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outcome to be consistent with Goal 4.4. Goal 4.5 Minimize reductions to the existing industrial and commercial buildable lands inventory as a result of wetland protection. Most of the wetlands in West Eugene occur on land designated in the Metro Plan for industrial use. This means that most of the wetlands protected involved a reduction in the industrial land supply. The designation of wetlands for Protection and Development on the Speedway site would reduce the inventory of light industrial land in west Eugene by approximately 9.7 acres, while designating more than 85% of the industrially designated wetlands on the site for future development. This 9.7 acre reduction of the industrial land inventory represents a reduction of less than 0.4% to the Metropolitan area inventory of 3,4 75 acres identified in the 1993 Metropolitan Industrial Lands Inventory Report. The impact of this reduction to the buildable lands inventory is further analyzed in a formal statement of statewide goal findings attached as Exhibit B. For the purposes of this analysis, we find that most of the industrial land has been reserved for future development, which is consistent with Goal 4.5. c. WEWP Policies The West Eugene Wetlands Plan contains the following policies (related findings follow each policy) that are applicable to a decision about how to designate a new wetland site. The Plan states that "policies provide the basis for consistent action to move the community toward its goals. Policies are adopted by the City Council and Lane County Board of Commissioners. These polices are used to evaluate actions relative to the Plan (WEWP preface, page x)." Policy 3.8 Establish, maintain and protect physical and hydrologic linkages between protected wetland and adjacent transitional and upland wildlife habitat and natural areas. The designated Protection/Restoration corridor along the east side of the site would maintain and protect linkages between wetlands on this site (including rare plant habitat), with Willow Creek, the Willow Creek Natural Area to the south, and the protected wetlands on site H3 to the east. The designated Restoration corridor provides for more wetland habitat connected with Willow Creek, and provides a broad geographic connection with the WCNA. These linkages make the wetland designations for the Speedway site consistent with Policy 3.8. Policy 4.1 Mitigation efforts shall help to reestablish a connected system of wetlands, waterways and upland resources. This policy provides direction on where to conduct mitigation projects that replace Speedway Site Ordinance, Exhibit C (Refinement Plan Amendment Findings) Page 23