EXHIBIT R Page 21 <br />Chapter I <br />Introduction <br />Background <br />The 2003 Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) is the third first <br />update of the 1990 Plan. The 1990 Plan, adopted in 1972, provided that a major update of the <br />cpmf2rehensy_e_plan ~~ener~~Plsn should be initiated every five years. This reflects the fact that <br />comprehensive plans a--general-plan must be adaptable to the changing needs and circumstances <br />of the community if thty_it-is are to retain their its-validity and usefulness. <br />Therefore, this Metro Plan is not an entirely new product, but rather has evolved from and <br />reflects needed changes to the on ._nal_1990 Plan. <br />The Metro Plan was acknowledged by the Land Conservation and Development Commission <br />(LCDC) in 1982 for the area inside the urban growth boundary (UGB). The remaining area was <br />acknowledged in September 1985. The Metro Plan-was undated in 1987 and in 2004 through <br />periodic review. <br />Purpose <br />The Metro Plan is the official long-range comp rehensy_e_general-plan (public policy document) <br />of metropolitan Lane County and the cities of Eugene and Springfield. Its policies and land use <br />designations apply only within the area under the jurisdiction of the Metro Plan as described in <br />Chanter II-D. -the-P-latz=Boundary,(isee etr-o Plan-Bra. rg=am ma imCh Chapter-11). The Metro Plan <br />sets forth general planning policies and land use allocations and serves as the basis for the <br />coordinated development of programs concerning the use and conservation of physical resources, <br />furtherance of assets, and development or redevelopment of the metropolitan area. <br />The Metro Plan is intended to designate a sufficient amount of urbanizable land to accommodate <br />the need for further urban expansion, taking into account the growth policy of the area to <br />accommodate a population of 286000293,700 =within the UGB by_the-war-2015.' The Metro <br />Plan also identifies the major public facilities required to meet the land use needs designated <br />within the UGB. <br />More specifically, the Metro Plan provides the overall framework for the following planning <br />functions. The Metro Plan: <br />The population projection range for the Residential Land Use and Housing Element in Chapter III-A is <br />291,700 to 311,100. The expected population for the year 2015 is 301,400. Ths.projecton_s_or._the <br />Metropolitan to Aroma.,: _a census tract. =area much lamer than the U~i B.,_ The pro Lectl .n w Wised as the <br />basis for_denying_the_populatiorx f> nre..of 286 OQO for tkie UGB for the year 20.15 far_the residential._lands <br />analvs s performed m- Ahe 1999 Residential Lands anal Housing_Study, <br />I-1 19 <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 340 <br />