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<br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />KEPPLER Peggy A <br /> <br />From: Teresa Damron [teresa@sperrytreecare.com] <br />Sent: Monday, April 1 0, 2006 7:49 PM <br />To: *Eugene Mayor and City Council <br />Cc: KEPPLER Peggy A; WALCH Therese <br />Subject: Stormwater ordinance <br /> <br />Dear Mayor Piercy, Council and City Staff, <br /> <br />I am unexpectedly unable to attend the Council meeting this evening and speak to you in person, so I am sending <br />my comments via email instead. <br /> <br />First off, a concern: <br />The River Road/Santa Clara Basin Master Plan is close to completion, but not yet complete. This is an <br />important piece of work that should be considered first. We have an extensive natural stormwater drainage <br />system that works here in River Road and it should be preserved. I know this ordinance talks about bioswale <br />design and other natural sounding systems, but my experience is they tend to be expensive, artificial, over- <br />engineered, and generally overbuilt reproductions of the real thing we have in our neighborhood. We like our <br />natural drainage system that was created in the same geologic event that created the Willamette River, and <br />believe it will be threatened by the Storm water ordinance as written. <br /> <br />But, if you must move on this ordinance before our plan is complete: <br />Please fold the Open Waterways ordinance into this current Stormwater ordinance. That ordinance <br />spoke well to the water quality values important to all of us. GoalS is complete and the language from that <br />ordinance belongs in this Stormwater ordinance. <br /> <br />Thank you for your hard work and consideration, <br /> <br />Teresa Damron <br />605 Howard Ave. <br />Eugene, OR 97404 <br /> <br />4/12/2006 <br />