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Eugene staff (West Eugene Wetlands Plan agency list and other interested parties). Approximately 1,500 notices were mailed. The Eugene Code also requires that a legal ad be published at least 20 days in advance of the public hearing. The legal ad was published in the Eugene Register~Guard on Jan~ 30, 2002. In addition, the city has developed a West Eugene Parkway web site. The public hearing notice and maps and the staff report were published on the web site. This notification exceeds the requirements of the Eugene Code. The Metro Plan and refinement plan amendment process includes two public heatings: the first before the planning commissions and roads adviso~ committee and the second before the adopting officials. Those who provided their mailing address Mth their vnStten or oral testimony to the planning commis- sions and LCR~C received written notice of the joint adopting officials public heating. These beings pro~qde ample opportunity for public involvement consistent with Goal 1~ Therefore, these amendments to the West Eugene Wetlands Plan comply wSth Goal 1. Goal 2: La~d Ltse,,,Planni, n__g Goal 2, Land Use Ptanrfing includes two p~s. Part I, Planning, addresses general planning and coordination requirements; Part II, Exceptions, addresses exceptions to statew~de plying goals. Goal 2 requires that plans be coordinated w/th the plans of affected governmental units and that s be provided fbr review and comment by affected govemxnental units. The Goal defines ~'Affected Governmental Urfits' as "those local governments, state and federal agencies and special districts which have programs, land ownerships, or responsibilities v~4th~n the area included ~n the plan." To comply wkh the Goal 2 coordination requirement, the City coordinated the adoption of these amendments wSth all affected governmental units. Specifically, notice was ma~led to: Lane County, Springfield and Lane Transit District, whSch are parties to the dec~sion; the Lane Council of Governments; the folloMng Federal agencies: Federal Highway Administration, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and WSldl]fe Service, Enviroranental Protection Agency, National Marine F~shefies Service, National Park Service, Federal Aviation Administration, and Depart_xnent of Housing and Urban Development; and the folloMng state agencies: Department of Transportation, Department of Land Conservation and Development, Division of State LancLs, Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture and State Historic Preservation Office. Findings demonstrating an adequate factual base supporting the sh~ft in West Eugene Parkway ~om the 1990 Approved Design to the Modified Project and justi~ing exceptions to Statew~de Plarming Goals 3, 4, 11 and 14 are set forth in the follo~4ng documents provided by the Oregon Depamnent of Transportation, attached and incorporated herein by th/s reference: Exhibk "C-l": West Eugene Parkway Modified Project -- Consistency with the Statew~de Pl~kng Goals and Transportation Planning Rule, prepared fbr ODOT by Mark J. Greev25eld. Exhibit "C-i': Alternatives Considered ~ West Eugene Parkway, prepared for ODOT by Jay McRae, CH2M Hill Exhibit "C-3": Incompatible Adjacent Land Uses in the WEP Project Area, prepared for ODOT Tr~sPl~ and Me~o plan Amendments E~b[t C ~- F[nd~gs Page 3