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ALTEPJ~TN'ES ~SI~P~D - WEP - Water quality improvements - Improved flood control - Improved plant and animal habitats - Recreation, education, and research - Corridors and connections - System management - Financing protection, restoration, and management A major reason for undertaking the West Eugene Wetlands Study was to solve the issue of how the City might recoup some of the remaining capacity for over $12,000,000 worth of existing infrastructure already extended into the west Eugene region. There are other examples where projects are currently moving forward under the premise of planned growth~ with the WEP as an integral component of local plans. The WEP was incorporated into the WEWP from the beginning. The plan diagram referred to as Map No. 3 in the WEWP, shows the Approved FEIS Aligmment as "Wetlands to be Developed". Appendix B (p. 73) of the WEWP contains the list of protection and development erkeria. The "Revised Alternatives Analysis, Chapter VII, West Eugene Wetlands Special Area Study Technical Report", 1993 includes justification for development sites in Chapter J. The decision-making criteria included #2, p. 126: "need for a public project (i.e., the West Eugene Parkway)". In 1992, the WEg/~ was adopted as an element of the local comprehensive plans of Lane County and City of Eugene~ In September of 1994, DSL approved the WEWP with conditions and the Army Corps of Engineers did likewise in November of 1994, with EPA approval follow~ng before the end of the year. In the approval order and final dec~sion document, the WEP portion of the WEWP was not approved because ODOT and key federal agencies had agreed to examine other alternatives to the FEIS alignment in part to respond to new infbrmafion about rare species and wetland impacts (DSL condition #6, p. 11). The Corps decision document adopted the DSL conditions. In the WEWP planning area, there are 1,307 acres of wetlands of which 600 have been designated as industrial use in the comprehensive plan. Iraplementation of the WEWP will resuk in protection of 1,019 acres of wetlands of which 485 acres are designated as industrial use. This leaves 1 t5 acres of the original 600 acres of lands designated for industrial use as developable~ There are 2,271 acres of designated industrial use elsewhere within the City of Eugene UGB. '[t~e decision structure for the plan consists of policy, implementation and management, and monkofing level responsibilities. WEWP is an element of the local comprehensive plan. The Wetland Executive Team (WET) manages plan implementation and ongoing coordination chaired by C~ty of Eugene Public Works Director. City Public Works is responsible for a comprehensive monitoring and maintenance program (CMMP) as defined in the WEWP. Subsequent agreements have been made where BLM has responsibility for monitoring rural lands and Public Works urban lands. Over $7 m~llion of federal funding has been invested in the implementation of the WEWP to date. In addition to the federal funding, there is considerable investment from private property owners located in the area west of Beltline, north of West 11th, and south of the railroad tracks. Private investment was made [n good faith that the plan would preserve properties for development as shown in the plan. ODOT and BLM coordinated property