EXHIBIT R Page 98 <br />B.1 Demonstrate a positive interest in existing and new industries, especially those providing <br />above average wage and salary levels, an increased variety of job opportunities, a rise in <br />the standard of living, and utilization of our existing comparative advantage in the level <br />of education and skill of the resident labor force. <br />B.2 Encourage economic development, which utilizes local and imported capital, <br />entrepreneurial skills, and the resident labor force. <br />B.3 Encourage local residents to develop job skills and other educational attributes that will <br />enable them to fill existing job opportunities. <br />B.4 Encourage the continuance of career preparation and employment orientation for <br />metropolitan area residents by the community's educational institutions, labor unions, <br />businesses, and industry. <br />B.5 Provide existing industrial activities sufficient adjacent land for future expansion. <br />B.6 Increase the amount of undeveloped land zoned for light industrial and commercial uses <br />correlating the effective supply in terms of suitability and availability with the projections <br />of demand. <br />13.7 Encourage industrial park development, including areas for warehousing and distributive <br />industries and research and development activities. <br />B.8 Encourage the improvement of the appearance of existing industrial areas, as well as their <br />ability to serve the needs of existing and potential light industrial development. <br />13.9 Encourage the expansion of existing and the location of new manufacturing activities, <br />which are characterized by low levels of pollution and efficient energy use. <br />13.10 Encourage opportunities for a variety of heavy industrial development in Oregon's <br />second largest metropolitan area. <br />B.11 Encourage economic activities, which strengthen the metropolitan area's position as a <br />regional distribution, trade, health, and service center. <br />B.12 Discourage future Metro Plan amendments that would change development-ready <br />industrial lands (sites defined as short-term in the metropolitan Industrial Lands Special <br />Study, 1991) to non-industrial designations. <br />13.13 Continue to encourage the development of convention and tourist-related facilities. <br />13.14 Continue efforts to keep the Eugene and Springfield central business districts as vital <br />centers of the metropolitan area. <br />QQ C III-B-5 <br />Ca6rel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 417 <br />