G. Public Facilities and Services Element <br />This Public Facilities and Services Element provides direction for the future provision of urban <br />facilities and services to planned land uses within the Metro Plan Plan Boundary (Plan <br />Boundary). <br />The availability of public facilities and services is a key factor influencing the location and <br />density of future development. The public's investment in, and scheduling of, public facilities <br />and services are a major means of implementing the Metro Plan. As the population of the <br />Eugene-Springfield area increases and land development patterns change over time, the demand <br />for urban services also increases and changes. These changes require that service providers, both <br />public and private, plan for the provision of services in a coordinated manner, using consistent <br />assumptions and projections for population and land use. <br />The policies in this element complement Metro Plan Chapter II-A, Fundamental Principles, and <br />Chapter II-CB, Growth Management. Consistent with the principle of compact urban growth <br />prescribed in Chapter 11, the policies in this element call for future urban water and wastewater <br />services to be provided exclusively within the urban growth boundary (UGB). This policy <br />direction is consistent with Statewide Planning Goal 11: Public Facilities and Services, "To plan <br />and develop a timely, orderly and efficient arrangement of public facilities and services to serve <br />as a framework for urban and rural development." On urban lands, new development must be <br />served by at least the minimum level of key urban services and facilities at the time development <br />is completed and, ultimately, by a firll range of key urban services and facilities. On rural lands <br />within the Plan Boundary, development must be served by rural levels of service. Users of <br />facilities and services in rural areas are spread out geographically, resulting in a higher per-user <br />cost for some services and, often, in an inadequate revenue base to support a higher level of <br />service in the future. Some urban facilities may be located or managed outside the urban growth <br />boundary, as allowed by state law, but only to serve development within the UGB. <br />Urban facilities and services within the UGB are provided by the City of Eugene, the City of <br />Springfield, Lane County, Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB), the Springfield Utility <br />Board (SUB), the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC), electric <br />cooperatives, and special service districts. Special service districts provide schools and bus <br />service, and, in some areas outside the cities, they provide water, electric, fire service or parks <br />and recreation service. This element provides guidelines for special service districts in line with <br />the compact urban development fundamental principle of the Metro Plan. <br />This element incorporates the findings and policies in the Eugene-Springfteld Metropolitan Area <br />Public Facilities and Services Plan (Public Facilities and Services Plan), adopted as a <br />refinement to the Metro Plan. The Public Facilities and Services Plan provides guidance for <br />public facilities and services, including planned water, wastewater, stormwater, and electrical <br />facilities. As required by Goal 11, the Public Facilities and Services Plan identifies and shows <br />the general location14 of the water, wastewater, and stormwater projects needed to serve land <br />14 The exact location of the projects shown on the Public Facilities and Services Plan planned facilities maps is <br />determined through local processes. <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) IH-G-l Page 227 <br />