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AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES Prior to beginning the master planning, stakeholder advisory groups were created as described within the Eugene Airport Public Communication Program. These stakeholders were partners and valuable resources throughout the process of developing facility alternatives. The first step in the alternatives development process was to describe and evaluate existing airport land use patterns. The Inventory and Facility Requirements chapters built this framework of understanding. Section 4.4, Ultimate Airport Land Use Pattern Vision of this chapter summarizes those findings to inform the ultimate land use pattern visioning process. The facility requirements process was critical in quantifying facility needs for the PAL 3 planning horizon. It is important to understand how each alternative would be evaluated prior to proposing them. For this reason, a series of high-level evaluation criteria were established before developing alternatives. This ensured that each option would be evaluated consistently against one another using relevant measures, and that all concepts were looked at critically throughout the process. This also allowed a better understanding of the associated benefits and challenges of each option. These evaluation criteria are described in Section 4.3 Alternative Concepts Evaluation Criteria. Before considering possible development options, it was necessary to establish the basic ground rules and guiding principles of how future land use patterns should be organized. No development should take place without a well formulated vision for how airport land use patterns should be organized at ultimate build-out. This visioning process seeks to organize land use patterns efficiently and make use of finite areas of land in a way that sustains a functional and self-sufficient airport to stimulate regional economic growth. This analysis must be limited to areas which do not create airspace obstructions or cause environmental impacts that cannot be mitigated. Section 4.4.2, Airport Vision and Goals of this chapter will discuss the process and rational for how stakeholder agreement was reached on the ultimate airport land use pattern vision. After agreement was reached regarding the vision for an ultimate airport land use pattern, the alternatives development process evaluated facility needs over the PAL 3 planning horizon. It was crucial that any preferred alternative be consistent with, and move incrementally toward, achieving the ultimate land use pattern vision. Evaluation of each option against the established set of criteria helped identify associated benefits and challenges. Once the alternative development options which were consistent with the land use pattern vision were evaluated and refined, a preferred alternative was selected. Alternatives Design Charrette After presenting, refining, and vetting the facility requirements analysis per stakeholder feedback, the alternatives development process began by holding a multi-day design charrette consisting of the airport master planning team and Eugene Airport management. The goal of this charrette was to explore ultimate land use pattern concepts and alternative development options through PAL 3 (Steps 4 and 5 from Section 4.2.1, Steps in the Alternative Development Process). The charrette took place over 3 days and was managed by a facilitator to encourage full participation. This contributed to the inclusion of a broad range of perspectives. The topics included all facilities associated with airfield, commercial terminal, landside/roadway, and aviation support. The result of that charrette was a myriad of alternative options to EUGENE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN 4-4