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ALTERNATIVES CONSPIRED - WEP west of Terr3, Street, rather than along the south side as proposed {n the Approved Design. This would be accomplished with a grade-separated crossing over the tracks and the Amazon Channel near Terry Street, and would also require that the project be lengthened about 400 meters (1,300 feet) on the west end at its connection with Highway 126. In order to meet an acceptable ~evel of service at the WEP connection with Highway 99, a northbound to westbound separated grade was added. When the results of the Public Hearing open comment period favored the Modified Project, a review of non-exception alternatives was undertaken because a new goals exception would be required. All but the 'Southern Alternative Corridor (Options I and 2)' failed to meet satisfactory transportation operational requirements (see Appendix C for descriptions of alternatives). The Southern Alternative was evaluated at a corridor level for prudence and feasibility. The Southern Alternatives were evaluated for feasibility at a corridor level. For the Southern Alternatives east of Danebo, the alignment is the same as the Modified Project. From Danebo Avenue to the west there are significant differences between the Modified and Southern Alternatives. In general, the alignment shifts to the south through the industrial lands reconnecting with West 11 th prior to the intersection of Green Hill Road. The alignment would bisect the Green Hill Technology Park and other parcels designated in the WEWP as developable lands. West 11th would be reroute& Westbound along West 1 lth would continue straight to the intersection of Crow Road and Green Hill Road rather than curving to the right. Upon review of site conditions, modifications to the alignment were made to reduce impacts to natural resources. Southern Alternative, attempts to avoid goal exception lands, minimize wetland impacts, and impacts to federally listed T&E species. However, the alignment is within close proximity to a patch of lupine, so would pose a greater risk to fender's blue butterfly (which will also soon be federally listed). The modified alignment was created as a refinement and to optimize costs and impacts. Southern Modified Alternative provides greater buffer distance from Kincade's Lupine, host plant to the Fender's blue butterfly (federally proposed endangered) than the Southern Alternative. Overall impacts and implementation costs were reduced from the Southern Alternative. The Southern Modified is further north and has more impacts to wetlands and T&E, including direct impacts to the Willamette Valley daisy (which will soon be federally listed) which make it unacceptable based on the federal Endangered Species Act. Both of the Southern Alternatives were determined to be unreasonable on the basis of combined impacts to the natural and social environments and cost as will be shown in greater detail in following sections of this document. The i~npacts to industrial properties of the Southern Alternative are similar to Alternative 2 and 2A considered and dismissed by the CAC during the mid-1980s in the development and selection of the Approved FEIS Alternative~ Decision Criteria During the development of a~ternatives for the October 3, t 985 DEIS, there was a Technical Advisor3' Committee (TAC) and a Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) in place. The TAC and CAC identified constraints, goals, and objectives. The goals and objectives have been used in the decision process for evaluating and screening alternatives. At a February 14~ 1983 meeting, the project TAC identified the following constraints: EXHIBIT C~2 - FINDINGS 6