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<br />ORDINANCE NO. _________ <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER I, INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE <br />SECTION OF THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA <br />GENERAL PLAN BY ADDING SEPARATE POPULATION FORECASTS FOR <br />THE CITIES OF SPRINGFIELD AND EUGENE FOR THE PERIOD 2010 2030 <br />AND INCLUDING THE YEARS 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034 AND 2035, AND <br />ADOPTING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. <br />THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />A. <br /> ORS 197.304 requires the City of Springfield and the City of Eugene, separately <br />from any other city in Lane County, and based on the jurisdictional area of responsibility <br />specified in the acknowledged comprehensive plan, to demonstrate as required by ORS <br />197.296, that its comprehensive plan provides sufficient buildable lands within an urban growth <br />boundary established pursuant to statewide planning goals to accommodate estimated housing <br />needs for 20 years. <br />B. <br /> Oregon Administrative Rule 660-024-0030 requires cities to adopt a 20-year <br />population forecast for the urban area into the comprehensive plan or in a document referenced <br />by the plan. <br />C. <br /> The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) is the sole <br />acknowledged comprehensive land use plan for Springfield and Eugene. <br />D. <br />The Metro Plan contains a single, metropolitan-wide population forecast. <br />E. <br />It is necessary for each city to have separate, 20-year forecasts extending to at <br />least 2030 in order to meet their obligations under ORS 197.304 by the statutory deadline of <br />December 31, 2009. <br />F. <br />On June 17, 2009, the Lane County Board of Commissioners adopted into the <br />Lane County Rural Comprehensive Plan coordinated population forecasts for Springfield and <br />-5 and forecasts <br />area west of I-5 through the year 2035. <br />G. <br />The Cities have coordinated extensively with the county staff and the Lane <br />County Board of Commissioners during the preparation of the coordinated population forecasts <br />and support the forecasts adopted by Lane County as an amendment to the Lane County Rural <br />Comprehensive Plan. <br />Ordinance - Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br /> <br />