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To establish a land use planning process and policy framework as a basis for all decisions and actions related to use of land and to assure an adequate factual base for such decisions and actions. All land -use plans and implementation ordinances shall be adopted by the governing body after public hearing and shall be reviewed and, as needed, revised on a periodic cycle to take into account changing public policies and circumstances, in accord with a schedule set forth in the plan. Opportunities shall be provided for review and comment by citizens and affected governmental units during preparation, review and revision of plans and implementation ordinances. Implementation Measures — are the means used to carry out the plan. These are of two general types: (1) management implementation measures such as ordinances, regulations or project plans, and (2) site or area specific implementation measures such as permits and grants for construction, construction ofpublic facilities or provision ofservices. The current version of the Metro Plan was last adopted in 2004 (Springfield (Ordinance No. 6087; Eugene Ordinance No. 20319; and Lane County Ordinance No. 1197) after numerous public meetings, public workshops and joint hearings of the Springfield, Eugene and Lane County Planning Commissions and Elected Officials. Subsequent to these Metro Plan adoption proceedings, the 2007 Oregon Legislature adopted new laws that applied specifically to Eugene, Springfield and Lane County. ORS 197.304 requires Eugene and Springfield to adopt separate urban growth boundaries based on the jurisdictional responsibilities contained in the Metro Plan, make a determination based on the provisions of ORS 197.296 that there are sufficient buildable lands within these UGBs to accommodate projected growth for the next 20 years, and to make this determination by December 31, 2009. In response to this mandate, Eugene and Springfield have undertaken a necessary step in compliance by initiating a post - acknowledgement plan amendment of the Metro Plan to establish new population forecasts for each city that will comply with the required planning period of 20 years beginning at the date scheduled for completion of this action by statute (12/31/09), and with the provisions of OAR 660 -024- 0040 which requires cities to have adopted population forecasts as a prerequisite to establishment of an urban growth boundary. The Metro Plan is the land use or comprehensive plan required by this goal; the Springfield Development Code, the Eugene Code and the Lane Code are the implementation measures required by this goal. Comprehensive plans, as defined by ORS 197.015(5), must be coordinated with affected governmental units. Coordination means that comments from affected governmental units are solicited and considered. The 10 cities in Lane County not participating as decision - makers in this matter received letters explaining the proposal by Eugene, Springfield and Lane County to adopt into the Metro Plan the coordinated population forecast prepared by Lane County and adopted into the Lane County Rural Comprehensive Plan on June 17, 2009. Goal 3 — Agricultural Lands To preserve and maintain agricultural lands. 5