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EXH)B)T Cd TECHNICAL ~EMORANDUM West Eugene Parkway Modified Pro eot - J --Consistency with the tatew de Planning Goals and Transportation PREPARED FOR: Jay McRae PREPARED BY: Mark J. GreenfieJd DATE: October 7, 1999 ntroductlon This technic~al memorandum addresses how the Modified West Eugene Parkway Project (also called the "Northern Al ' - ternat~ve, and referred to in this document as the edified ProJect ) complies with applicable State of Oregon land use planning goal requirements, including requirements in the Transpo~tion Planning Rule (TPR), OAR 660, Division i2.1 It provides findings and reasons to suppo~ exceptions to storewide planning goals 3, 4, 1 l, and 14 for the Modified Project and to demonstrate project consistency wkh Other applicable statewide planning goals.2 Projects like the Modified West Eugene Parkway Project that rely in part on federal funding must comply both with applicable federal and state requirements. While there is substantial overlap between federal regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ~EPA) and state requirements set out in Oregon statutes and the storewide planning goals and administrative rules adopted by the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC), there are also differences that may confuse a reader who is familiar only with the federal requirements. Some of these differences are readily apparent, while others may be more subtle. For example, while federal standards require that ~e Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement (SFEIS) identify specific mitigation measures that will be imposed to mitigate adverse impacts, the state standards generally require only that an applicant demonstrate that it is feasible, through approval conditions, to meet identified requirements, without yet committing to specific measures. The terns used throughout th~s memorandum generally reflect state rather than federal requirements. Compliance with federaI Standards is set out in other documents prepared in support of the SFEIS. The West Eugene Parkway~ (WEP) is a proposed approximately 5.8-mile, fourdane limited access roadway wi~ bike lanes extending between Highway 99W and Garfield Street in the City of Eugene and the Oak Hills area west of Eugene in rural Lane County.4 As provided for in the achnowledged Eugene-Springfield and Lane County comprehensive plans,S the WEP follows what is commonly 1 This technical memorandum focuses only on that portion of the West Eugene Parkway projec~ extending westward from Be!tline Highway to the terminus along West 11 th Avenue. 2 Although the info~ation and analys!s contained in this memorandum is not atypical of information and anal a land use consultant in matters of this nature, some of' ' ' upon bY ODOT. ShoUld ODOT need o w~n~ ~,_L ¥ it m~ght be considered lega] adVi~ To fh~ ....... ,., .yms p. ro?ded by the Oregon gepa~en( of Justin. -~ m~s document, ~ must obtain that advi~ from 3 The ~p ~s aiso k~own as ~he Wes~ ~ l~h Avenue-Ga~e~ Street, FJomn~-Eugene Highway Proje~. 4 see Land U~ Techni~ Re~ (June 1997) Fi um 5Th " g sland2. ~ ~ C~es of Eugene and Springfield t~e~her hay ~ . , . The fo~al t~le of (he la : ; e~dop(edajomt~m mhe ' ~ ; ~ p n ~s ~he Eu~ne-Spdn eld - P .~ve Pla~ ~venng the me~ Metro Ama s a~nowl ... . ~ Metm~li~an A~a Gan . _~. ; .. ~ : opol~an mg~on. edged ~mprehenmve plan am to thiS p~an ~m emi P/an~9[em~ m m~s ~ocument to the _ , mon~ known ~ the "Metro ~an" E)CHIBffCd-FINDINGS