b. Categorize Candidate Land into the Four Priority Categories of <br />ORS 197.298(1)/ (ORS 197.298(1)(b) <br />ORS 197.298(1) requires the City to identify the land in its study area as follows: <br />First Priority Land: land that is designated urban reserve land under ORS 195.145, rule or <br />metropolitan service district action plan <br />Second Priority Land: land identified in the Lane County Rural Comprehensive Plan or the Metro Plan <br />as an exception area or non-resource land, including resource land that is <br />completely surrounded by exception areas unless such resource land is high- <br />value farmland <br />Third Priority Land: land designated as marginal land in the Lane County Rural Comprehensive Plan <br />Fourth Priority Land: land designated in the Lane County Rural Comprehensive Plan or the Metro Plan <br />for agriculture or forestry, or both. <br />Because these priority categories are based on comprehensive plan land use designations, the first map <br />below, "Land Use Designations," shows the designations of both the Metro Plan and the Lane County <br />Rural Comprehensive Plan as they apply inside the study area. The base designations shown on this map <br />are aggregated into priority categories, which are shown on the second map, "Priority Categories of <br />Candidate Land." <br />In Eugene's park expansion study area, there are no lands designated as urban reserves (See ORS <br />197.298(1)(a), above) or as marginal land ((c), above); therefore there are no first priority or third <br />priority lands included on the map or in the analysis that follows. Land within the study area that does <br />not fall into any of the four priority categories is identified on the Priority Categories of Candidate Land <br />map as "Other Lands." s <br />In addition to forming the basis for the priority category of candidate land, land use designations are <br />referenced in the subsequent analysis to identify proximity of candidate land to incompatible uses (such <br />as heavy industrial or airport), or desired uses (such as urban residential neighborhoods). These land use <br />designations include those within the study area and those adjacent to the study area. For ease of <br />reference, these designations are shown on the third map below, "Contextual Land Use Designations." <br />a These lands include those designated for Sand and Gravel, Airport Reserve, and Parks and Open Space, as well as <br />a small portion of a tax lot designated Government and Education for which an exception was not required to be <br />taken. <br />Appendix C to Findings May 2017 Page 25 <br />