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EXHIBIT TECHNICAL ~E~ORANDU~ Alternatives Considered- WEP PREPARED FOR: Jim Cox/ODOT PREPARED aY: Jay McRae, PE/CH2M HILL COPIES: Mark Greenfield/GA Amy Hopper/CH2M HILL DATE: October 4, 1999 Purpose of The development of the West Eugene Parkway Project from West 11th Avenue easterly to Garfield along Highway 126 has spanned over three decades. Numerous alternatives have been considered and many have been rejected for a variety of reasons - engineering infeasibility, inconsistency with local plan, adverse impacts to natural resources, and unreasonable socio-economic impacts - to arrive at a build alternative that best satisfies the purpose and need fbr the project. The Modified Project (Northern Alternative) is the recommended WEP alternative. The alignment includes a section that would extend part of the facility a short distance onto agricultural land west of the Eugene-Springfield Metro area Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). The Transportation Plannkag Rule (TPR) governs transportation facilities and improvements located outside the UGB speci~ing which facilities are appropriate in rural locations. Any £acilities which are not specified in the TPR require goal exceptions to locate on rural lands. The exception statement required by the TPR must address the identified transportation need and explain why that need cannot reasonably be ac~mmodated through alternative modes, or by locations not requiring an exception. The TPR also requires the identification and justification of the factors used to determine why alternatives not requiring goal exceptions cannot reasonably accommodate the need. Under the TPR the recommended WEP akemative would require exceptions to Goals 3, 4~ 11 and 14. This memo is not an exception statement, the purpose is to provide a record of background information and facts regarding the alternatives considered for the West Eugene Parkway (WEP)~ Specifically, why those alternatives cannot accommodate the project need. The basis of this paper is the Draft SEIS with additional research and information added as necessary. This document considers the following topics: Background Purpose and Need - description of basic premise of the project Project History - discussion includes general evolution of the project to date and planning context * Decision Criteria- constraints, goals, and objectives Proiect Context System Assumptions - fundamental assumptions related to the transportation system EXHIBIT C-2 - FIND{NGS