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loading and unloading freight from airplanes. All other sites located in the area surrounding the airport would also require an exception to Goal 3. During the development of the Master Plan, several sites were considered for the cargo facility. Most of the area in the airport vicinity is in the Class I-IV sail range. No other available site would be directly accessible by road and also offer direct connection to the main runway as well as direct access to nearby related terminal facilities, Both airplanes and freight trucks need access to the cargo facility. The Airport Master Plan adopted by the Eugene City Council and Lane County Board of Commissioners in October, 19911, identifies the site in this request as the preferred location for the air cargo facility due to its access~~ility to both the airfield and roads and because it provides the opportunity for expansion in the future if needed. Standard 3 -The long-term environmental, economic, social and energy consequences resulting from the use at the proposed site with measures designed to reduce adverse impacts are not si~cantly more adverse than would typically result from the same proposal being located in areas requiring a goal exception other than the proposed site. The long-term consequences of locating the air cargo facility on the proposed site would be less significant than locating the facility in another area. The Airport Master Plan noted that current air cargo activity is dispersed throughout the airport resulting in traffic congestion, safety concerns, limited storage area and inefficiencies in operations. The proposed site is the best suited to provide for safe and efficient air cargo operations in terms of both cost savings and energy conservation. Existing roads provide access to this site for freight trucks. Other sites would likely require new roads or realignment of existing reads. Construction of an air cargo facility on this site will allow air cargo operations at the airport to continue to expand and will provide the opportunity for creation of new jabs for the community. Standard 4 -The proposed uses are compatible with other adjacent uses or will be so rendered through measures designed to reduce adverse impacts. The proposed air cargo facility is compatible and will be linked operationally with the adjacent airport facility, Expansion of the airport facility on to this site was anticipated and planned for at the time the Metro Plan was adapted. The proposed air cargo facility is also compatible with the surrounding agricultural uses, Agricultural uses currently surround most of the airport facility and provide the necessary buffer zone between the airport and urban levels of development. Related to this Goa13 exception, the Metro Plan also establishes criteria far exceptions. Exhibit A -Findings - 3