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fill within the Greenway setback. For this reason, an exception to Statewide Planning Goal 15 is required as part of this proposal. Finding #70. In 2003 and 2008, exceptions to Statewide Planning Goal 15 were taken and Policy D,11 of Chapter III of the Metro Plan was amended to allow construction and related activities for the Willamette River 1 -5 Detour and Replacement Bridges, respectively. Those exceptions to Goal 15 were approved in advance of any construction designs. Finding #71. The exceptions taken in 2003 and 2008 (articulated in Chapter III, Policy D.11) did not foresee or include the proposed South Bank Viaduct. Finding #72. TransPlan (2002) is Eugene- Springfield's local Transportation System Plan and is functional plan of the Metro Plan. TransPlan provides policies addressing transportation facilities and policies for the Eugene- Springfield Metropolitan Area. Finding #73. 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 $1,8000,000 (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 #74. Central Lane MPO Regional Transportation Plan lists the Glenwood Riverfront Park Path (Project 851) as a finically constrained project. It is classified as a multiuse path without road project. Finding #75. The Glenwood Refinement Plan (1999) is a refinement plan of the Metro Plan. It contains a map of proposed bicycle routes (pg. 53) that shows the South Bank Trail as an off - street path following the Willamette River, connecting the Eugene path system to the Springfield Bridges. Glenwood Refinement Plan Policy # 4.5 calls for the acquisition of easements for a pedestrian and bicycle access to and along the Willamette River through the Glenwood area. Finding #76. The Willamalane Park and Recreation Comprehensive Plan is a refinement plan of the Metro Plan. Map #3 (page 28) of the Comprehensive Plan shows existing, planned and proposed multiuse paths and bike ways. Map #3 shows the South Bank Trail running along the Willamette River through Glenwood as an off - street multiuse path. Finding #77. In Eugene, the Riverfront Park Study (RPS) is adopted as a refinement of the Metro Plan. The RPS study boundary includes the south bank of the Willamette River up to the 1 -5 Bridge. Although the exact location of the viaduct will determined through subsequent permitting processes, the western portion of the viaduct is generally located in this area, Finding #78. The RPS includes several applicable policies regarding supporting a south bank bicycle /pedestrian path, minimizing impacts to riparian vegetation and the Mill Race. Given that the proposal will allow consideration of extension of the south bank bicycle /pedestrian path, and with the findings for Statewide Planning Goal 5, 15 and 12 above which are incorporated Attachment 1 -17