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function, general location and mode of a deferral of a decision regarding function and general <br />refinement plan if findings are adopted that: location of improvements: the Randy Papé Beltline <br /> Facility Plan, future studies for improved access across <br />(a) Identify the transportation need for the Willamette River, and multimodal studies of the <br />which decisions regarding function, general Key Corridors. <br />location or mode are being deferred. <br />(b) Demonstrate why information required The Randy Papé Beltline Facility Plan identifies <br />to make final determination cannot be made probable improvements that warrant further analysis <br />available within time for TSP preparation. through the NEPA process. The 2035 TSP adopts the <br />(c) Explain how deferral does not invalidate facility plan, as noted in Chapter 5, and incorporates <br />the assumptions upon which the TSP is based reasonable outcomes for purposes of project costs and <br />ore preclude implementation of the remainder financing projections. Construction of the largest <br />of the TSP. component of this project, a new local arterial bridge, <br />(d) Describe the nature of the findings cannot commence until the NEPA analysis is <br />which will be needed to resolve issues deferred completed and the project is adopted by the City <br />to a refinement plan; and, Council. The NEPA process cannot be completed <br />(e) Set a deadline for adoption of a within the timeframe of the TSP, in part because the <br />refinement plan prior to initiation of the Facility Plan must be adopted in the TSP before the <br />periodic review following adoption of the TSP. NEPA analysis may commence. <br /> <br />Improved crossings of the Willamette River were <br />identified as a potentially desirable solution to several <br />needs (e.g., seismic upgrades, improved connectivity, <br />and congestion relief). Completion of such a study <br />could not be completed within the timeframe of the <br />2035 TSP because of the large study area, <br />environmental sensitivity of the riverine environment, <br />need for robust public engagement, and need to <br />gather funding for such a large undertaking. The 2035 <br />TSP assumptions about traffic function did not rely on <br />any additional river crossings; hence the deferral of a <br />decision about additional river crossings does not <br />invalidate the assumptions upon which the 2035 TPS is <br />based or preclude implementation of the remainder of <br />the 2035 TPS. <br /> <br />The 2035 TSP identifies a desire to complete detailed <br />land use and multimodal transportation studies for <br />Eugene Vision Statement (2012). Such a planning <br />process was begun as a joint project by the City of <br />Eugene and Lane Transit District, dubbed <br />are substantial: the development corridors along <br />Highway 99, River Road, Coburg Road, mid- <br />Willamette/30 th Avenue, and others. Completion of <br />these studies could not be completed within the <br />timeframe of the TSP. The TSP used estimations for <br />Exhibit A to an Ordinance Concerning Long Range Transportation Planning <br />Page 20 of 63 <br /> <br />