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Recommendations for Baseline Assumptions ECONorthwest April 2009 Page 19 <br />? <br />Current technical recommendation for baseline assumption: We are still <br /> <br />refining parkland need for natural areas, which may result in some adjustment <br />to parkland needs. We recommend that the City base parkland need on the <br />level of service in the PROS Plan and address existing parkland deficits, as well <br />as future parkland need. <br />? <br />Data source: City of Eugene Parks Department <br /> <br />Public facilities and operations <br />This category includes lands for city offices and maintenance facilities, county <br />facilities, state facilities, federal facilities, and other related public facilities. It does not <br />include right-of-ways, land used by the railroad, or land owned by the Bonneville <br />Power Administration. The City currently has 6.6 acres per 1,000 people (1,174 acres) for <br />public facilities and operations. <br />? <br />Potential range of assumption: Based on the existing level of service (6.6 acres <br /> <br />per 1,000 people) and expected population growth, the City may need about <br />260 acres of land for public facilities and operations over the planning period. <br />This estimate seems high because Eugene already has many of the operations <br />that are necessary for a city the size of Eugene, such as: a wastewater treatment <br />facility, local and regional government office buildings, the University of <br />Oregon’s campus and related facilities, utility and other operations, and other <br />public facilities. An alternative assumption might be that Eugene will need 100 <br />new acres of land (2.5 acres per 1,000 people) for public facilities and <br />operations. Among other things, this estimate of land need will address the <br />University of Oregon’s expected growth of 30-acres over the planning period. <br />5 <br />? <br />CAC and TAC discussion: CAC and TAC discussed public facilities and <br /> <br />operations land need and seemed to think that assuming a need for 6.6 acres <br />per 1,000 people was too high. Some committee members were concerned <br />about the availability of sites within the UGB to provide for needed public <br />facilities. <br />? <br />Current technical recommendation for baseline assumption: We recommend <br /> <br />assuming need for 100 acres of land for public facilities and operations. <br />? <br />Data source: LCOG GIS data and City of Eugene Planning Department’s <br /> <br />building permit data <br /> <br /> <br /> Christopher Ramey, Associate Vice President at the University of Oregon, said that the University expects to <br />5 <br />purchase and develop roughly 30-acres over the 20-year planning period. <br /> <br /> <br />