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1t~e Metropolitan Plan contahns the follov, dng policies which address the proposed amendments (related findings follow each policy): E onomlc Policy 18, page III-B-5. Encourage the development of transportation facilities which would improve access to industrial and commercial areas and improve freight movement capabilities by implementing the policies and projects in the Eugene-Springfield l~etropolitan Area Transportation Plan (TransPlan)...' The primary purposes of the West Eugene Parkway, as stated in the Supplemental Envirom-nental Impact (August 1997), include: - Provide a major access-controlled east-west connecting arterial for intra- and inter~ regional and city,Mde travel through the western half of the City of Eugene, between Highway 126 to the west and the I-5~-105 corridor to the east~ Improve access to the West Eugene industrial area via direct connections with only strategic crossroads, thereby supporting orderly and planned growth. These amendments will facilitate consWaction of the West Eugene Parkway and are therefore consistent vdth this policy. En imnmental Resources Policy 18, page III-C-9. Local governments shall develop plans and programs which Carefully manage development on hillsides and in water bodies and restrict development in wetland~ in order to prot~ct the scenic quality, surface water and grotmdwater quality, ibrest values, vegetafmn, and wildlife values of those areas. The West Eugene Wetlands Plan was developed to manage deYelopment in and around wetlands in West Eugene, which is sufficient to meet this policy. This policy does not give direction for protection of resources on individual sites. Resources Policy 28, page III-C-10: "Local governments shall protect endangered and threatened plant and w~Idlife species, as recognized on a legally adopted statewide list, after notice and opporttmity for public input." Findings in quotations were provided by the Oregon Department of Transportation: ~e Approved Destgn for the West Eugene Parkway was selected ~n the 1990 Reco of Dec~sion (ROD) after completion of a Final Environmental Impact Statement. Subsequent to ~ssuance of the FEIS in 1990, new inventow ~nformation was developed~ and pro~,4sions codified, regardh~g wetlands and rare plant species in West Eugene. Specifically, it became apparent that the Approved Design co}l,d result in substantial impacts to rare wetlands and to "endangered" or "threatened plant species that are concentrated in the west end of the project and south of the railroad tracks. These new circumstances prompted the need ~o reevaluate the WEP alignment west of Terry Street t° the Highway 126 connection. To address this new information, and other issues related to traffic operations, a Modified W'est Eugene Wetlands Plan Amendments EXhibit B ~ Fhndhlgs P~ell