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Item 8: Ordinance Concerning 5-Year Exception to Eugene Code for Wetland Management Burning
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<br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br /> <br /> <br />Action: A Special Ordinance Granting an Exemption to the Application of Eugene Code, <br />1971, Section 6.200 (Ordinance to Renew Five- Year Exception to Application of Eugene <br />Code 6.000 (Open Burning) for Prescribed Wetland Management Burning) <br /> <br />Meeting Date: June 26, 2006 <br />Department: Public Works <br />www.eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />Agenda Item Number: 8 <br />Staff Contact: Sarah Medary <br />Contact Telephone Number: 682-4842 <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br />This is an opportunity for the council to take action on a proposed ordinance that would provide an <br />exception to the application of Eugene Code 6.200 (open burning) for prescribed burning by the U. S. <br />Bureau of Land Management (BLM), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and City of Eugene for wetland <br />vegetation protection, management, and restoration for a period of five years. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />In 1986 and 1987, the City Council approved exceptions to Eugene Code 6.200 to permit The Nature <br />Conservancy to conduct prescribed burns in the Willow Creek Natural Area. Due to the recurring nature <br />of these requests, in September 1990, the City Council approved a five-year exception for the Willow <br />Creek Natural Area by Ordinance No. 19715. In May 1995, the council approved a second five-year <br />exception for several sites within the West Eugene Wetlands Plan area by Ordinance No. 20014. In June <br />2001, the council approved a third five-year exception for several sites within the West Eugene Wetlands <br />Plan area by Ordinance No. 20231. <br /> <br />The purpose of these prescribed burns is to maintain native prairie vegetation and to control invasive <br />vegetation in the native prairie sites. To date, The Nature Conservancy has conducted burns in 1986, <br />1987, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999,2001, and 2005 within the area covered by these exceptions. In <br />addition, prescribed burns were conducted on BLM lands in 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2005 and on City of <br />Eugene land in 2002 within the area covered by the exception. <br /> <br />The City Council held a public hearing on this new, proposed ordinance on June 12, 2006. No oral or <br />written testimony was received. <br /> <br />For addition background information, see the attached memorandum dated May 22, 2006. <br /> <br />Timing <br />The appropriate season for conducting prescribed burns for wetland vegetation management is late <br />summer and early fall. Since the previously approved exception to the open burning ordinance expired on <br />December 31, 2005, no wetland management burning can be conducted within City limits until this <br />exception is approved. Therefore, staff recommends immediate action on the ordinance, so that it will <br />become effective prior to the upcoming burning season. <br /> <br />LICMOl2006 Council Agendas1M0606261S0606268.doc <br />
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