The time period between initiating annexation and sale of a home or opening of a business varies <br />but can easily take from two to six years. <br />Large-scale and timely annexations of undeveloped and underdeveloped areas should. be <br />encouraged to enhance the opportunity for compact urban growth, an efficient land use pattern, <br />and a well-planned supporting arterial street system. <br />The approach-,w,-Wressed in the following -I'aphie-, is to allow the cities to develop annexation <br />programs which will ensure a six- to ten-year surplus of land. Such a range will allow the <br />maintenance of an adequate surplus of land at any point in time. The six- to ten-year surplus is <br />suggested as a reasonable range which will not only allow for the conversion of urbanizable to <br />urban land through annexation but will allow the cities the opportunity and flexibility to plan for <br />and provide urban facilities and services on a large scale. The six-year minimum will allow the <br />cities and other providers of urban services to develop coordinated capital improvement <br />programs in accordance with the Metro Planadop ed goner-al plan. Such coordinated capital <br />improvement programs can and should be closely related to implementation of annexation plans. <br />The Metro Plan will be updated before undeveloped surplus urban lands are exhausted. <br />The six- to ten-year low density residential land surplus should be based on the amount of <br />development over the previous six to ten years. For other land use categories, annexation <br />programs should be based on past trends, Metro Plan assumptions, and Metro Plan Goals, <br />particularly those goals dealing with promotion of economic development and diversity. <br />Improved monitoring techniques made possible by the geog aphie data st@mRea oval Land <br />Information Database of Lane County MID) formerly referred to as the Geographic <br />Information System (GIS) should allow such monitoring to occur. The monitoring information <br />should be provided on a jurisdictional basis and on the metropolitan level. <br />Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County shall cooperatively monitor and periodically report on <br />development trends and land supply for all categories of residential, commercial, and industrial <br />land. This system shall include consideration of proper zoning, coordinated capital <br />improvements programming, annexation, and other factors necessary to maintain availability of <br />sufficient land to ensure that the supply is responsive to demand in keeping with the <br />Ffundamental Pprinciples of the Metro Plan. <br />In summary, the cities should continually monitor the conversion of urbanizable land to urban <br />and pursue active annexation programs based on local policies and applicable provisions of this <br />Metro Plan including, for example; <br />1. Orderly economic provision of public facilities and services (maintenance and <br />development of capital improvement programs). <br />2. Availability of sufficient land to ensure a supply responsive to demand. <br />zz-~-z <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 142 <br />