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<br />goals." <br /> <br />Yet, mainly this ordinance requires construction of artificial stormwater <br />management facilities. I don't see where "preservation" of natural <br />facilities and the "natural hydrologic cycle" comes in to play with honoring <br />or protecting the River Road and Santa Clara Basin. <br /> <br />Without finishing a RR/SC Basin Plan, without meaningful language to <br />incentivize natural drainage outcomes, this ordinance becomes "faux green" <br />is some ways...allowing obliteration of natural drainage and its replacement <br />with constructed 'facilities' --and it has too many exceptions. At the <br />least, can we get codifiable assurance that the City will be open to <br />amending this ordinance if any issues are raised later in our neighborhood <br />basin plan that would logically be addressed in this ordinance? <br /> <br />What about including reasonable aspects of the recent Open Waterways <br />ordinance into these development standards? In the Final River Road/ <br />Santa Clara Basin Plan there will be an inventory of drainageways/waterways <br />for our area. We would like to incorporate language into the ordinance <br />that refers to and protects those waterways. <br /> <br />The ordinance mostly assumes technical design requirements for engineered <br />.solutions, so there is not much mention or even focus on natural solutions. <br />'Why not divide up the definition of "Stormwater Management Facility" into <br />"Engineered" and "Natural Facilities (say with (a) and (b) subsections of <br />that definition in 9.0500), and do the same for "Pollution Reduction <br />Facility"? Can an open waterway function as both a stormwater management <br />facility and a pollution reduction facility? It would seem so, but it's not <br />clear from the language of this ordinance. <br /> <br />Also, the exemption for the 3000 square foot minimum is meaningless, it <br />needs to be reduced to closer to 1000. <br /> <br />Lastly, it is not often you have a direct opportunity to positively <br />influence policy implementation toward our neighbors in River Road and Santa <br />Clara. Please don't put the cart before the horse. Incorporate language that <br />will make our Basin Plan whole. <br /> <br />Thank you, <br /> <br />Rob Handy <br />455 1/2 River Road <br />Eugene, OR. 97404 <br />689 6372 <br /> <br />2 <br />