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1. Metro Plan Policies The Metropolitan Plan contains the following policies which address the proposed amendments related findings follow each policy}; Policy 15, page III-B-S: "Encourage the development of transportation facilities which would improve access to industrial and commercial areas and improve freight movement capabilities by implementing the policies and projects in the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Transportation Plan ~TransPlan}..." These amendments will facilitate improvements to existing transportation facilities called for in TransPlan and are therefore consistent with this po icy. Policy 1 S, page III-C-9: "Local governments shall develop plans and programs which carefully manage development on hillsides and in water bodies and restrict development in wetlands in order to protect the scenic quality, surface water and groundwater quality, forest values, vegetation, and wildlife values of those areas. The Nest Eugene Wetlands Plan was developed to manage development in and around wetlands in West Eugene, which is sufficient to meet this policy. This policy does not give direction for protection of resources on individual sites. Policy 2$, page III-C-10: "Local governments shall protect endangered and threatened plant and wildlife species, as recognized on a legally adopted statewide list, after notice and opportunity for public input." There are two plant species known to occur in the Plan area that are listed as threatened or endangered by the State of Oregon:.Lomatium bradshawii ~Bradshaw's desert parsley} and Erigeron decumbens var. decum~ens Willamette daisy.} One of these species occurs within the Nest 18~~ site, and none occur within the Nest 11 ~' site. On the West 1$th site, one individual Willamette daisy plant occurs within the Planned Transportation Corridor area, while over 1,000 plants of this species are found elsewhere on the contiguous property to the north. Federal law requires that:l } a federal permit must be granted before wetlands can be filled, and 2}the Corps of Engineers must consult with the US Fish and Wildlife Service on rare species within the project area of a proposed f 11. These requirements mean that the federal permitting process could lead to the one existing rare plant being left in place, or to some form of mitigation if the plant is removed. Under these amendments the majority of known populations of listed rare Ordinance, Exhibit C ~~let~o Pran and WEWP Findings} Page 2