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The referenced Figure 2 of the C-1 findings is entitled Landuse Compatibility, Rural Impacts and shows the land uses in the vicinity of the Modified Alignment, specifying the type of agricultural use (hay, sheep, cattle) for those sites where agricultural uses are in place. The Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement ("SDEIS") for the Modified Alignment was cited heavily throughout the findings. The SDEIS contains two maps at figure 3-3, page 1 of2, and figure 3-4 page 1 of2. Figure 3-3 shows Existing Land Use along the Modified Alignment. Figure 3-4 of the SDEIS shows the comprehensive plan designations adjacent to the Modified Alignment. As shown in Figure 3-4 and described in the adopted findings, there is land adjacent to the Modified Alignment designated as Agriculture. Though the existing uses along the proposed parkway vary widely, the findings note that the great majority of the land bordering the northern side of the Modified Alignment is in parks/open space and is managed as part of the West Eugene Wetlands Plan. In addition, pages 47-49 of the C-1 findings are dedicated specifically to the requirement of Goal 2, Part lI(c)(4). The discussion in this section of the findings largely summarizes the Compatibility Memorandum that was also adopted by the local governments (as Exhibit C-3) and incorporated into the C-1 findings. The C-1 findings on pages 47-49 explain the reduction of impacts on farm uses that will result from the Modified Alignment. They also explain the Modified Alignment's effect on access to rural properties and the ways in which access is designed to "limit local access to the adjoining rural area, thereby reducing adverse farm impacts and maintaining compatibility." C-1, page 47. The findings then explain in detail how the ownership interests and zoning of the areas adjacent to the Modified Alignment will assist in ensuring limited access to adj acent agricultural areas. C-1, page 48-49. The findings adopted as Exhibit C-3 and incorporated into the C-! findings are those referred to above as ODOT's Compatibility Memorandum. This ten-page memorandum identifies each tax lot that is adjacent to the Modified Alignment and provides a detailed description of those properties and their uses. The memo contains an analysis of the six major ways that a roadway project can impact land uses in rural areas and concludes, with some detail, that "[t]he WEP would not have any major impacts on land uses in the project area. In general, it is compatible with adjacent uses." C-3, page 10.1 Based on that analysis and the additional adopted findings as described above, the local government concluded the actions complied with applicable standards for exceptions to Statewide Goals, including the requirements of Goal 2, Part lI( c)( 4). 1 The analysis concentrates on the impacts (or lack thereof) based on the following six categories: l) displacement of houses and buildings; 2) acreage losses from roadway rights-of-way and/or uneconomic remnants; 3) parcelization, resulting in more complicated farming practices; 4) complication of access to properties; 5) visual modifications to the rural setting; and 6) potential induced development. 3