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WEST El~NE PARKWAY ~EIED PROJECT-4'.,ONSIS~NCY WiTH THE STATEWIDE PLANNING GOALS AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING RULE OAR 660~012-0070(2) provides that where exceptions to Goals 3, 4, 11 or 14 are required, "the exception shall be taken pursuant to ORS 197.732(1)(c), Goal 2, OAR 660, Division 4 and this division." Because OAR 660, Divisions 4 and 12 implement Goal 2 and ORS 197.732(1)(c), a demonstration of compliance with these administrative role requirements demonstrates compliance with all of these review standardsfi0 This technical memorandum provides the findings of fact and reasons demonstrating compliance with the applicable exception standards, as required by Goal 2 and ORS I97.732. OAR 660-012-0070(3) requires that "an exception adopted as part of a TSP or refinement plan shall, at a minimum, decide need, mode, function and general location fbr the proposed facility or improvement." As noted above, the West Eugene Parkway project is already a~n element of the 7?ansPlan and the Lane Counr)~ Rura! Comprehensive Plato31 The acknowledged 1986 exception identified the need fbr the project32 and determined ks mode (highway), function (limited access major arterial) and general location~ This current exception is required only to change the general location of the approved facility from south oft he railroad tracks to north of those tracks. Figure 1 show's the corridor within which the Modified Project would be locate& The Modified Project would have four 12-foot wide travel lanes with 8-foot wide shoulders on the outside of the lanes. A center median would var5, in width from 12 to 14 feet. See Roadway Profiles at Figure 2-3 of the SD£JS. The alignment shift northward f?om the Approved Design would be accomplished wkh a grade-separated crossing over the Central Oregon and Pacific railroad tracks and the Amazon Channel near Terry Street. The precise location of the facility within the corridor will be determined during project design. Because the facility is a state highway, its design and construction will comply with established ODOT standards for constructing urban, statewide limited access facilities, and with local standards and procedures where applicable. OAR 660-0 2.0070(4), ORS 197.732(1)(c)(A), Goal 2 Part OAR 0020(2)(a) and OAR OAR 660-012-0070(4) states: "To address Goal 2, Part Il(c)(1) the exception shall demonstrate that there is a transportation need identified consistent with the requirements of 660-012-0030 which cannot reasonably be accommodated through one or a combination of the following measures not requiring an exception: "(a) Alternative modes of transportation. 30 The language in ORS 197.732(~1)(c) ~s klentical to the Goal 2 exception language set out above in the analysis of compliance with statewide planning goal 2. 31 Because the TransP~an was adopted pdor to LCDC adoption of the Transportation P~anning Rule, it is not a TSP as that term is used in the ru~e. The Lane Counci~ of Governments is currently developing a regional TSP to comply with TPR requim~nts. According to C~ of Eugene Planning Director Jan Childs, that plan currently is scheduled for hearings in the fall of 1999, with adoption unlikely pder to June 2000. 32 ~e ~986 ex~ption k~entifles this project as needed to provide a safe transition to Highway 126 and to avo~ the existing narrow, oa~ed ove~ass at the Southern Pacffic [now Centra~ Oregon and Pac~cl railroad tracks. Additional need for this project is described be~ow. EXHIBIT C-I - F~NDINGS 21