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~ resource only if: (a) The PAPA creates or amends a resource list or a portion of an acknowledged plan or land use regulation adopted in order to protect a significant Goal 5 resource or to address specific requirements of Goal 5; (b) The PAPA allows new uses that could be conflicting uses with a particular significant Goal 5 resource site on an acknowledged resource list; or (c) The PAPA amends an acknowledged UGB andfactual information is submitted demonstrating that a resource site, or the impact areas of such a site, is included in the amended UGB area. The subject project area includes Goal 5 resource sites; the Willamette River, a riparian resource between 1-5 and E. 18th Avenue, and riparian resources in Alton Baker Park (the Canoe Canal). Subsections (a) and (c) above are not applicable to this request as the proposed amendments do not create or amend a list of Goal 5 resources, do not amend a plan or code provision adopted in order to protect a significant Goal 5 resource or to address specific requirements of Goal 5, and do not amend the acknowledged Urban Growth Boundary. Regarding subsection (b), the 1-5 Willamette Bridge Proj ect is replacement of an existing use in approximately the same location, even considering the additional widening of the roadway. Therefore, (b) is not applicable because the project includes replacement of an existing use, not a new use. Based on the findings above, Statewide Planning Goal 5 is either not applicable or is met through compliance with the acknowledged local permitting process. Goal 6 - Air. Water and Land Resources Qualitv: To maintain and improve the quality of the air, water, and land resources of the state. Goal 6 addresses waste and process discharges from development, and is aimed at protecting air, water and land from impacts from those discharges. The proposal does not amend the metropolitan area's air, water quality or land resource policies. The applicant's findings show that the City can reasonably expect that future development of the site will comply with applicable environmental laws as follows: Additionally, regarding air quality, the replacement bridges themselves should have no adverse impact on air quality because they merely replace an existing facility that has been decommissioned as being structurally unsafe. Regardless of the potential future addition of 6 lanes, the new bridges do not necessarily result in more people driving on 1-5. Instead, existing traffic volumes will be shifted from the detour bridge to the new bridges. If the decommissioned 1-5 bridge is not replaced, those vehicles would be forced each day onto city streets and county roads not designed for such trips. The ensuing degradation to the air quality along these alternative routes caused by unmanageable congestion would be in direct contradiction to the purpose of Goal 6. Even the potential increase in the number of lanes does not necessarily increase the number of people driving on 1-5, but rather increases continuous traffic movement. Regarding air quality, this goal is met by the proposed plan amendments. Regarding water quality, construction of the replacement bridges and the removal of the decommissioned and detour bridges will impact water quality by affecting soils and vegetation Exhibit A - Findings Page 15