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ATTACHMENT A AL TE RNATIVE REGIONAL 2050 GROWTH SCENARIOS Sustaining Quality of Life in the CONCEPTS AND EVALUATION Southern Willamette Valley Spring 2004 Three alternative regional growth scenarios are now being evaluated as part of Region 2050. This paper describes Region 2050 and the evaluation process. WHAT IS REGION 2050? Region 2050 is a voluntary, collaborative effort to improve and sustain quality of life in the Southern Willamette Valley over the next 50 years. Region 2050 began in the summer of 1999 with the adoption of formal resolutions by the Lane County Board of Commissioners and the City Councils of Coburg, Cottage Grove, Creswell, Eugene, Junction City, Lowell, Oakridge, Springfield, Veneta, and Westfir. The resolutions endorsed the concept of developing a Regional Growth Management Strategy and defined the forum for the dialogue among the regional partners. Each local government has appointed elected officials to serve on the Regional Policy Advisory Board which guides the Region 2050 process. A Lane Transit District (LTD) Board member and staff from the Governor's office also sit on the Policy Board. Region 2050 is staffed by a Regional Technical Advisory Committee (RTAC) comprised of the managers and planners from the eleven local governments, LTD, local utilities, the Department of Land Conservation and Development, other state agencies, and the League of Women Voters. For more information about Region 2050, please refer to the web site www. REGION2050.orcl. EXPECTED OUTCOMES The result of the Region 2050 process will be a Regional Growth Management Strategy that is submitted to the eleven local governments and state agencies for endorsement. The strategy will set out the population and employment each agrees to serve over the next 50 years. It will also contain a set of goals, objectives, and actions to maintain and improve quality of life. Likely implementation actions are changes to local comprehensive plans, including urban growth boundaries (UGBs - a 20 year land supply) and Urban Reserves ( a 50- year land supply), ordinances, and codes, and intergovernmental agreements. The 2050 population targets in the strategy will be used to arrive at the coordinated 20-year population projections for UGBs, as adjusted to reflect projections for non-Region 2050 cities and rural lands outside the Southern Willamette Valley region. Other possible outcomes are a Regional Economic Development Plan, a regional vision for parks and