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 />c p. n rohensive plan G n"u I A1,.., should be initiated every five years. This reflects the fact that <br />comprehensive plans 'a beneA414an must be adaptable to the changing needs and circumstances <br />of the community if they i i 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 original 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 Flan was updated in 1987 and in 2004 through <br />periodic review. <br />Purpose <br />The Metro Plan is the official long-range con1plehensive ge-BeFa4-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 />Chapter 11•-D. 11 1-'lrloEr~dtr~Iero_lan_D_ iaf:arn dial} tit"lea-I 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 fiuther urban expansion, taking into account the growth policy of the area to <br />accommodate a population of 286,0002-9a-,-7 )-within the UGB by the year 201.5.1 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 />1. The population projection range for the Residential Land Use and Housing Element in Chapter 111-A is <br />291,700 to 311,100. The expected population for the year 2015 is 301,400. This projection is for the <br />Metropolitan Study Area, a census tract area much larger than the UGB. The proiection was usedas the <br />basis for deriving the population figure of 286.000 for the UGB for the year 2015 for the residential lauds <br />analysis perfornied in flee 1999 Residential Lands and Housing Study. <br />I-1 <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 115 <br />