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The airport has purchased this land for airport operations purposes pursuant to the Ai ort Master . ~ Plan and this policy. In addition, Metro Plan Public Utilities, Services, and Facilities Element Policy 2 a e Ili-G-S (p g } further clarifies the purposefulness of locating the airport outside the UGB b allawin the Y g extension of urban services: Sewer and water service shall not be extended beyond the urban growth boundary except to: a. The 1Llahlon Sweet Field Airport, a public facility serving the entire metropol itan area. This Metro Plan policy allows extension of sewer and water service to not only lands that were in airport use at the time the policy was adopted, but also to subsequent airport expansion areas, including those lands previously designated on the Metro Plan diagram as Ai art Reserve and changed to Government and Education by a Metro Plan amendment, so Tong as those lands bein .. g served are part of the public facility airport. The proposed Metro Plan amendment would allow expansion of an airport-related use on Ci - . ~'" purchased airport property xn a manner consistent with these Metro Plan policies and in a manner contemplated by the Airport Master Plan. The airport has been provided urban services in a manner consistent with these policies. After the Metro Plan diagram amendment is approved, the air cargo facility will be considered part of the airport. The Ai ort Master Plan. The Airport Master Plan currently designates this 9.1 acres hand more} as Environmental Buffer, which is described as follows: To limit the density and proximity of developments adjacent to the Airport, lands are allocated for noise buffer and Airport encroachment purposes, These areas provide aesthetic and noise shields between the airport and adjacent non airport land uses. (Airport Master Plan, page VI-11 } Barbara Fritsche, President of AirTech, consultant to the 1990 Airport Master Plan, offers further clarification in her February 1 ~,1 g98, letter; "The ALP [Airport Layaut Plan] as a roved b the Pp Y FAA also identified various parcels that should be protected from develo ment that would not be p. compatible with the airport s long term growth and operation. To accomplish this obi ective, some areas on the Airport's ALP were given an EB Environmental Buffers designation. The EB designation is intended to signify that.any parcels so labeled should be protected from any e of tYp development that would not be compatible or would encroach upon the Airport, Parcels with an EB designation could remain undeveloped or they could be used for development that is considered aviation compatible." According to this definition, as clarified, the proposed Air Cargo facility could be constructed on Exhibit C, Findings -1 ~