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14 B3 Yes Yes Yes Restore No change* 49 HC ? ? ? Undesignated Protect -- 50 HD No Yes No U ndesignated Develop 55 IA No Yes No U ndesignated Protect 58 ID Yes No No Undesignated Develop *These sites along the potential northern alignment of the West Eugene Parkway were part of the original amendment package have been removed and will be considered at a later date. The table above shows that nine sites or portions of sites affected by proposed amendments are known to contain a listed rare plant species. One additional site (HC) may contain them, based on known populations nearby on the same lot. Seven of the nine are recommended for Protection, in part to protect the rare plants. Portions of two rare plant sites are recommended to be redesignated to Planned Transportation Corridor (PTC), and these are within potential alignments of a proposed Green Hill Road widening project. The adopted policy for the PTC calls for designs that minimize impacts to rare plants. The result should be the protection of most of the rare plants on these two sites. Two rare plant sites . (amendments 50 and 58) are recommended for Development, due largely to their isolation from other habitat areas by surrounding development. In the case of amendment #50 (site HD) a high level of disturbance also contributed to this conclusion. These sites, and the two sites along Green Hill Road proposed to be designated for Planned Transportation Corridor, would be reviewed for rare plant impacts as part of the required wetland fill permit process. This review would provide an opportunity to take measures to protect or move those populations or mitigate for any impacts to them. Under the proposed amendments the majority of known populations of listed rare plants would be protected, with the possibility that through the wetland permitting process, all of the plant populations would be protected. Therefore, the proposed amendments are consistent with this policy. Policy 29, page III -C-ll: "Local governments shall work with owners of designated environmentally-sensitive areas to require that reasonable actions are taken to protect these lands, e.g., the heronry at the confluence of the Willamette and McKenzie Rivers and the site of the Aster curtus in the Willow Creek Basin." There are two sites within the West Eugene Wetlands Plan area that are designated in the Metro Plan as environmentally sensitive. They are the Willow Creek Natural Area and Bertelsen Slough. The Bertelsen Slough area is owned and managed by the Bureau of Land Management as a protected natural resource Multiple Site Ordinance, Exhibit C (Refinement Plan Amendment Findings) Page 9