Draft EUG Master Plan Update, February 2010

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CHAPTER 4 ALTERNATIVE PLAN CONCEPTS current (144) and projected (280) rental car service/storage parking stalls. The new site also provides for growth of rental car services and business. Depending on airport policy and agreements, consideration should be given to siting the rental car facility on existing airport property, acquiring additional property, or on private property. The fuel farm is also expected to be relocated to the southern airfield from the North Ramp, to distance fuel storage from areas of concentrated traveling public, and to ease fuel transfer and delivery. The Oregon Air & Space Museum (OASM) is considering a new larger facility, which likely could not be accommodated at its current site. One location being considered for the OASM is the in the eastern airfield. Relocation out of the current facility will make the former OASM space available, and once the relocation is scheduled, reuse and redevelopment of the current OASM facility should be considered. Space for commercial development is being reserved along the airport entrance road at the intersection of Airport Road and Douglas Drive. This is high visibility property that may be best suited for landside, non-aeronautical business and services. Three corners of the intersection (all except the southwest) are owned by the Airport, and there may be benefit to the Airport controlling the southwest corner. A proposed roadway is shown as a possible way to open up the northwestern corner for development. Existing zoning shows agricultural use for the two southern corners of this intersection, and development of these southern corners for commercial purposes will likely require local rezoning. Wetland Impact Improvements to the South Ramp area, as depicted on Exhibit 4-8, include numerous structures and potential future development. Several of these structures would have minimal wetland impact. These include the “Future LAA Ramp” and the “Future Air Cargo/Charter” building included in the wetland delineation (Environmental Solutions, 2006). The “Future Rental Car Service & Storage” would most likely have little or no impact on wetlands, although it is not completely within the aforementioned delineation. The “Future Flightcraft Hangar/Terminal”, “Future LAA Classroom” and “Possible FAA” structures would most likely have no impact, although a wetland determination would need to be made. The greatest impact, if any, is most likely to occur in the areas labeled “Future Commercial Development”, “Future Fuel Farm”, and a connector road west of the intersection of Airport Road and Douglas Drive. The area labeled “Future Commercial Development” to the southwest of Airport Road and Douglas Drive contain soils with the highest probability for wetland characteristics, although a wetland delineation would need to be performed to determine this conclusively. There are two wetland areas that could be avoided near the areas labeled “Future Commercial Development” southeast of the intersection of Airport Road and Douglas Drive, and “Future Commercial Development” northeast of the intersection of Airport Road and Douglas Drive. Both of these areas have known wetlands on-site which could potentially be completely avoided. 4-25 Eugene Airport Master Plan Update (February 2010)