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Almost 1,500 acres ofj~sdictional-wetlands are included in the study area. These amendments will result in the redesignation of 41 acres to planned Transportation Corridor. These acres are c ly designated in the Plan as Protect or Restore. This change in designation from Protect and Restore to Planned Transportation Corridor for the West Eugene Parkv~ay Modified Project is offSet, in part, by the prevk~us Plan amendments redesign~ting 16.4 acres from Devel~p to Protect for,wetlands }l;ng the We2 Eugene Par~k, way Approved Design. These acres are included under the Protect row in the Current Acres column in the table below~ The change in acres for each wetland designation category in the Plan due to the proposed arnendments for the West Eugene Parkway is shown in the table below. Wetland Designation Transportation Corridor Current Acres Proposed Acres 8.4 Protect 720.3 49.4 705.2 418.7 Restore 444.7 Change in Acreage 41 - 15.0 - 26.0 304.3 304.3 0.0 l 13.2 13~2 0~0 orridor~ Total 1,491 1,49 t * Current acres includes property which received the Planned Transportation Corridor wetland designation through the 1999 and 2000 amendments to the West Eugene Wetlands P!~ap~. This wetland ~,esi. ~gp~ation is no~ curr}?y applied to my prope~ within either the West ~ugene ~ay Approve~.Design o; Modified Project a~ignments. Property within the West Eugene Parkway Approved 6esign atigment south ogthe railroad tracks designated Develop in the 1992 Plan were redesignated Protect through the 2000 amendments to the Plan. The West Eugene Wetlands Plan contains several goals for resource protection. As defined on page iv of th~ West Eugene Wetlands Plan (November 2000), the goals are not mandatory and ~n~d[ngs of consistenW w4th the goals are therefore not required. The Wes~ Eugene Wetlands P1an (November 2000) contains the following applicable policies (zelated findings follow the polic~es): PoI~cy 3.22: "Future fill wSth~n the Planned Transportation Corridors as shown on Wetland Designations Map (Map 3) si:mil be l~mited to those areas granted state and/or federal wetland fill permits for the construction of planned public roadway ~mprovements. New roadway constxucfion shall be limited to those projects listed ~n TransPlan as of August I0~ 1992~ excluding those projects listed ~n Appendix B; no other new roads or streets are permitted. Road vddening and other improvements to existing roads or streets shall be limited, to those listed in TransPlan (i992) or in an adopted capital improvement plan (CIP) as of June 30~ West Eugene Wetlands Plan Amendments Exhibit B ~ FLnd~gs Page 14