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Undeveloped and Buildable Residential land Totals In the Eugene-Springfield Urban Growth Boundary In 2002, the Homebuilders Association of Lane County initiated a project with LCOG to update the undeveloped and buildable residential land totals for the Eugene and Springfield Urban Growth Boundary areas. This project does not change the Residential Land and Housing Study (RLS) completed and adopted in 1999. The update provides additional information that is processed by LCOG in the normal method. Using base maps prepared by LCOG, representatives of the Homebuilders Association conducted a field study of all land within the Eugene and Springfield UGB in order to update the land use information. The field study relied on the land use review guidelines developed for the 1999 RLS Study. These guidelines were developed by LCOG in cooperation with the Cities of Eugene and Springfield and Lane County. The land use review guidelines are attached. Once the field checks were completed, LCOG verified any identified differences against city and county data sources. Sources checked included; building permit data and tax information. If the data supported the changes shown on the field maps, LCOG integrated the changes into the regional database. In order to produce the summary table below, LCOG overlayed the 'unbuildable,1 coverage criteria developed for the original 1999 RLS Study over the undeveloped residential land layers within each jurisdiction's UGB. Total buildable acres are the sum of undeveloped acres minus the sum of unbuildable acres. Totals were developed for each residential plan designation. Since 1999, the land use designated for areas determined unbuildable may have changed or areas designated as vacant unbuildable in 1999 may have been developed through land use review process. Therefore the current unbuildable coverage acreages are less than the 1999 acreages. Eugene-Springfield Buildable Acres by Residential Designation Total Total Total Undeveloped Unbuildable Buildable Acres Acres Acres Euaene UGB Low Density 3053 89 2963 Medium Density 537 33 503 HiQh Density 145 37 108 Subtotal 3735 160 3575 Sprinafield UGB Low Density 2334 126 2208 Medium Density 333 36 298 HiQh Density 27 1 26 Subtotal 2694 162 2532 TOTAL 6429 322 6106 I The term 'Unbuildable' has that meaning given in "Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Residential Lands and Housing Study, Draft Supply and Demand Technical Analysis, February 1999," page 32. Lane Council of Governments Page 1 ~,__ / # _ L' . /" L,~_ May 2005 v~ p~/~-