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WEST EUGENE PAP~%~/AY ~FIED PROJECT-,-CONSJS~NCY WITH THE STATEW~ PLANNING GOALS A~D TPANSPORTATION P~.J~NNING RULE connect with the westernmost portion of the Approved Design alignment (described below) via a flyover grade separation structure over-crossing of Green Hill Road and the Central Oregon and Pacific railroad tracks. The Apprm, ed Design extends the 6th and 7th Avenue couplets westward from Highway 99W to a point west of the intersection of Highway 126 and Goble Lane near Oak Hill, outside the urban growth boundary. At all times prior to its connection with West 1 lth Avenue, the alignment remains south of the railroad tracks. From Beltline Highway to Green Hill Road, the alignment crosses Danebo Avenue, then shiRs towards the Central Oregon and Pacific railroad tracks, heading westward south or,hose tracks to Green Hill Road. From Green Hill Road west to approximately West I lth Avenue, the alignment continues to parallel the railroad south of the tracks~ See SDEir& Figure 2-2. The Modified Project generally follows the Approved Design alignment from Highway 99W across Belttine Highway to a point east of Te~ Street. There, the Modified Project crosses over the Central Oregon and Pacific railroad tracks, then essentially parallels those tracks on the north side to a connection with Highway 126 terminating approximately 1,300 feet farther'to the west than the Approved Design. Unlike the Approved Design, the Modified Project would eliminate the direct connection between Highway 126 and West 1 ith Avenue. See SDE~r& Figure 2~2. Economic lmpacts Inside the urban growth boundary, the principal adverse economic impacts associated with the Roosevelt Extension Alternative involve the displacement of several commercial businesses at the Roosevelt BouleYard/Highway 99W interchange. Similarl% the Green Hill Road Flyover Alternative, Approved Design and Modified Project would displace several businesses, as noted in the Alternatives Memorandum. Outside the urban grow,g~ boundary, the Rcosevelt Extension Alternative would impact mostly small hobby farm properties located north of the Central Oregon and Pacific railroad tracks (see Figure 2)~ G~ven its location away from the railroad tracks, parcelization of properties also is likely. The Approved Design and Green H~tl Road Flyover Alternative (which follows the Approved Design alignment west of Green Hill Road) would divide two pro~rties on the east end of the area outside the UGB, while the Modified Project would not create any parcels. All of these alternatives would result ~n displacements to obtain land to accommodate the facility. The Approved Design and Green Hill Road Flyover would result in the loss of nearly two acres of land used for commercial farming, while the Modified Project does not remove acreage from any commercial farms. Because they affect very little or no commercial farm acreage, none of these alternatives should preclude or impede commercial farming in the area in any significant manner. All four alternatives share the positive economic impacts of relieving traffic congestion on West 1 lth Avenue and improving access to the West Eugene industrial area. This, in turn, enhances the stability of existing industrial uses. Because of the nature and scale of these economic impacts are relatively similar and not severe, the impacts resulting from selection of the Modified Project are not significantly more adverse than those that would resuk from selecting a different alternative requiring goal exceptions. Social ~mpacts Inside the urban growth boundary, the Roosevelt Extension Altemative could have significantly more adverse social impacts than those associated with the other three alternatives. Depending on the placement of fight-of-way, the Roosevelt Extension Alternative could result in the displacement of numerous residential units and disruption to neighborhood identity and cohesion in the area adjacent to the north s~de of Roosevelt Boulevard between Highway 99W and Beltl~ne H~ghway. It also could EXHIB~ C~'~ -FINDINGS 44