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EXHIBIT R Page 71 While urban development may create problems from an agricultural production standpoint, the compact urban growth form is, in many ways, compatible with nearby agricultural activities. First, as urban densities increase, the close proximity of productive agricultural areas provides._h~ the potential to access larger markets for their products, thereby increasing their economic return. Second, close proximity can reduce transportation costs for agricultural products grown near metropolitan population concentrations, enabling local farmers to remain or become competitive with more distant markets. Third, retention of productive agricultural lands immediately adjacent to urban development can provide possible social and psychological benefits to urban residents. Fourth, the compact urban growth form and sequential development avoids the problem of leapfrogging and the problem of surrounding an area of agricultural development with urban areas. Since the most productive agricultural lands are typified by Class I agricultural soils located in the floodway fringes, the boundary of the floodway fringe often serves as the location of the UGB. When the floodway fringe follows a natural bench or when a road creates a dike which defines the floodway fringe, the boundary between urban uses and agricultural uses may be abrupt. In other instances, the transition from urban to rural is not as easily definable on the ground. Recognizing inevitable problems for agricultural production and retention of small isolated pockets of agricultural land that are or would be surrounded by urban uses was not considered a high priority in drawing the UGB. The UGB is pfeeisely , as noted on and in eet~unetioft with the Auxiliafy Map No. 3 i this seetion. A larger- seale edition is en file in the Planning Offiees of Springfield, Bagene, Lane E . tax._lot-specific _where _it is_coterminous.-With city._..lilIlita ..where_it hasbeen determined through the _annexation process. and where it falls_on the outside edge of existing or planned_rights-of-way. In other places, the UGB is determined on a case-by-case basis through intemretation of the_Metro Plan Plan Boundaries Main this Metro Plan and the following factors_(see Metro Plan Plan Boundaries Map Keys: • Protection of Agricultural Lands • Protection of Forest Lands • Ridgeline (Draina eg Basin) y_and_Economic_Public_Services • Order! • Floodway Fringe • Protection of Wetlands • Protection of Sand and Gravel Resources • Ai ort Protection • Existing Development and Services (City Limits • Meet Economic Goals • Meet Housing oals II-G-15 69 Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 390