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ATTACHMENT 5 - Commission Report cited information used in Policy development, in order to provide a firm basis for Policy use. The background information, including the Working Papers, is to be used to help interpret and understand General Plan approaches but is not itself designed to be adopted as legislative law. The Board formally adopted the Policies in February of 1984. D. CITIES, COMMUNITIES AND RURAL LANDS Cities While the Policies in this document are directed at Lane County gov it is clearly recognized that the County has a responsibility to, and must coordinate efforts closely with, the incorporated cities within its boundaries. Statewide planning law requires that each incorporated city develop and adopt its own land use plan which must itself comply with LCDC Goals. The plan must contain essentially the same elements as the County General Plan, with an additional element of an identified Urban Growth Boundary (required by Goal 14). Future urban growth for each city is to take place within that Boundary. In the case of the Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Area Plan, a mutual Boundary is adopted by both cities and the County. For all other cities, the County must ratify the cities UGBs by independent evaluation of, and adoption of, appropriate city plan provisions. Through this method, the County becomes responsible for administering the provisions of city plans within the city UGBs but outside of the corporate city Limits. "Joint Agreements for Planning Coordination" drawn up between the County and each city lay the framework for cooperative action in the effort Policies concerning Goal 14 in this document further indicate County posture toward city plans. County adoption of city plans —or. amendments thereto — ensures that conflicts between city plans and County Plan do not readily occur. Beyond carrying out the responsibilities outlined above, ORS 195.036 requires that the county: "...establish and maintain a population forecast for the entire area withtn its boundary jar use in maintaining and updating comprehensive plan4 and shall coordinate the forecast With the local governments within its boundary. " Pursuant to this requirement and OAR 660-0244030, coordinated forecasts have been developed and are adopted for Lane County and each Of its urban are as. These figures are included in Table 1.1, below. ; The Coordinated Population Forecasts included in Table 1.1 were developed for Lane. County by the Portland State University Population Research Center except as noted. The methods, assumptions and data used to develop these forecasts are included in PSU's report Population Forecasts for Lane County its Cities and Unincorporated Area 20D8 -2035 dated May 2009. Page 4 ATTACHMENT$