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Exhibit A Goal i I - Public Facilities and Services To ptan and develop a timely, orderly and efficient arrangement of public facilities' and services to serve as a framework for urban and ~mral development. The emphasis of this goal is on key urban services other than transportation, and the focus is on the need fbr a 20 year public facilities and services plan (PFSP). Transpo~ation is emphasized in Goal 12 and in the metro areas' Transportation System Plan: TransPlan. There are no urban serv'ices needs created by this proposed exception. The construction o£the detour bridge and the bridge's duration do not require any level of urban infrastructure not included in the PFSP. Mitigation measures will include on-site storm water pre-treatment (on-ske being within the right of way, not in Whilamut). However, it could be argued that the alternative of routing I-5 traffic to county and city streets would se'verely compromise a set of infrastructure not designed to accommodate this increased demand. The exception sought is not inconsistent with the purpose of this Goat. Goal 12 - Transportation To provide and encourage a safe, convenient and economic transportation system. The proposed exception will allow a detour bridge to be constructed within the Greenway Setback ~ea. A detour bridge located within either side of the ODOT right of way (EUgene or Springfield) Mil be in the Greenway Setback Area. A detour bridge over the Willmette River anywhere inside the metro area urban growth boundary will be located inthe Greenway Setback Area; therefore the need ~br an exception exists no matter where the bridge goes. The I-5 bridge over the Willamette is critical to a large number of local trips in this area and for rhrou~ travelers on I-5. This bridge must be replaced due to a state of deterioration and design that will not allow repair. Replacement means closure, not reduced capacity while replacement occurs. The detour bridge will provide the same ~T capacity as the current bridge and will not appreciable impede traffic because of its close proximity to the existing bridge. The alternative to a bridge is re-routing I~5 trips onto to a number of state highways, county roads and city streets. Heavier vehicles would be detoured over much longer routes because of the inabihty of these lesser streets to accommodate gvw's in excess of 80,000 lbs. in some instances, this could mean trucks detouring off of I-5 north bound before they' enter the state and traveling on Highway 97 east of the Cascades before returning to I-5 north of Eugene-Springfield, or continuing on 97 all the -way to 1-84 on the Columbia. Smaller delivery trucks and passenger vehicles would be detoured onto other state highway's, where possible, but inevitably, many of these trips would end up on metro area collectors and arterials that were not planned Por this type of use.