EXHIBITS Page 66 <br />Chapter III <br />Specific Elements <br />A. Metropolitan Residential Land Use and Housing Element <br />The Metro Plan Residential Land Use and Housing Element addresses the housing needs of <br />current and future residents of the entire Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area through 2015. In <br />2011, the City of Springfield and Lane County adopted a Residential Land Use and Housing <br />Element that addresses Springfield's city-specific residential land needs through 2030.1 This <br />Springfield-specific action was based on the mandates set out in ORS 197.304, described in more <br />detail in the Metro Plan Preface and Chapter 1. In adopting its city-specific update in 2011, <br />Springfield made it clear that the regional housing goals and policies in this Metropolitan <br />Residential Land Use and Housing Element would continue to apply to Springfield. However, <br />the findings in this Metro Plan element no longer apply on the east side of Interstate 5. The <br />entirety of this element will continue to apply on the west side of Interstate 5 until such time as <br />the City of Eugene adopts its Residential Land Use and Housing Element, addressing its city- <br />specific residential land needs. <br />Land in residential use occupies the largest share of land within the metropolitan area,,, <br />O: beidfi at: 'r GBR The existing housing stock and residential land supply and its <br />relationship to other land uses and infrastructure are critical to the future needs of all residents. <br />This element addresses Statewide Planning Goal 10: Housing, "To provide for the housing <br />needs of the citizens of the state." Housing demand originates with the basic need for shelter but <br />continues into the realm of creating communities. The policies contained in this element are <br />based on an analysis of the metropolitan area's land supply and housing demand, existing <br />housing problems, and the demographic characteristics of the expected future population. <br />Factors that were reviewed to develop aprojection of the 2015 metropolitan 44w,,-housing <br />demand were: projected number of metro area households; household income, age, size, and <br />type; and special housing needs. The background material for this analysis is contained in two <br />documents, the 1999 Supply and Demand Technical Analysis and the 1999 Site Inventory <br />Document.' <br />The policies in this Metro Plan element provide direction for the local jurisdictions in preparing <br />zoning and development regulations to address future housing needs. Each jurisdiction will be <br />responsible to implement the policies contained in the Metro Plan -Residential Land Use and <br />Housing Element. At the time of the annual monitoring report, information on progress made to <br />i See the "Springfield 2030 Refinement Plan Residential Land Use and Housing Element" adopted by Springfield <br />Ordinance No. 6268 and Lane County Ordinance No. PA 1274. <br />2 The background material for the City of Springfield's 2030 Residential Land and Housing Element Needs Analysis <br />is contained in its "Technical SiMplement: Springfield Residential Land and Housing Needs Analysis" adopted by <br />Springfield Ordinance No. 6268 and Lane County Ordinance No. PA 1274 and the findings that accompanied those <br />ordinances. <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 629 <br />