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I. General Findings For All Sites In This Ordinance These findings apply to all of the amendments in the accompanying ordinance. Additional findings on specific site amendments are included under Sections II and III of this document. In the analysis below, the sites are first analyzed against West Eugene Wetlands Plan (WEWP) criteria wetlands designation. These criteria were adopted by the Eugene City Council on October 11, 1999 and by the Lane County Board of Commissioners on November 23, 1999. These criteria for designation of wetlands were analyzed for consistency with all applicable policies from the Metropolitan Area General Plan as well as the remaining policies of the WEWP at the time of adoption. Therefore, site designations that are consistent with these criteria are considered consistent with the Metro Plan and WEWP policies as well. Even though demonstration of consistency with the WEWP criteria would be sufficient to establish consistency with the Metro Plan and remaining WEWP policies, this document also includes a general analysis of the sites against the Metro Plan and remaining WEWP policies themselves. With the exception of site HG (Hyundai) and a portion of site H2 (the Eugene Speedway property), summary tables for all sites for which amendments are proposed are included in Exhibit C, showing how each site meets the standards and criteria for Protection, Development and Restoration. Sites HG and H2 are addressed in separate ordinances. They are referred to in this discussion only generally and only where necessary to describe or quantify the cumulative impacts of all of the proposed amendments. Since the site specific amendments for the Hyundai and Speedway sites have not been adopted, the distribution of wetland acres among the wetland designation categories is not known. The amendment for the remaining (i.e., not part of the Speedway property) portion of site H2 has been re-numbered as Amendment 47a, and it is included in this ordinance. This ordinance includes three new sites (C8, E2e and EG) that were not included in the previous recommendations from the Eugene and Lane County Planning Commissions. These sites were either mapped or restored to wetland after the Planning Commission review was completed. Three site amendments (Amendments 15, 16, and a portion of 48) recommended by the Eugene and Lane County Planning Commissions are not included here. These sites are sites currently designated for Protection in the WEWP, and based upon staff recommendations after analyzing the sites under the new wetland designation criteria, we conclude that there is not sufficient reason to re-designate them. These amendments also include sites or portions of sites proposed for either the Planned Transportation Corridor designation or the Utility Corridor designation. Both of these designations are protective designations, and are considered "Conservation" designations under the state rules for Wetland Conservation Plans. This means that they allow somewhat wider uses than the Protection designation. These designations do not have their own criteria because they are intended to be applied to protected wetlands or wetlands that (1) would otherwise be protected, and (2) either contain existing utilities or were previously identified for planned transportation improvements. Therefore, the analysis for these proposed designations relies Multiple Site Ordinance, Exhibit C (Refinement Plan Amendment Findings) Page 2