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<br />3. The Residential Land Study assumed that all vacant residential land in the metro <br />area will be available for development during the planning period. It is overly <br />optimistic to assume that all vacant parcels / infilllots in the entire metro area are <br />held by willing sellers. For example, the Residential Lands Study assumes that <br />Aaron Jones will permit us to build about 20 houses in his front yard within the <br />next ten years, which seems unlikely. <br /> <br />According to Eugene staff, we have only a surplus of 127 low density residential acres if <br />there is a high demand for housing. Any of the items we have discussed above can erase <br />any projected surplus easily. In addition, no account is taken of the amount ofland that <br />has been developed over the last 13 years (much of the data for the 1999 Residential <br />Land Study was collected in 1992). Together, the assumption that Eugene and <br />Springfield has a surplus of land to take us through the next ten years is truly a fantasy. <br />Good planning for the future of our communities requires that we take a realistic look at <br />our communities' resources. Land is a critical component of those resources. A land <br />shortage impacts our communities in numerous ways that are often unassociated with <br />land supply - school enrollment, distribution of specific populations, the need for <br />increased transportation infrastructure - to name a few. The Home Builders Association <br />encourages the. Eugene city council to address the issue of residential land shortage head <br />on rather than further delay the badly needed discussion. <br /> <br />Thank you for your consideration of our concerns. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Roy; ~~. <br /> <br />Roxie Cuellar <br />Home Builders Association of Oregon <br />Director of Government Affairs <br /> <br />Homebuilders Construction Company <br />Project Manager <br /> <br />Additional Materials Submitted: <br /> <br />Undeveloped and Buildable Residential Land Totals in the Eugene-Springfield Urban <br />Growth Boundary <br />LCOG Data Request, Homebuilders of Lane County, Undeveloped Residential Land In <br />Eugene and Springfield by Slope Classification <br />Eugene/Springfield Metro Area Residential Land Monitoring Annual Report, June, 2000 <br />