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Homepage before the hearing. 6. During the February 18, 1998 hearing and subsequent comment period, comments were received from the Eugene Water and Electric Board regarding the Utility Corridor and from the Lane County Roads Advisory Committee on the Planned Transportation Corridor amendments. The amendments in Exhibit A of this Ordinance incorporate changes to the Planning Commission recommendations to address that testimony. We find that the opportunities for citizen involvement detailed above are beyond what is necessary to achieve consistency with Goal 1. GoalS, Open Spaces, Scenic and Historic Areas, and Natural Areas The purpose of Goal 5 is to protect natural resources, and conserve scenic and historic areas and open spaces. In addition to the Goal, the Land Conservation and Development Commission has adopted an administrative rule to aid local government in achieving the requirements of the Goal. The original Goal 5 Rule, OAR 660, Division 16, was adopted in 1991; revisions to the Goal 5 Rule were adopted in 1996 as OAR 660, Division 23. The 1991 Goal 5 Rule continues to apply to post-acknowledgment plan amendments, such as the West Eugene Wetlands Plan amendments, initiated before September 1, 1996. Goal 5 and the 1991 Goal 5 Rule focus on the process required to prepare a Goal 5 inventory and develop a program to achieve the goal on a site-specific basis, through preservation of a resource site; allowing conflicting uses and the loss of the resource; or mitigating negative impacts associated with the conflicting uses through partial protection. Findings: The West Eugene Wetlands Plan (WEWP) is an approved wetland conservation plan as defined in ORS 196.800(15). Approval for the existing plan as a Wetland Conservation Plan was granted by the Oregon Division of State Lands on September 13, 1994. ORS 196.684(8) specifies the relationship between Wetland Conservation Plan approval and compliance with Goal 5: "Wetland conservation plans approved by the Director of the Division of State Lands pursuant to ORS 196.668 to 196.692 shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of any statewide planning goals related to wetlands, other than estuarine wetlands, for those areas, uses and activities which are regulated by the plan." [See also, ORS 197.279] Approval of the West Eugene Wetlands Plan by the Oregon Division of State Lands (DSL) as provided by law, satisfies all the requirements of any applicable statewide planning goal related to wetlands (including Goal 5) for those areas, uses and activities which are regulated by the plan. PTC/UC Amendments Ordinance, Exhibit B (Statewide Planning Goal Findings) Page 3