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(1) The site cannot be controlled through the acquisition (by one or more West Eugene Wetlands Program Partners) of easements or fee title ownership in order to manage the site for wetland protection. In the context of Criterion #6, it is the site characteristics and the characteristics of adjacent areas that would prevent site control and management, as opposed to lack of funding for acquisition (for example, a regulation that prohibits acquisition of property with certain characteristics) ; or (2) That conditions or activities adjacent to the wetland site, which are outside the control of the Wetlands Program, pose a significant environmental threat to the wetland site (for example, contaminated groundwater on an adjacent parcel is likely to migrate to the wetland site and cause damage to the wetlands). III. Analysis of Consistency with Adopted Wetland Designation Criteria The proposed designations for the Hyundai site are reviewed below for consistency with the wetland designation criteria adopted by the Eugene City Council on October 11, 1999 and by the Lane County Board of Commissioners on November 23, 1999. These new criteria are used in place of those contained in Appendix B of the original Plan. The application of "Standards" and "Criteria" as used in the findings below are defined in the West Eugene Wetlands Plan (WEWP) Glossary as follows: "standard: a written objective condition, which if met by a site, automatically determines the wetland designation to be applied." "criteria, criterion: a written measure of character or quality, which is considered together with all other criteria to make a wetland designation decision on sites which do not meet any of the standards. " The site is evaluated as a whole, and is also evaluated within three sub-areas (see map 1 attached): the "north area," the southeast field, and the southwest field. The standards and criteria are shown below in italic type, followed by applicable findings for each. 3.17 The following standards and criteria shall be used to designate newly identified wetland sites or portions of sites (i.e., undesignated wetlands within the West Eugene Wetlands Plan boundaries) for protection, development or restoration on the Wetlands Designation Map (Map 3) of the West Eugene Wetland Plan. These standards and criteria provide the framework for maintaining a balance within the plan area between environmental protection and sound urban development, consistent' with state and federal wetland law. For each site or portion of a site, designations shall be based upon either 1) finding that the site meets at least one of the standards, or 2) a thorough consideration of how all the criteria apply to the site. A wetland site need not meet all of the criteria for a given Hyundai Site Ordinance, Exhibit C (Refinement Plan Amendment Findings) Page 5