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WEST EUGENE PAJ;M<WAY ~flDIF~ED PROJECT--CONSISTENCY WiTH THE STAT~,,~r, .................... ~'~v~,~: ~'~,ml~ tA~L;5 ANL~ ~RANSPORTATJON PLANNI~ ~AULE proceeding westward next to and parallel with the railroad tracks past Green Hill Road (the UGB) and Goble Lane to its intersection with Highway 126 and its terminus east of Richmond Street (see Figure 1). Inside the urban growth boundary, existing land uses westward from Beltline Highway along the Modified Project alignment consist almost exclusively of vacant and open space lands. SDEZS, Figure 3-3. While these properties are designated mostly fbr industrial use, with a small amount of low density residential (see SDEtS, Figure 3-4), they are not expected to develop for these purposes. Instead, under the City's acknowledged plan, the WEP is the intended land use in this area. Where the Modified Project leaves the Approved Design to cross the railroad tracks, it enters an area where wetland protection is the predominant use. See WEW?, Map 3. To accommodate the Modified Project, the WE~'? will need to be amended to reflect the shi~ in the alignment. Outside the urban growth boundary, existing land uses within the project area include wetland mitigation, hobby farms, four commercial farms, and some rural residences. See Figure 2; see also SDEZS, Figure 3~3 and Compatibility Memorandum~ Figure t. The West Eugene Wetlands Study Area extends approximately 0.8 mile west of Green Hill Road in the project area. Also, an urban reserve area extends into this area approximately 0.7 mile from the UGB at Green Hill Road. Lands immediately a~cted by the Modified Project are designated predominantly for agricultural use, with a small amount of forest rand present. See SDEI& Figure 3-4 A detailed description of land uses in the project area~ including a discussion of existing uses by ownership, the location of commercial agricultural enterprises, and a discussion of accepted farming practices, appears in the Compatibility Memorandum, incorporated herein by reference.28 Overview of Exceptions Process LCDC adopted ~e Transportation Planning Rule in 1991 to implement Goal 12, Transportation. OAR 660-012-0065 of that rule identifies uses which are permitted on rural lands wkhout taking exceptions to Goals 3~ 4, 11, or 14. Because the Modified Project would be a "new road" ora type not other~vise permitted under OAR 660-012-0065, Lane County must take goal exceptions to Goals 3, 4, 11~ and 14 pursuant to OAR 660-012-0070. Under OAR 660-012~0070 in particular, and under ORS 197.732(t )(c), Goal 2 Part II and OAR 660, Division 4 more generally, an exception must provide reasons justifying (1) why the state policy embodied in the applicable goals should not apply, and (2) why areas not requiring a new exception cannot reasonably accommodate the use. For transportation facilities, these requirements are spelled out in greater detail in OAR 660-012-0070(3) through (6), set out below. In addition to addressing "need" and" ' - ' alternatives, an exception also must (3) compare of economic, social, environmental and energy consequences of the proposed location and other alternative locations requiring exceptions, determining whether the net adverse impacts associated with the proposed exception site are significantly more adverse than the net impacts from other locations requiring exceptions; and (4) describe the adverse effects the proposal ~s likely to have on adjacent uses and explain how the proposal will be rendered compatible with adjacent land uses. For transportation facilities, the identification of the "transportation need" and the evaluation of alternatives are key components of the exceptions process. OAR 660~012-0070(4) requires the exception to demonstrate the existence f a transportatmn need" identified consistent with the requirements of 660-012-0030. Further, OAR 660-012~0070(4) and (5) require the exception to demonstrate that the identified transportation need cannot rewsonably be accommodated at non- 28 See also Land Lisa Technical Report. EXHIBIT C-1 - FINDINGS 18