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EXhibit A-1 METRO p~N AMENDMENT APPLicATioN ~TATE 5 TEMPORAR~Y DETOU~ R BRIDGE OVER T ._L :AME Findings of Fact Dem0nstrat~g Conformance ~thApproval criteria m Spr~dd Development Code Z070(3) Fne Oregon Department of Transportation is pUrSuing an aggressive bridge ma~tenanc¢ and repair effort onthe I-5 Willamette River Bridge ir/Eugene Springfiel& The Departmen~has determined that-~ order.to maintain Interstate 5 and keep traffic flows operational thro~ the Metro area, this bridge (along Mth the I-5 McKenzie River Bridges) must be replkced~ ~ load [knit for hearty haul veh/cles (105,500 lbs) has been placed on tiffs structure, and'she'ar er_acks are being monitored to track structural integ~ty.7 This bridge carries upwards of 63,000 vYh~cte crossings dally, S~xteen to eighteen percent, or approximately 10,000 of these dally tMps are made by tractor trailer figs hauling freight. Given the condition of the exist~g stracmre~?standard en ng and construction practice for abridge maintenance and repak effort of ti-As ' ~' magnitude is to construct a temporary bridge to serve traffic and freight volumes dm4ng~.~e period that the'replacement structure is designed and constructed. In order to proceed wbj~' permitting for construction of the tempora~D~ detour bridge, the Cky'of SprLngfield has determined that MetroPlan Willamette River. Greenway Policy 13 must&st be satisfied. The nature of kSs application is to provide the factual basis for satiskAng the requirement ~Policy ~3 for an exception to S~a'tewide Piing Goal 15, Willamette R~ver Greenway (OAR 660-015z0005.). MetroPlan Chapter HI (D), Policy 13 states:. "The taking of an exception shall be requ/red if a non-water-dependent kansp0rtation facility requires placing of fill within the Willamette River Greenway setback.' For the record, ODOT maJntahis thata goal exception is not req~red'under Statewide Plann~g Goal. 15~ Goal 15 states that cities shall not authorize or allow, mtens~catmn, change or nsc or development on lands w4tb2n the boundaries of the Willamette .River Greenway. The "[mlaintena2ce and repair usual andnecessary for the continuance of an existing use is ~°t an afion of use' and thus not subject to the provisions of the goal. The construction ora temporary bridge is needed to repair the existing bridge structure and is part of bridge mamtenance~ The detour bridge is simply a necessary part ofmaintakfing the continUed::use of the Interstate fiver crossing Ln this location during a maintenance and repair effbrt. Acc~rdingly, th~s type of actk¢2y should not be subject to a Goal 15 exception. However, Metro Plan Policy III (D) (13) states that an exception is requ/xed for anyfill ~/4thin the Greenway setback ~fplaced for non-water dependent transportation fatal/ties. The Greenway Setback line will be determined by the Springfield Plarming Commission at a .public hearing on May 20m, 2003. Based on discussion with City staff, and the fact the Interstate 5 righbof~way bisects riverfront parkland at the location of the Willamette River crossing, it is I/kely that W[tlamette River Greenway Goal Exceptbn Findings Oregon Depam~aent of Tranportat~on May 15, 2003 Page 1 6f9