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Of the 111.3 acres in the above table, 87.8 acres (79%) are owned by public agencies or non-profit conservation organizations, and are managed for wetland protection and restoration. The 87.8 acres of publicly owned land that are proposed for a protective designation will have no impact on private property owners. Some additional acres are governed by conservation easements required by state/federal wetland fill permits and are, therefore, not part of the buildable land base. Table 1 does not include the Hyundai site (site HG) or the Speedway site (portion of H2), since these sites are addressed in separate ordinances, which have not been adopted. The impacts to the availability of developable land are spread across many categories of land use type. Taken in total, the impacts to each category are not significant for the Metro Plan area as a whole. The thrust of the West Eugene Wetlands Plan has been to attempt to balance development within wetland areas with protection of the most valuable wetlands, and to replace lost wetlands through mitigation. This approach is continued by these amendments. Furthermore, this approach is supported by Metro Plan policies listed below, which call for both protection of wetlands and maintaining adequate land for development. The process of designating wetlands for Protection and Development is, in part, directed by state and federal laws, which set forth guidelines for determining whether a given wetland can be filled and developed. Within this regulatory context, the proposed amendments are appropriate and consistent with Metro Plan policy. The West Eugene Wetlands Plan proposes Metro Plan diagram amendments for sites designated for Protection following acquisition by one of the West Eugene Wetlands Program partners (the City, BLM, and the Nature Conservancy). These amendments will be pursued following adoption of the present wetland plan amendments for all sites designated for Protection in the Plan. These future Metro Plan amendments will help the diagrams of the two plans to be more closely aligned. 1. Metro Plan Policies This section analyzes the sites against applicable goals and policies of the Metropolitan Area General Plan. Listed below are Metro Plan policies used in the analysis of the amendments in the March 19, 1996 staff report to the planning commissions. These are all of the Metro Plan policies we believe apply to this refinement plan amendment proceeding. Not all these policies apply to site designations, as is stated where appropriate below. Policy 1, page III-B-4: "Demonstrate a positive interest in existing and new industries, especially those providing above average wage and salary levels, an increased variety of job opportunities, a rise in the standard of Multiple Site Ordinance, Exhibit C (Refinement Plan Amendment Findings) Page 5