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Na part of the site is ~~~ithin a floadplain or t~ood«ray. No threatened or endangered species ha~~e been found an the site. Drainage ditches and wetland areas on the site ~~~ere identified as riparian resource in the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Goal ~ wildlife Habitat inventory Lev 1990}. Two sections of tl~e Q Street ditch extending into the property were described, and values are identified in the inventory as a wildlife travel corridor. Site descriptions and maps from the inventory are attached. A 199Q study of the site was prepared for the City of Springfield by the Mitchell Nelson Group and David J. Newton Associates, entitled Analysis of Development Capability and infrastructure Impro~-en~e~}t. heeds far Selected Springfield industrial Sites. ~t was prepared under a federal Economic Development Administration grant and is referred to in these findings as the ED.4 Study. The EDA study confirms and refines wetland, riparian, and wildlife values on the site as set Earth in the attached excerpts from the study. Goal 5 was applied at the time of acknowledgment and the determination was made to allow urban development of the site but to limit such development by application of protective plan policies at the time of review of specific development applications where Goal 5 resources had been identified. The current amendment does not alter this acknowledged program to achieve the goal. The program itself will be applied at the time a specific development application is received, as a required element of the city's site plan review process. The Environmental Resources Element. of the Metro Plan implements Goal 5 as to such identi.f ed resources. Objective 2 gyp, 111-C-b~ requires the .integration of open space and natural features into the design of urban development. Policies 1, 2, and 4 gyp. ll~-C-7~ require the consideration of downstream impacts of development, prohibit development in the floodway, and require site-specific soils and geological stti~dies where potential problems exist. Policies ~ 8 and I9 restrict development in wetlands areas. Policy 20 encourages local governments to regulate development in such a manner as to better control drainage, erosion, storm runoff and to reduce street-related water quality and quantity problems. Policy ~S requires that, "V~lhen planning for and regulating development,.local governments shall each continue to consider the need for protection of open spaces, including those characterized by signif cant vegetation and wildlife. Means of protecting open space include but are not limited to outright acquisition, conservation easements, planned unit development o.~dinances, streamside protection ordinances, open space tax deferrals, donations to the ~ - . public, and performance zoning."