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. , J No part of the site is within a floodplain or floodv.'ay. No threatened or endangered species have been found on the site. Drainage ditches and wetland areas on the site were identified as riparian resource in the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Goal 5 Wildlife Habitat Inventory (Lev 1990). Two sections of the Q Street ditch extending into the property were described, and values are identified in the in'ventory as a wildlife travel corridor. Site descriptions and maps from the inventory are attached. A 1990 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 Improvemellt. Needs for Selected Sprillgfield Industrial Sites. It was prepared under a federal Economic Development Administration grant and is referred to in these findings as the EDA Study. . The EDA study confirms and refines wetland, riparian, and wildlife values on the site as set forth 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 acknowledg~d 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 Elenlent. of the Metro Plan implements Goal 5 as to such identified resources. Objective 2 (p. III-C-6) requires the integration of open space and natural features into the design of urban development. Policies I, 2, and 4 (p. III -C-7) require the consideration of downstream impacts of development, prohibit development in the floodway, and require site-specific soils and geological studies where potential problems exist. 'Policies 18 and 19 restrict development in wetlands areas. Policy 20 encourages local governments to regulate d.eve1opment in such a manner as to better control drainage, erosion, storm runoff and to reduce street-related water quality and quantity problems. Policy 25 requires that, "When planning for and regulating development, . local governments shall each continue to consider the need for protection of open spaces, including those characterized by significant vegetation and wildlife. Means of protecting' open space include but are not limited to outright acquisition, conservation easements, planned unit development ordinances, streamside protection ordinances, open space tax deferrals, donations to the public, and performance zoning. II 2