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18686 E. The Plan D12Qram Introduction The Plan diagram is a generalized map and graphic expression of the goals, objectives, and recommendations found elsewhere in the Plan. Rather than an accurate representation of actual size and shape, the arrangement of existing and, to an even greater degree, projected land uses illustrated on the diagram is based on the various elements and p r i n c i p l e s embodied in the Plan. L i kewi se, statements in this section that prescribe specific courses of action regarding the community's future should. be regarded as policies. Projections i n d i c a t e a population of approximately 293,700 will reside and work in the metropolitan area by 2000" The allocation of living, working, and recreational areas and supporting public facilities shown on the diagram and public facilities map in this section generally respond to that projection. If a growth rate management system is adopted that effectively slows the growth of population, the fulfillment of the diagram will not be reached until some- time after the turn of the century. When it is acknowledged that the diagram represents a certain number of people rather than a point in time, it becomes clear that acceptance of the diagram does ' not invalidate the, pursuit of a growth rate management system. Should such a system prove feasible and desirable for the community, the process used to allocate land uses on the diagram, fully documented in the Plan Diagram Alternatives Technical Report (January 1979) , can be repeated for a population at any point in time. Finally, the diagram is drawn at a metropolitan scale necessitating supplemental planning on a local level. The diagram and text provide the overall framework within which more detailed planning occurs on that local level. When local plans include densities or land use allocations significant on a metropolitan scale, their adoption requires analysis of metropolitan implications followed by amendments to the Metropolitan Plan when necessary. Standards for identifying factors of metropolitan significance need to -be defined and agreed to by Spring- field, Lane County, and Eugene. In practice, the process of referrals between the three bodies will also deter- mine issues of metropolitan significance on a ease- by- case' Major Influen The Metropolitan Plan diagram reflects the influence of many sources . Parti- cularly noteworthy are the following 1. The Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission's statewide Planning Goals, .as published in April, 1977. 2. The. Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area 1.990 General Plan, predecessor of this document; particularly the concept of compact urban growth. II -E -1