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i e <br />Chapter i <br />GOALS AND ASSUMPTIONS CONCERNING EUGENE 1974 -2000 <br />PRE <br />Today -75 ;989- peep4e•- ea44-Edgene - heme: _ - At - eur - present- pate - g rewth - ndmbeit . - <br />w 444- doub4e -In- the - next -45- years Today !QA R over 90 09 <br />home • The fu ture t � r z t l bring adds t ionct Z� g rowth and t h i s increase ca.7 t Eugene <br />of every kind as we try to cope with social econ crease wi]1 pose problems <br />will occur, our willingness to-recognize t' nom�c, and physical changes that <br />solving them will determine who hose problems and pay the costs of <br />whether Eugene remains a fit place to live. Whi 1 e <br />every aspect of growth deserves thoughtful consideration, because it involves the <br />men, women and children who live here, this Committee is charged with the res ' <br />for preparing plans that have to do only with the physical environment Therefore, <br />a fore, � l 7 ty <br />our impl � ci t concern with social <br />goals becomes explicit only when there is a <br />demonstrable relationship between social goals and the physical development <br />Eugene, p t of <br />GOALS <br />I. To protect and enhance the quality of our environment so that Eugene i <br />retain its a 9 will <br />l <br />appeal a s a good place ace i n which to live. <br />2. To restore clean freshness to our air and to our rivers the sparkling <br />they once had, <br />3, To provide all Eugeneans with as much choice as possible in the fields of <br />education, employment, housing, transportation, recreation, and culture. <br />4. To establish a pattern of land uses consistent with <br />being of all segments of the communit the needs and well <br />5. To play a proper role in the develo pment of t <br />i ng the difference between he metropolitan area, recogni z- <br />those prubl ems that are suitable for solution by <br />city action alone and those that require city l eadership or cooperation to <br />develop solutions which are metropolitan, regiona r , state, or national in <br />scope, <br />6 . - B13C �}�` 7'c ensure that ei ti;wns rave an unders of the_ issues <br />t a t f crr_ e our corr�nts�ti try anr. to assure them a voice in the resolution <br />these issues. on o � <br />7. To protect the con tinued avai l ab l i ty Of na tura l resources by vise management <br />afid carefu as sessment , o of future as well as current needs, and to f ace <br />rea t is ti c�a 2 Z the di f f icult + <br />y fficu choiceB „flat must be nude to provide that pro- <br />tection. <br />ASSUMPTIONS <br />BASIC TO ALL ASSUMPTIONS: There is no single correct solution, ood for a <br />time to any planning problem. Frequent periodic review )f policies tii l 1 <br />is essential if we are to meet the changing eeds of our communi p es and of plans <br />are more general in nature, they will require less freQue Since goal <br />q nt adjustment. <br />