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Finding #52. TransPlan (2002) is Eugene - Springfield's local Transportation System Plan and is a functional plan of the Metro Plan. TransPlan provides policies addressing transportation facilities and policies for the Eugene- Springfield Metropolitan Area. Finding #53. TransPlan contains project lists and maps showing needed transportation facilities in the Metropolitan area. The Future Bikeway Project Map shows an off - street bike facility running along the south bank of the Willamette River underneath the 1 -5 Bridge. This bikeway is identified as project #851 South Bank Trail (A) with an estimated cost of $1,800,000 (Jurisdiction: Springfield). The viaduct would then connect with the existing bike path on the Eugene side of 1 -5, shown as an existing off - street bike facility on the TransPlan Financially - Constrained Bikeway System Projects map. Finding #54. TransPlan's TSI Bicycle Policy # 3 (Chapter 2, pg. 33) requires "bikeways to connect new development with nearby neighborhood activity centers and major destinations." As previously mentioned, the South Bank Viaduct and South Bank Path will connect Eugene to Glenwood and to downtown Springfield through Glenwood. Finding #55. TransPlan's TSI Bikeway Policy #4 assigns priority to the finding of "Priority Bikeway Miles." These are defined as stand -alone bike projects listed in TransPlan that are not associated with roadway projects. As mentioned above, the proposed South Bank Viaduct is part of project #851 South Bank Trail (A) which is a stand -alone project that is not associated with a roadway. Finding #56. Central Lane MPO Regional Transportation Plan lists the Glenwood Riverfront Park Path (Project 851) as a financially constrained project. It is classified as a multiuse path without road project. Finding #57. Additionally, Goal 12 is implemented through the Transportation Planning Rule (TPR), as defined in Oregon Administrative Rule OAR 660 - 012 -0000, et seq. The Eugene - Springfield Metropolitan Area Transportation Plan (TransPlan) provides the regional policy framework through which the TPR is implemented at the local level. The TPR (OAR 660 -012- 0060) states that when land use changes, including amendments to acknowledged comprehensive plans, significantly affect an existing or planned. transportation facility the local government shall put in place measures to assure that the allowed land uses are consistent with the identified function, capacity and performance standards (level of service, volume to capacity ratio, etc.) of the facility. TransPlan, which implements Goal 12, identifies an off -site bike path as a future facility and the south bank bike path on the Eugene side as an existing off - street bike path. Finding #58. The TPR requires a determination of which existing and planned transportation facilities will experience a significant affect as a result of the proposed plan amendment, and defines what constitutes a significant effect (OAR 660 - 012 - 0060(1)). The analysis for significant effect is related to impacts to function, capacity and performance standards which are street standards not applicable to bicycle /pedestrian paths; therefore the proposal is consistent with TPR. Furthermore, the viaduct and path facilities provide alternative transportation modes which would benefit, not worsen, nearby streets. Attachment 1 -13