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Goal 5 and the 1991 Goal 5 Rule focus on the process required to prepare a Goal 5 invento and . ~' develop a program to achieve the goal on a site-specific bass, through preservation of a resource site; allowing conflicting uses and the loss of the resource; or mitigating negative im acts . p 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.$00(15}, Approval for the existing plan as a Wetland Conservation Plan was ranted g by the Oregon Division of State Lands on September 13,1994 and amended on September 11, 1997. nRS 196.6848}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 DRS 196.665 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 19?.279] Approval of the Nest 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} far those areas, uses and activities which are regulated by the plan. The amendments clarify and further refine the wEWP, The Endings of goal compliance made as part of initial adoption of the wEWP remain essentially unaffected by these amendments. The amendments do not significantly alter the function, design and structure of the wEwP. The fundamental program developed for Goal 5 compliance remains essentially unchanged. The policies and criteria of the WEWP operate as a tool to further Goal 5 compliance by assisting in determining the signif cance of wetland resources, the conflicts and the economic, social, environmental and energy values involved in protecting the resource. That analysis approaches the wetlands of west Eugene as part of an interconnected natural system rather than as separate, discrete sites. The focus remains inside the west Eugene wetlands Special Study .Area, kee in p g ~n mind that the larger system of which these wetlands are a part extends beyond this and other political boundaries. The Plan as adopted in 1992 struck a unique balance between protection and development of wetlands within the Plan area. Over 2S0 acres of wetlands were designated far development, but a much larger area, over 1,000 acres, was designated for protection or restoration. The magnitude of wetlands designated for both development and protection was unprecedented in Gregon. The current amendments maintain the balance established by the original plan by keeping the policies in line with those in the original Plan, Policy Amendments Qrdinance, Exhibit ~ (Statewide Planning Goat Findings} Page 3