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and the Lane County Board of Commissioners. According to the data and findings contained in
<br />these reports has of January 1,1959}, approximately 3,600 acres of buildable industrial land were
<br />available in the Metro area.' The twenty-year demand prof ection for buildable industrial land
<br />was between 650 and 1,172 acres.
<br />wetland designation changes to protection or restoration as a part of these amendments would
<br />decrease the available inventory of industrial land. Wetland designation changes from protection
<br />or restoration to development would increase the supply of available industrial land.
<br />The proposed policy changes would result in some sites being protected and same being allowed
<br />to develop. For the sake of analysis, let us assume that all the undesignated wetland sites would
<br />be designated for protection. If this were true it would reduce the buildable industrial land supply
<br />by 179.5 acres. This represents a 5% reduction in the overall supply of industrial land, leaving
<br />3,420.5 acres of inventoried industrial laud unaffected by these refinement plan amendments.
<br />This represents a supply that is 2,24$.5 acres more than the maximum projectedtwenty-year
<br />demand for 1,172 acres.
<br />Commercial Lands
<br />The Eu ene Commercial Lands Stud ~ 1992}, provides an analysis of the supply and demand of
<br />vacant commercial land within Eugene. The study was prepared by the Eugene Planning
<br />Commission, and it serves as a refinement to the Metro olitan Area General Plan. According to
<br />the findings contained in this study, 702 acres dad justed total supply} of vacant commercial land
<br />were available.3 The proj ectedtwenty-year demand for vacant commercial land within the
<br />Eugene portion of the Urban Growth Boundary only} was 532 acres, including 109 acres of
<br />developable office land and 423 acres ofnon-office commercial.4 For the purposes of this
<br />analysis, developable off ce island designated in the Metropolitan Area General Plan for
<br />commercial use, which is zoned GO General Office. There is no land zoned General Office that
<br />contains undesignated wetland. Therefore, there will be no impact to the supply of office
<br />commercial Land as a result of these amendments.
<br />wetland designation changes to protection or restoration as a part of these amendments would, in
<br />effect, decrease the available inventory of commercial land. Designation changes from
<br />protection or restoration to development would increase the supply of available commercial land.
<br />~ , an Indus,,,,,,, ial Lands Inventor,~e,~ort, Lane Council of Governments, 125 East 8th
<br />Metropolit,, - ~' ~,~~~„. .~.,.,_ --
<br />Avenue, Eugene, Oregon, 97401, July 1993, p.73.
<br />~ Ibid., p.73.
<br />3 Eu ene Commercial Lands Stud ,Eugene Planning and Development Department, 777 Pearl
<br />Street, Room 106, Eugene, Oregon,1992, p. II-15 .
<br />4 Ibid., p.II-1S.
<br />Policy Amendments Qrdinance, Exhibit B Statewide Planning Goal Findings) page .il
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