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I$686 3 . Improve and maintain air and water quality to meet acceptable state and local standards . 4. Minimize problems associated with water quantity. 5. Manage open space areas for their diverse and multiple values. 6. Prevent damage to life and property and expenses associated with flooding and problem soils. 7. Minimize the impacts of urban development on agricultural land and other v a l u a b l e open space by promoting compact urban growth and by using urban land efficiently (e.g-., increasing urban densities) . S. Protect nonrenewable (sand and gravel) resource lands from pre- mature urban development, thus allowing for , extraction and pro- duction of that resource. Policies 1 . S p r i n g f i e l d , Lane County, and Eugene, shall consider downstream impacts when planning for urbanization, flood control, urban storm runoff, recreation, and water quality along wi t_h Willamette and McKenzie'Rivers. 2. Development shall be prohibited within the f l oodway The - f l oodway is the portion of the flood plain where high volumes - of moving water flow through drai nways or channels of a watercourse. 3. When development is allowed to occur in the fl oodway fringe, local regulations shall control such development in order to minimize the potential danger to life and property. Within the urban service area, development should result in in-filling of partial developed land. outside the urban service area, the fl oodway - fringe should be protected for its agricultural and sand and gravel resource values, its open space and recreational potential, and its value to water resources. 4. Local governments shall require site specific soil surveys and geologic studies where potential problems exist. When problems are identified, local governments shall require special design considerations and construction measures be taken .to off set the soil and geologic constraints present, to protect life and prop- erty, and to protect environmentally sensitive areas. 5. Where agricultural land is being considered for inclusion in the urban growth boundary, the least productive agricultural I a n d sh al 1 be considered first . Factors other than agricultural- soil. ratings shall be considered when determining the productivity of agricultural land, Relevant factors include ownership patterns, land . use patterns, adjacent land uses, agricultural history, availability of irrigation, and market a v a i l a b i l i t y - , III-C-6