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'~(3) The long term environmental, economic, social and energy consequences resulting from the use at the proposed site with measures designed to reduce ad impacts are not si ni . verse g ficanfly more adverse than would typmally result from the same proposal being located in areas requiring a goal exception other than the proposed site; and "(4) The proposed uses are compatible with other adjacent uses or will be so rendered through measures designed to reduce adverse impacts." As explained below in the discussion of compliance with Transportation Planning Rule requirements~ unless exempted under OAR 660-012-0065, the location of a new transportation facility outside an urban growth boundary requires goal exceptions. Because the Modified Project would constitute an urban use that falls outside the listed exemptions, and because the facility would pass through rural lands designated for agricultural and forest uses, exceptions to Goals 3~ 4, 1 L and 14 The applicable oal e:~ ~ ~ are re uked .. g ceptmn standards for transportation projects are set out in OAR 660}~12~0070. gecanse those standards axe met for the reasons set out in detail below and incorporated herein by this reference~ the Modified Project complies with Goal 2 Part IL Goa[ 3 ( grlcu tural Lands) Goal 3 requires counties to preserve and maintain agricultural lands for farm uses. Counties must w~thinvent°rYO~ agricultural~i5.203 e~. seq.lands and protect them by adopting exclusive farm use (EFU) zones consi stent The Modified Project crosses agricultural lands that are zoned for exclusive farm use. ORS 215.213(1) and (2) identify a variety of transportation uses that are perm itted on agricultural lands ~h~sh:~tthee; ~seeesd ~cr~onr?xce~ption to Goal 3fi3 However~ ~he Modified Project does not fail among ' . . dingly, a Goal 3 exception is required. See ORS 215.213(10)(a). The justification for an excepfi~h tO Goal 3 is included belo~~ in the analysis ofcomplia~ with the T?R. Goal 4 (Forest Lands) Goal 4 requires counties to conserve forest lands by maintaining the ~brest land base and protecting the state's forest economy by making possible economically efficient forest ractm implemented through LC~'s admi~;2*-*: ...... P i es. Goal 4 is ,,~um~ve rme on eorest bands, OAR 660, Division 6 The Modified Project crosses over or near a small area of land designated by Lane County as forest land. However, under OAR 660 Division 6, the WEP is not among the uses perrnitted on forest land~ Accordingly, a Goal 4 exception is required. The justification for an exception to Goal 4 {s kmluded below in the analysis of compliance with the TPR. Goal 5 (Open Spaces, Scenic and Historic Areas, and Natural Resources) Goal 5, amended in 1996, requires local govermnents to adopt programs to protect natural resources and conserve scenic, historic and open space resoumes for resen in ' . . . p t and future generations as provided LCDC s Goal 5 admmmtrattve rule, OAR 660, Division 23 When Lane County amended its comprehensive plan in 1986 to authorize the .took an exception to Goal 5 ~4 The County to^t~ *~. ............... Approved Design~ it - ~j ,~,~ ill, ~xc~puon oecause me proiect would ~m between 7.8 to 10.7 acres of wetlands ,qu~ ....... :~:c~ ~_~_~ ~; ~7~ pact . ~ ~-~-,~ ~,~um~ nummi. ~owever, me exception noted that ~3 ORS ~5.2~3 appl~s ~o ~ma~inal ~nds' mun~es ~ Coun~ ~ a ~ma inal lands' 2 * ue ne~ ~ot ~, an~ ~ not addmss~ as a~ of ~his * P- , 2 al ¢ ar~ ~ppmpdate or ne~ssa~. ~hou~d ~ ~nsider~ by ~ ~Pa~nt of Jus~i~ ana~ s. Should the ~su~ later a~e, ~ ~s a ~gal ma~er that ~XHIBIT C-~ - FINDINGS 8