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protection values and relatively lower development values. Therefore, the Protection designation for this area is most consistent with the adopted wetland designation criteria. A portion of the southeast field meets the Restoration Standard, and must be designated for Restoration. The remaining portions of the southeast field do not meet any of the standards, which means it is appropriate to evaluate this area against the criteria for Protection and Development. The southeast field is a large, relatively flat area, with existing industrial development several hundred feet away, and with urban services and partial frontage on a major street. It is designated for special light industrial use, a designation currently in relatively short supply. The southeast field has several important environmental characteristics: · It has both disturbed wetlands and wet prairie habitat of at least moderate quality. · It is hydrologically and geographically connected with both Willow Creek and the wetlands in the Willow Creek Natural Area. · It provides a connective corridor for wildlife use between the hillside oak savanna habitat to the west and the Willow Creek Natural Area. · It functions as part of the larger block of habitat that includes the Willow Creek Natural Area, and provides a large buffer between the Natural Area and existing development on the Hyundai site. · It provides open grassland habitat for species that require this kind of habitat These environmental values are related in large part to the site's proximity to the Willow Creek Natural Area, which is acknowledged as the most important and valuable wetland area in the regIon. The southeast field area meets 2 of 6 Development criteria. According to the adopted criteria for Development, the area has some important Development values, but lacks several characteristics used to identify sites appropriate for Development. This area meets five of the seven Protection criteria and four of the five Restoration criteria. According to the adopted criteria, this area has high Protection values and Restoration values. This analysis shows that the Protection/Restoration values of the southeast field are higher than the development values. A portion of the southeast field is a permit-required on-site mitigation area. This area meets the Restoration Standard, and must be designated for Restoration. Although the remainder of the southeast field meets the majority of the Protection Criteria, the dominant character of the southeast field distinguishes it from the southwest field, and from other sites recommended or designated for Protection. The dominant character of the southeast field is shaped by the hydric soil pattern, the past agricultural manipulation of the area and the adjacent mitigation site. Less than half of the wetlands in this area are of moderate to high quality, and most of the site will require some level of restoration or enhancement in order to function as high quality wetland. This is in contrast to areas recommended for or designated for Protection, whose dominant Hyundai Site Ordinance, Exhibit C (Refinement Plan Amendment Findings) Page 16