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the approved project avoided impacts to Stewart Pond and the Bertel Area, which it deemed the most s'~, ' _ . ~ sen Slough Natural Resoume ~mficant natural ~esources m the area. Subsequent to adoption of the West Eugene Parkway exception, the County and City discovered that the. wetlands~ resoume in the West Eugene area was much lar~er than was previously recognized. Because, in addition to the WEP, the ~cknOwledged Metro P~an ~denfified th~s area for e~tensive industrial developmen~ the Ci~ and County, toge~er w~th LCOG and ~n coordination w~th sram and federal agencies, embarked on ~ major unde~king m develop a wetlands conse~,afion plan to ~denfi~ ~e~ for protection and areas for future d~velopmen~ ~$ Th~s comn~ ' expensNe effo~ culminated ~n ~0o~ -.:~ i~ - ~ 3~. 2 ~-~-wex, extensive and ye e~geo e~ement otthe Metro Pl~.m , hmh ~s The approved WE~'P includes a corridor south of the Central Oregon and Pacific railroad tracks to accommodate the West Eugene Parkway project along the Approved Design. However, federal omc~als held off on apPro~;ing mat ele~eht ;f the ~WP pen~[ng fi~her }xam~nation of alternatives that m~ght reduce ~mpacts to high value wetlands and threatened and endangered sp~es ~7 Through fu~her study, it has now been detem~ned that the Modified Project would have subsmnfi~lly less adverse ~mpac[s on h~gh value wetlands and T&E species ~an the Approved Design, thereby providing those Goal 5 resources wkh be~er protection. Mod~f35ng the WEP to sh~ the alignment from the Approved Design to the Modified Project will requke an amendment to the ~EWP. Th~s could require a new analysis of economic, social, env~ronmenmI and energy (ESEE) consequences under Goat 5 if the modific '~ d~ffemnt ~m ac · ~ atmn would resul p ts from those prevmusty cons~dered~ Because of the similar nature of~e ~m a~t}~br the Approved Design and the M~ified Project, and because the P Modified Project reduces the overall level of adverse ~mpac~, ~t may be that no new ESEE analys~s ~s require& However, [n ~ abund~ce ofcaufion~ ESEE considerations are addressed herein. To the ement th~s analys~s exceeds what [s requked to demonstrate Goal 5 compliance, [t should be considered su¢lussage. Economic Consequences As illustrat~ on the Comprehensive Plan Designations map at Figure 3-3 of the SDEI& all areas inside the UGB that m affected by ~e M~ified Project am designated for industrial development, except ~br a small po~ion of low densi~, residential land west of Te~ Street. As showm on t~e Existing ~nd Use map at Figure 3~1 of the SDEIS, these lands are predominantly vacant or used ~ open space. Because ~e WEP is already a pa~ of~e Metro Area's and County's acknowledged comprehensive plus, realignment of the WEP from just south of the raiIroad, tojust no~h of~e railroad will haCe no signi~Cant adverse economic impac~ ~he chane in ah n Hi hwa wOu .... ' g ~g merit west of B ~ g y Id cause no additional mdus~al or commemial displacement . . elthne _ s. As explained m the SDEIS pu~ose, and need s~tement, the WEP ~mproves access to the West Eugene ~ndustrial ~ea and would [el~;ve congestion along W~st 1 I~ Aven~e, thereby provid~ne economic benefiL Th~s economm benefit is lost without the WEP. ~ - Outside the UGB, most of the affected land is zoned for agricultural use. However. for reasons explained in more derail in the ComPatibili~ Memorandum, inco~orated herein b3 reference, much of the adjoining a~icultuml l~d is being used as open space for wetland mitigation or to protect 158 . ee A~ematives Mem~a~dum at 3~5 16 In 1994, the DMs~o~ o~ State Lands, US A~y Co~s of Eng~neem and the Env~mnmenta Pro~e~on Agen~ approved the ~w~h ~nd~ions~ Subsequently, over $7 m~l~ion in fedemJ s~ing has been invested Jn the ~s~demb~e ~nves~nt ~ p~ate pm~ ~nem ~*~ ~ & ...... ~ ... ; . ~ to date, p us and south of the .-, ,~ ,, u~ men west et ~emme H~ hwa ~ntm~Om o~andPa '~ * 9 Y no~hofWest 11fhA g ~c ra~koad tm~s · . venue presage pro e~s for . P~ate mves~ent was made nood fa~ P development as shown m ~he ~an . .~. ~ ~ th that ~he p~a~ would 17 A~emat~ves Memomndum at 4 P ~ See Agemat~s Memom~um at ~. EXHIBIT ~l - FiNDiNGS 9