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Comprehensive Plan Amendment Village of Hardwood Creek page 8 An amendment of the comprehensive plan shall be required if, in order to accommodate a specific development project, the annual target for new growth (units /year)...would be exceeded (Section 2, par. 7.). The amendment will include the description of the site in the Mixed Use section, as explained above. However, in order to avoid confusion, it would be advisable to amend the limiting statement itself to provide for the possibility of amendment described in the growth management ordinance. • The statement on page 27 of the comp plan should be amended to read as follows: 9. Limit residential growth to an average of 147 units per year, carrying a three year supply lot inventory. Specific projects that are found to fulfill specified public purposes can justify amending this comprehensive plan to exceed this limit. The City Council shall consider such an amendment only if the specific development project will promote a clearly identified public purpose. The public purpose may include but is not limited to: a) provision of housing unit variety that contributes toward meeting housing goals, such as medium density, high- density, and mixed -use developments in locations designated for them in the comprehensive plan b) provision of infrastructure that will provide benefits beyond the project site, in accordance with City transportation, sewer, or water plans, that is not financially feasible without exceeding the target c) preservation of environmental features that would not occur without exceeding the target d) provision of economic benefits to the City that would not occur without exceeding the target These four public purpose examples are taken directly from the growth management ordinance. These are listed as potential reasons to justify an amendment of the comp plan if a project would exceed the annual growth target. Incorporating them into the comp plan itself provides consistency between the comprehensive plan and the growth management policy ordinance. (6) Text Review: Demographic Goals The "Local Forecasts" section of the Land Use Plan chapter includes the growth goals for the next decades: households, population, and employment. This statement is found on page 63: "The goals assume an average of 147 new households annually through the year 2020." This statement merits discussion.