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1998. Road widening and other improvements to existing roads or streets within wetlands designated ~or protection ~r restoration shall require an amendment of this plan to change the designation to "Plarmed Transportation Corridor" if the project is not listed in Trans Plan (1992) or in an adopted CIP as of June 30, 1998. In no case shall more than 1 acre (cumulative) of protected wetland be re- designated to Planned Transportation Corridor for improvement to an existing road or street." The West Eugene Parkway was listed in TransPlan in 1986, was listed in TransPlan as of August 10, 1992, an~ constitutes &new roadway construction." When the West Eugene Wetlands Plan was adoPted in 1992, wetlands within ihe West Eugene Parkway Approveci Design were designated for development. Since the Planned TranSportation Co~idor wetland designation was not added to the Plan until 1998, the only wetland des, lgnation o,ption a,~ailable a,~ that ~ime to allow Construction of the West Eugene ~arkway was ~evelop. The Develop designation, hoWever, would also allow other private development as well as roadway construction. conCurrent With the preparation (~f amendment~ to the West Eugene Wetlands Ptam a West Eugene Parkway Modified Project was also being developed, and was proposed in the August 1997 Supplemer~,tal Enviro~enm,1 Impact St,ater~ent, wl~ich would reduc~ impacts to rare wetlands ~d to endangered or threatened' plant species that are concentrated in the west end of the project and south df the railroad tracks. nizing that retaining the "Develop" designation for property along the Approved Design route would allow lbr a full-range of ~,rivate development, not just roadway construction, this property was redes~gnated to Protect m 2000 by Eugene Ordinance No. 20200 and Lane County Ordinance No. PA 1 t 07, adopting new or revised wetland designations for various sites within the P1an Boundary. The elected officials were advised at that time that amendments to apply the Planned Transportation Corridor designation for the Modified Project alignment would preferred alternative. Exhibit A asterisk footnote in the table listing the existing and proposed Commissions ~ese sites be designated wholly or in part for Plarmed Transportation proposed northern alignment of the West Eugene Parkway (WEP). late, and are therefore not in this ordinance." The Modified Project has now been selected as the Preferred The shift in the West Eugene apply the Planned Transportation Corridor designation to wetlands or restoration along the Modified Project route. The Planned Corridor policy requires that if the West Eugene Parkway is not constructed, the area cannot be filled for any other purpose. Therefore, these amendments axe consistent with this policy. Policy 3.14: Implement wetland protection policies that prohibit development on wetlands de for protection after those wetlands are acquired by a public agency or nonprofit organization (e.g., The Nature Conservancy). West Eugene Wetlands Plan Amendments Exhibit B ~ Findings P~el5