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Conservation and Development Commission, the urban growth boundary is the outer edge of an area to receive urban levels of public services over a specific planning period. The concept has worked well in this area. With adoption of the Metro Plan (updating the 1990 Plan), the urban growth boundary was expanded to include parts of the Willow Creek Basin. The Metro Plan programmed this area to provide a portion of the required land inventory needed for orderly growth of the community to about the year 2000. The W i l l o w Creek Special Area Study i denti f fes a series of public facilities needed to ultimately provide service for the Basin, and provides direction to implement these projects . Notably, the Study identifies the fact that police, fire and services and some elementary school capacity can be provided through existing facilities. Goal 12 -- Transportation-, To provide and encourage a safe, convenient and economic transportation system. Discussion: The Eugene-Springfield Area Transportation 2000 '(T-- 2000) Plan contains policy and capital project requirements intended to guide development of the area's transportation systems to the end of the century. While it identifies the street and highway network as the backbone of the system, it also calls for efforts to encourage use of alternate modes of transportation such as bicycling, walking, transit and paratransit. The Study contains a series of policies which respond to that direction. The study also provides for a clustering of several land- use activities through a "nodal development" to facilitate walking and bicycling, as well as efficient transit and paratransit service. Goal 13 -- Energy Conservation: To conserve energy. Discussion: ,The nodal development concept (discussed in Goal 12 analysis above) i s critical to both local and State energy conservation efforts. Facilitating alternative modes of transportation is one method of achieving conservation of petroleum-based fuels. The Study also encourages construction of multi - family housing types, which are more energy efficient than single - family units, both during construction and use. Finally, development of the Basin will occur under city-wide codes including Eugene's solar access provisions which maintains passive and active solar energy options for current and future residents of the area. To the extent that increased employment will occur in the Basin by virtue of the proposed plan amendment, it w i l l fac i l i ti ate worker residency near places of employment, thereby promoting energy efficiencies. Goal 14 -- Urbanization: To provide for an orderly and efficient transition from rural to urban land. Discussion: Provisions of this goal direct the following: Land within the boundaries separating urbani zabl e land from rural land shall be considered available over time for urban uses. Conversion of urban i zabl e land to urban uses shall be based on consideration of: 1. Orderly, economic provision for public facilities and a services; 2. Availability of sufficient land for various uses to insure choices in the market place; A- 7