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supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the West Eugene Parkway and construction of Unit I-A of that project. Although state administrative rUles do not require completion of land use actions for future phases of a project prior to iss~.mnce of an Environmental Impact Statement, both the federal Bureau of land Management (BLM) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) had submitted letters to ODbV stath~g thai all land use actior~ mus~ be c°mpleted prior to issuance of the final supplemental Environmental Impact Statement fbr the West Eugene On December 11 and 13, 2000, the Eugene City Council considered a request by ODOT to initiate land use actions and amend TransPlan (still in draft form at that time) to comply wkh the BLM and FHWA requirements. On December t 3, 2000~ the Council directed the City Manager not to irfitiate the P1an amendments. In August 2001, City Council passed Resolution No. 4678, calling a special election for November 6, 2001. That resoi~tion placed two measures Concerning transportation alternatives for west Eugene on the November ballot. Measur~ 20-53 "Transportation Improvements in West Eugene, Not Including the West Eugene Parkway asked- ~Shall Cit work ~th overnment . y g p rs to pursue comprehensive transportation and land use strategies and pro~ects for west ugene. Measure 20-54 West Eugene Parkway asked voters: Shall C~ty pursue funding and ~ansportafion and land use appro~vals to facilitate construction of the West Eugene Parkway?" In adopting TransPlan followSng the August 2001 decision to call a special election but prior to the Nd~e~ber 6, 2001 election, ~e Tra~Plan adopting officials reco}n~zed that amendments to lan would need to be considered if either of the ballot measures passed. On November 6, 2001, Eugene voters approved Ballot Measure 20-54; Ballot Measure 20-53 failed. Although the voters had already approved the route of the West Eugene Parkway in November 1986~ the November 2001 ballot measure asked whether the City should pursue ~ing and transportation and land use approvals to facilitate construction of the W~st Eugene Parkway. As such, the November 2001 ballot measure was a refinement of the November 1986 ballot measure and represents an "amended commurfity policy~ or "change in public policy." On November 28~ 2001, the Eugene City Council passed Resolution No. 4694, initiating amen~entS to the West Eugene Wetl~ds Plan, ~ugene~Springfield Metropolitan Are~ General Plan (Metro Plan) and Eugene-SPringfield Metropolitan Area Transportation Plan (TransPlan) to facilitate cons~ction of the West Eugene Parkway. This action by the C~ty Council was in dkect response to the November 6~ 2001 vote approving Ballot Measure 20-54. ~ending the West Eugene Wetlands Plan to apply the Planned Transportation Corridor wetland designation to sPecific property along the West Eugene Parkway modified project al~gnment addresses this refinement plan amendment criterion. West Eugene Wetlands Plan Amendments Exhibit B __ F~nd~ngs Page 18