Comprehensive Plan (p. 2-3), a willing seller is a key criterion for the City when prioritizing acquisition <br />opportunities. Because of the lack of available land, an expansion of the urban growth boundary is <br />necessary to accommodate a community park to serve the Santa Clara area. <br />ORS 197.298(1) and OAR 660-024-0060(1) set out a "priority" system among four land categories. The <br />categories are described below. The order of priority is the order in which the categories are listed, <br />highest (a) to lowest (d). This priority system begins with the general rule that cities will expand onto <br />land in the highest-priority land category, expanding onto lower priority land only if the higher-priority <br />land is "inadequate to accommodate the amount of land needed." ORS 197.298(b), (c) and (d). A <br />number of regulations, together, direct the way in which the City must apply the priority system. In the <br />case of land for parks, they include: ORS 197.298, the locational factors of Statewide Planning Goal 14 <br />and OAR 660-024-0060(1), (5) and (6). <br />ORS 197.298 provides: <br />(1) In addition to any requirements established by rule addressing urbanization, land may not <br />be included within an urban growth boundary except under the following priorities: <br />(a) First priority is land that is designated urban reserve land under ORS 195.145, rule or <br />metropolitan service district action plan. [Note: Eugene has no land in this category.] <br />(b) If land under paragraph (a) of this subsection is inadequate to accommodate the <br />amount of land needed, second priority is land adjacent to an urban growth boundary <br />that is identified in an acknowledged comprehensive plan as an exception area or <br />nonresource land. Second priority may include resource land that is completely <br />surrounded by exception areas unless such resource land is high-value farmland as <br />described in ORS 215.710. <br />(c) If land under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection is inadequate to accommodate <br />the amount of land needed, third priority is land designated as marginal land pursuant <br />to ORS 197.247 (1991 Edition). [Note: the study area has no land in this category.] <br />(d) If land under paragraphs (a) to (c) of this subsection is inadequate to accommodate the <br />amount of land needed, fourth priority is land designated in an acknowledged <br />comprehensive plan for agriculture or forestry, or both. <br />(2) Higher priority shall be given to land of lower capability as measured by the capability <br />classification system or by cubic foot site class, whichever is appropriate for the current use. <br />(3) Land of lower priority under subsection (1) of this section may be included in an urban <br />growth boundary if land of higher priority is found to be inadequate to accommodate the <br />amount of land estimated in subsection (1) of this section for one or more of the following <br />reasons: <br />(a) Specific types of identified land needs cannot be reasonably accommodated on higher <br />priority lands; <br />(b) Future urban services could not reasonably be provided to the higher priority lands due <br />to topographical or other physical constraints; or <br />(c) Maximum efficiency of land uses within a proposed urban growth boundary requires <br />inclusion of lower priority lands in order to include or to provide services to higher <br />priority lands. <br />Statewide Planning Goal 14 provides: <br />Appendix C to Findings May 2017 Page 8 <br />