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were used at each phase of the project to ensure widespread citizen involvement. The adopted policies result from extensive public involvement that included a series of workshops, city-wide distributed tabloids, and random sample surveys. At the last phase of study, Making Decisions, the community was asked its preferences of four scenarios and a series of actions that could be taken to manage growth in the future. The preferences of the community are shown in the Scenario Results, Future Actions, and Demographic Data. These documents can be accessed from the links in the right-hand column. Council Involvement: On February 2, 1998, the Eugene City Council unanimously adopted 19 Growth Management Policies to guide how we manage growth in the coming years. Outcome: The adopted policies are to be used to guide City work programs, the Budget and Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Though not adopted, a set of Example Actions were included that show potential means of implementing the adopted policies. Policy 1 – Support the existing Eugene Urban Growth Boundary by taking actions to increase density and use existing vacant land and under-used land within the boundary more efficiently. Policy 2 – Encourage in-fill, mixed-use, redevelopment, and higher density development. Policy 3 – Encourage a mix of businesses and residential uses downtown using incentives and zoning. Policy 4 – Improve the appearance of buildings and landscapes. Policy 5 – Work cooperatively with Metro area partners (Springfield and Lane County) and other nearby cities to avoid urban sprawl and preserve the rural character in areas outside the urban growth boundaries. Policy 6 – Increase density of new housing development while maintaining the character and livability of individual neighborhoods. Policy 7 – Provide for a greater variety of housing types. Policy 8 – Promote construction of affordable housing. Policy 9 – Mitigate the impacts of new and/or higher density housing, in-fill, and redevelopment on neighborhoods through design standards, open space and housing maintenance programs, and continuing historic preservation and neighborhood planning programs. Policy 10 – Encourage the creation of transportation-efficient land use patterns and implementation of nodal development concepts. Policy 11 – Increase the use of alternative modes of transportation by improving the capacity, design, safety, and convenience of the transit, bicycle, and pedestrian transportation systems. Policy 12 – Encourage alternatives to the use of single-occupant vehicles through demand management techniques. Policy 13 – Focus future street improvements on relieving pressure on the City's most congested roadways and intersections to maintain an acceptable level of mobility for all modes of transportation. Policy 14 – Development shall be required to pay the full cost of extending infrastructure and services, except that the City will examine ways to subsidize the costs of providing infrastructure or offer other incentives that support higher-density, in-fill, mixed-use, and redevelopment. Policy 15 – Target publicly-financed infrastructure extensions to support development for higher densities, in-fill, mixed uses, and nodal development. Policy 16 – Focus efforts to diversify the local economy and provide family-wage jobs principally by supporting local, and environmentally-sensitive businesses. Direct available financial and regulatory incentives to support these efforts. Policy 17 – Protect and improve air and water quality and protect natural areas of good habitat value through a variety of means such as better enforcement of existing regulations, new or revised regulations, or other practices. Policy 18 – Increase the amount and variety of parks and open spaces. Policy 19 – Expand City efforts to achieve community-based policing.