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Goal 14 — Urbanization To provide for an orderly and efficient transition from rural to urban land use, to accommodate urban population and urban employment inside urban growth boundaries, to ensure efficient use of land, and to provide for livable communities. A new population forecast does not affect the existing UGB but the establishment of or change to a UGB cannot be undertaken unless there is an adopted population forecast for the 20 -year period upon which the buildable lands inventories are based. Since this determination, and hence the application of Goal 14, cannot occur without the population forecast, the cities must adopt a new population forecast to comply with the provisions of ORS 197.296 and ORS 197.304, the latter of which extends the planning horizon for Eugene and Springfield to 2029. The proposed amendment to Page I -1 is consistent with these statutes and with OAR 660- 024, the rule interpreting Goal 14. The preparation of the Lane County coordinated population forecast was undertaken in accordance with the guidelines and standards of Oregon Administrative Rule 660- 024 - 0030(1 & 2) and with ORS 197.610 to 197.650 as evidenced in the findings adopted by the Lane County Board of Commissioners on June 17, 2009 in support of Ordinance PA 1255 In the Matter of Amending the Lane County Rural Comprehensive Plan (RCP) to Include a Coordinated Population Forecast for Lane County and Each Urban Area within the County (Attachment 5). The cities of Eugene and Springfield are completing the requirements of the law regarding population forecasts by adopting the County's coordinated population forecast into the comprehensive plan (Metro Plan). Goal 15 — Willamette River Greenway To protect, conserve, enhance and maintain the natural, scenic, historical, agricultural, economic and recreational qualities of lands along the MIlamette River as the Willamette River Greenway. A population forecast has no direct affect on the implementation or continued compliance with Goal 15 as there is no direct affect on land use designations, densities or development standards as a result of a new population forecast. In the event that actions by the governing bodies subsequent to adoption of a new population forecast results in changes to designations, development standards or densities, those changes must be evaluated against all applicable goals, statutes and rules. Such evaluations will include Goal 15. Goal 16 Estuarine Resources, Goal 17 Coastal Shorelands, Goal 18 Beaches and Dunes, and Goal 19 Ocean Resources These goals do not apply to the Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Area. Chl Adoption of the amendment must not make the Metro Plan internally inconsistent. The proposed population forecasts are necessary to comply with the new laws adopted by the 2007 Oregon legislature. These new laws effectively pre -empt certain provisions of the Metro Plan that might otherwise appear to stand in contradiction to new and separate population forecasts for each city: Vj