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to provide opportunities for diversi~catian of the local economy through siting of light industrial firms in a campus-like setting. The activities of such firms are enclosed within attractive exteriors and have minimal environmental impacts, such as noise, pollution and vibration, on other users and on surrounding areas *** ~ 5D-acre minimum lot size shall be applied to ownerships of So or more acres to protect undeveloped sites from piecemeal development until a site development plan has been approved by the responsible city. "Metropolitan Industrial Lands Policy Report, pages 11 and 2S, and as amended by Metro Plan text amendments, approved October 1992} The entire property in question is currently 12 acres in size, of which only a 2.24 acre portion is subject to the proposed Metro Plan amendment. If the proposed Metro Plan amendment and zone change are approved, the remaining Special Light Industrial area of this property would be 9.76 acres. The Metropolitan Industrial Lands Policy Report identified 106.6 acres of partially developed chart-term industrial land and an additional 2.8 acres of long-term land needing public infrastructure improvements} along Chad Drive. Special design standards have been adopted for the Special Light Industrial area clang Chad Drive. The Metropolitan Industrial Lands Policy Report resulted in the adoption of the following Metro Plan policies: 12. Discourage future Metropolitan Area General Plan amendments that would change development-Heady industrial Zands (sites defined as shot-term in the Metropolitan Industrial Lands Special Study, 1991) to non-industi^ial designations. (page III-B-S) 5. Provide existing industrial activities sufficient adjacent land fog futuNe expansion. (page III-B-S) However, the Industrial Lands Policy Report concludes that the short-term supply ~5 years} of industrial land was determined to be 1,587 acres as of 1959, while the short-term demand was estimated to be between 228 and 410 acres. The report also determined that the long-term supply X20 years} of buildable industrial land was Z,S95 acres, while the long-term demand was estimated to be between 650 and 1,172 acres. This information indicates that the industrial land supply is more than adequate to meet the short and long-term demand for future industrial development. Amore recent analysis by LC~G indicates that the available supply of industrial land abased on 1994 data} has been modestly reduced X11% in 5 years} based on their calculations. Another study, "Market Demand Study for Nodal Development" prepared in 1996 by ECaNorthwest and Leland Consulting Group indicates a similar number of undeveloped acres designated for industrial use. In addition, this study notes that 43% of this land is designated far Light-Medium Industrial while 19% is designated far Campus Industrial use. While the City's current work on the West Eugene wetlands Plan and other future evacuations may affect the exact acreage of future "buildable" industrial land, the information provided within the Exhibit C - 5