and increased productivity from existing industries and firms as a means to strengthen local and regional economic development. The proposed amendment uses the inventory and information provided in the Eugene Commercial Lands Study and implements the policy calling for additional commercial land in the West Eugene Subarea to amend the Bethel-Danebo Refinement Plan to expand the existing 5-acre commercial site to 15 acres. The proposed amendment is, in no way inconsistent with the Goal 9 provisions, Exhibit 1 Page 1 ~ -- Findings and Conclusions of the Eugene City Council