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Resources}: Not applicable to the Metro area. Criterion #2: Eugene Code Section 9.1283}fib}, Springfield Development Code 7.070 3 b ~ }~ }~ and Lane Code 12.2252}fib}: Adoption of the amendment must not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent. The Residential Land and Housing Study and the joint planning commissions are recommendin . g a completely new Metro Plan element for Residential Land Use and Housing. The ro osed p p policy direction generally represents a continuation of existing policy direction in the current Metro Plan. Policies have been updated, strengthened, or rewritten to be clear and concise and do not create anu inconsistencies with other parts of the Plan. The changes in the Gloss are . .. ~'Y not substantive; additions or modification were made to existing def nitions that are out of date s or, in the case of new definitions that are used in the revised Residential Land Use and Housin g Element, The other amendments, such as the footnote of new population projection are not policy and only represent explanatory text. Fundamental Princi les of the Metro Plan The proposed policy direction in the Residential Land Use and Housing Element will continue to meet the overall Metro Plan fundamental principles of compact urban growth, and reducin g urban sprawl. Plan„Dial As noted in the evaluation under Criterion #1, the housing needs of the Metro area for the planning period of 1995-2015 can be accommodated by vacant and redevelopable land within the current urban growth boundary. No changes are needed to the existing Metro Plan Diagram. S ecific Elements of the Metro Plan while the Residential Land and Housing Element stands as a separate and distinct section, the proposed policy direction in the amendments was reviewed continually with other specific elements of the Plan during its creation and review. In certain instances other policy direction in specific elements of the Plan was used to guide analysis and policy setting. For example, in the review of constrained lands, policy direction in the Environmental Resources element and Willamette River Greenway, River Corridors, and Waterways element was used to guide how to address constrained lands such as wetlands, sloped lands, waterways corridors, and floodway and floodplain areas. The policy direction in the Transportation element, calls for higher density, growth in downtown areas, and encouraging development in proximity to transit. These same goals are part of the policy direction in the proposed amendments to the Residential Element. Thus, the amendments proposed have addressed and taken into account other elements of the 20 -Findings in Support of Metro Plan Amendments