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Goal 3.5 "Protect and expand current . populations and habitats of rare, endan erect and g threatened plants and animals ghat currently exist in west Eugene." Protection criterion # 1 under proposed Policy 3.17 addresses protection of rare Iants. . p Thzs cntenon places higher value an wetlands wzth rare plants on srtes~ with potential for long-term protection and management. It helps to ensure that wetlands with rare Iant . .p speczes are given strong cons~deratzon far long-term protection, ~n conjunction with consideration of other criteria. Previously adopted policies identify which s ecies are . p considered rare wrth~n the plan area. The proposed amendments are consistent with this goal. Goal 3.6 "Achieve state and federal.requirement of "na net loss" of wetlands in both uanti . q ~' urea} and quality ~funct~ons and values}." The West Eugene Wetlands Plan addresses the "no net loss" policy through rotection p of valuable .wetlands and coordinated restarat~on of degraded wetlands to re Iace those p that .are f lied. This approach is not changed by the proposed amendments. Goal 3.7 Protect an interconnected system of wetlands within a sustainable, ecolo icall. sound . g Y system, wYth a high l~kel~hood of long-term survival. Proposed Policy 3.17, adds a new wetland protection criterion to the Plan addressing probability of achieving long-term protection. Together with proposed Protection criteria #3 and #4, which address interconnectedness with the stream system, this criterion directly expresses the value stated in Gaal 3.7. Tie near criterion would add consideration of the feasibility of Tong-term protection to other considerations when determining whether to protect a site. This is consistent with the Plan Goal of protecting a wetland system with a "high likelihood aflong-term survival". Goal 4.5 Minimize reductions to the existing industrial and commercial buildable lands inventory as a result of wetland protection. The criteria in proposed Policy 3.17 would help m~ni.mize reductions in buildable lands inventories by balancing environmental values of wetland sites with economic development values. This balancing will reduce the percentage of wetland sites that are designated for protection, which is consistent with Goal 4.5. The West Eugene Wetlands Plan contains the following applicable Policies related findings follow each policy}: Policy 3.8 "Establish, maintain, and protect physical and hydrologic linkages between protected wetlands and adj scent transitional and upland wildlife habitat and natural areas." Proposed Policy 3.17 includes changes to two of the criteria from the original plan which Policy Amendments Qrdinance, exhibit C ~Refrnement Plan Amendment findings) Page 4