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Exhibit McRae, CH2M Hill Incompatible Adjacent Land Uses in the WEP Project Area, prepared for ODOT by Sheryl Christensen To provide and encourage a safk, convenient and economic tramportation system. The West Eugene Parkway was first proposed as the "6tk/7th Extension" in the T-2000 Plan adopted in 1978 by Eugene, Springfield, Lane County and the Lane Transit District. The public reviewed and commented on a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the project in 1985~8& That process determined the general route of the proposed 4-lane roadway, which was remamed the West Eugene Parkway. Under the provision of the City' Charter that reqtfires a vote on alimited-access throughway, the City Council placed a measure on the ballot in November 1986 asking ,~Vhether or not the West Eugene Parkway should be constructed along the east-west route preferred by the City Council. The voters approved the measure. The project-was included in the 1986 TransPlan, which superseded the T-2000 Plan, Although a final EIS was issued in 1990, subsequent funding constraints and environmental concerns resulted in phasing the project in four distinct phases, and additional environmental studies to augment the original ElS work. A draft supplemental EIS ,,vas issued for public comment in 1967, mad the final supplemental EIS is penr~ing. On December 2000~ Eugene received a letter from ODOT specifying land use actions necessapy to move forward wSth the conclusion of the final supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the West Eugene and construction of Ur& 1-A of that project, Although state administrative rules do not require completion of land use actions tbr future phases of a project prior to issuance of an Enviromuental Impact Statement, both the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Federal Hig-hway Adminisl~ation (FHWA) had submitted letters to ODOT stating that all land use actions must be completed prior to issuance of the final supplemental Em, ironmental Impact Statement for the West Eugene Parkway. In November 2001, Eugene voters approved a ballot measure directing the City "to pursue funding and transportation and land use approvals to facilitate construction of the West Eugene Parkway." the Planned Transportation Corridor wetland designation to the Modified Prqiect alignment will complete the West Eugene Wetlands Plan wetland designation changes required to allow conclusion of frae final supplemental Envkonmental Irnpact Statement and construction of the West Eugene Parkway. Therefore, these amendments comply ;~5th Goal 1Z To conserve energy. Findings demormtrating compliance o~ the West Eugene Parkway Modified Project alignment wSth Goal 13 are Set forth in Exhibit C-I'' provided by the Oregon Department of West Eugene Wetlands Plan Amendments Exhibit B ~ Fhndkngs Page 9