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Existing Restoration Proposed Restoration Impact of Change <br />Criteria Criteria <br />NIA 1. Site contains hydric soils. In the original west Eugene <br /> Wetlands Plan, there were <br /> no criteria listed to identify <br /> sites suitable for the <br />NIA 2. Site i ~ <br />s either a disturbed restoration designation. <br /> . <br />agricultural wetland or These criteria fit closely <br />. <br /> reviou I ' ' <br />p s y exhibited wetland with the saes designated for <br />.. . <br /> characteristics. restorationlmitigation in the <br /> original plan. So, with <br />NIA 3. Site is capable of providing respect to the intent and <br /> adequate wetland hydrology. effect of the original Plan, <br /> these criteria do not <br /> represent a change. They <br /> <br />NIA <br />4. Site does not currently only clarify how such sites <br /> <br />are to be identified. Since <br /> benefit from municipal the make it neith <br />y er more <br /> infrastructure and urban <br />. Iikel nor less lik <br />y ely that a <br /> services. given site will be allowed to <br />NIA 5. Site is either larger than 15 develop, the addition of <br /> acres or is contiguous with a these criteria is treated as <br /> waterway ~stream~ designated neutral with respect to <br /> for protection on the wetland impacts to buildable lands. <br /> Designations Map Map 3} of <br /> the West Eugene wetlands <br /> Plan. <br />In summary, the above tables show that nearly all of the proposed changes slightly favor the <br />development designation compared to the criteria in the existing plan. However, the changes are <br />so minor that they can be considered essentially neutral when considering their impact on future <br />site designations. In fact, the changes were both proposed and adopted with the intent that they <br />would clarify existing policy, not substantially change it. There is no evidence that proposed <br />criteria for designating wetlands will result in more protection of industrial or commercial lands <br />than the current criteria. <br />Industrial Lands <br />The Metro olitan Industrial Lands S ecial Stud ,including both the Invento Re ort and the <br />Polio Re ort, describes the long-term supply and demand for industrial lands metro-wide. In <br />1992, these documents were approved by the Eugene City Council, the Springfield City Council <br />Policy Amendments Ordinance, exhibit P (Statewide Planning Goal Findings) Page 10 <br />