1 "(3) Land of lower priority under subsection (1) of this section may <br />2 be included in an urban growth boundary if land of higher priority is found <br />3 to be inadequate to accommodate the amount of land estimated in <br />4 subsection (1) of this section for one or more of the following reasons: <br />5 "(a) Specific types of identified land needs cannot be reasonably <br />6 accommodated on higher priority lands; <br />7 "(b) Future urban services could not reasonably be provided to the <br />8 higher priority lands due to topographical or other physical constraints; or <br />9 "(c) Maximum efficiency of land uses within a proposed urban <br />10 growth boundary requires inclusion of lower priority lands in order to <br />11 include or to provide services to higher priority lands. "5 <br />12 Closely related, Goal 14, OAR 660-015-0000(14), establishes the goal for <br />13 urbanization is: <br />14 "To provide for an orderly and efficient transition from rural to <br />15 urban land use, to accommodate urban population and urban employment <br />16 inside urban growth boundaries, to ensure efficient use of land, and to <br />17 provide for livable communities." <br />18 In addition, Goal 14 provides standards of "Land Need" that involve setting or changing a <br />19 UGB: <br />20 "Establishment and change of urban growth boundaries shall be <br />21 based on the following: <br />22 "(1) Demonstrated need to accommodate long range urban <br />23 population, consistent with a 20-year population forecast coordinated with <br />24 affected local governments, or for cities applying the simplified process <br />25 under ORS chapter 197A, a 14-year forecast; and <br />ORS 197.298 (2013), which was operative at all relevant times in this case, has <br />since been amended, but those amendments do not apply in this case and are immaterial. <br />See Or Laws 2013, ch 575, § 12. References to ORS 197.298 throughout this opinion are <br />to the current version of the statute. <br />7 <br />