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11,414 acres of vacant, buildable residential land were available in the Metro area in 1989.$ The twenty-year demand proj ection for vacant, buildable residential land was between 7,410 and 8,230 acres.6 Wetland designation changes to protection or restoration as a part of these amendments would, in effect, decrease the available inventory of residential land. The total area of residential land that contains undesignated wetlands is 72 acres. 1f all of these acres were protected and removed from the buildable lands inventory it would represent a 0.6% reduction in the overall supply of inventoried residential lands, leaving about 11,342 acres of inventoried residential land still available. This represents a supply of several thousand acres beyond the projected twenty-year demand for between 7,410 and 8,230 acres. The foregoing analysis concludes that even if all of the residential undesignated wetlands were removed from the buildable lands inventory by designating them for protection, there would still be adequate land in the inventory to the meet the projected 20-year demand. Since the policy changes clearly do not move the Plan toward more protection, and since even removing the maximum passible acres from the residential land supply would leave adequate buildable land to meet the projected 20-year demand, these amendments are consistent with Goal 10. Conclusions The above findings show that these amendments to the West Eugene Wetlands Plan are consistent with nregon Statewide Planning Goals 1, 5, 9 and 10. This conclusion is based on the following: l }the abundant opportunities provided for citizen involvement throughout the planning process 2} the proposed policy amendments do not move the plan toward protecting more wetlands, 3}the maximum acreage that could be removed by designating currently undesignated wetlands would still leave adequate industrial commercial and residential lands to meet the proj ected demands far the 20-year planning period and 4} these amendments do not significantly alter the basic structure and function of the West Eugene Wetlands Plan and its protection of wetland resources. No further analysis of Statewide Planning Goals is necessary for these amendments to the Nest Eugene Wetlands Plan. Metropolitan Area Residential Lands Study, Eugene Planning and Development Department, City of Springf eld Development Services Department, Lane Council of Governments, ~une,1991, p.44. mid., p.103. Policy Amendments Ordinance, Fxhibit B Statewide Planning Goal Findings Page 13