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City of Eugene City Council Page 10 September 12, 2012 federal, state and local agencies responsible for protecting the environment. As part of this coordination effort, LTD has committed to measures to offset potential impacts to the environment. For example, the WEEE project would replant as many or more trees as are removed. The species of new trees would conform to the City of Eugene street tree guidelines, and would consider the preferences of property owners and tenants where allowed by City ordinance. It is important to note that some environmental attributes are anticipated to improve. For example, the project is likely to improve air quality over time. There is extensive evidence that documents greenhouse gas emissions reductions resulting from increasing transit ridership. The possible impacts and all associated mitigation is summarized in the Executive Summary of the EA, discussed in EA Chapters 3 and 4 in relation to potential impacts, and is detailed (ES-1). ŽŶƐŝƐƚĞŶĐǇǁŝƚŚ>ŽĐĂůZĞŐƵůĂƚŝŽŶƐ ŽŵŵĞŶƚƐ on consistency with local regulations generally focused on: and, The project is not consistent with Envision Eugene. ZĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ: The decision to include the West Eugene EmX corridor as the next link the EmX system is based upon adopted policies for our region. Throughout the project, City staff participated in the development, review and refinement of the WEEE project and, as a result, the ng range planning efforts, Envision Eugene. The reports supporting the Envision Eugene effort identify employment and housing areas along the West 11th Avenue corridor, which is designated as a key transit corridor to support current and future housing and employment in west Eugene. As noted in the EA, the EmX system would support City policies and programs that encourage nodal development areas (identified in regional transportation plans) and those that encourage employment and housing development in the corridor within the UGB. dƌĂŶƐŝƚ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞĂŶĚZŝĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ ŽŵŵĞŶƚƐ on transit service and ridership generally focused on: Improving regular bus service instead of implementing BRT; Existing bus service is sufficient; Projected ridership does not justify the cost to implement EmX; Project will only serve a small percent of the people; LTD should be more self-sustaining before expanding service; and, Public transit should be self-supporting.