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3. Site is within 100 feet of a waterway (stream) designated for protection on Map 3 of the West Eugene Wetlands Plan. The intermittent channel (the east-west channel) that runs through the Hyundai site is mapped in the adopted West Eugene Wetlands Plan (Map 3) as a protected waterway. Portions of the southeast field, the southwest field and the "north area" abut this channel. Therefore, criterion # 3 is met for the site as a whole, as well as each of the sub-areas. 4. Site has a direct perennial or intermittent surface water connection to a wetland designatedfor protection on Map 3 of the West Eugene Wetlands Plan. The Hyundai site as a whole, and the southwest and southeast fields individually, have a direct hydrologic connection to Willow Creek and the Willow Creek Natural Area via the east-west channel, which flows under Willow Creek Road. Culverts under Willow Creek Road maintain a surface water connection between the two sites. A portion of the north area also is hydrologically connected with the east-west ditch, and therefore with protected wetlands in the Willow Creek Natural Area. These areas meet Criterion #4. The wetlands west of the existing phase 1 buildings (a portion of the "north area") may not have a direct surface water connection with protected wetlands via the east-west ditch, and, therefore, if analyzed separately, may not meet this criterion. 5. Site contains a high diversity of wildlife habitat or contributes to the diversity of wildlife habitat within the region. The Hyundai site as a whole contains several habitat types and the ecologically important edges between these habitat types. The site includes wetland prairie, upland prairie, ash-forest wetland, open water, and oak savannah habitats. The site as a whole also contributes to the diversity of habitat in the region because of its large prairie area and the juxtaposition of habitat types. Therefore, the site as a whole meets this criterion. Although the southeast field is not by itself diverse in terms of habitat, it does contribute significantly to the habitat of the site as a whole, and to the Willow Creek Basin and the West Eugene wetland system as a whole. Diversity of habitat is evaluated not only by counting the number of vegetative communities, but also by evaluating their contribution based upon their function, size and place in the landscape. In the Willow Creek basin, this site provides the only large prairie habitat corridor between Oak savanna habitat and Eugene's most valuable wetlands in the Willow Creek Natural Area. Further, because wet prairie habitat is extremely scarce, this remnant of wet prairie makes an important contribution to the overall diversity of wetland habitat in the larger area. We conclude that the southeast field contributes significantly to the diversity of wildlife habitat in the region, and therefore meets this criterion. The southwest field contains wet prairie and ash forest wetlands and is adjacent to the oak savannah habitat to the west. This area also functions as a wide corridor for wildlife. These functions contribute to the diversity of habitat on the site as well as in the region, therefore, the Hyundai Site Ordinance, Exhibit C (Refinement Plan Amendment Findings) Page 7