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Policy Amendment 79. Delete the existing Policy 4.17 and replace it with the following: 4.17 The City of Eugene shall calculate mitigation requirements for all wetland impacts within the West Eugene Wetlands Plan area using the applicable ratio from Table 1 below ,subject to the provisions in A through D below. In no case shall a ratio of less than 1: 1 be allowed. A. For impact sites with recent disturbance, the City of Eugene shall determine mitigation ratios based upon an analysis of habitat type on the site as of April 2, 1999 as determined by aerial photo analysis. No reduction in ratios for fair to poor quality habitat shall be allowed for recently disturbed impact sites. B. The City of Eugene shall calculate mitigation requirements for impact sites with more than one habitat type by multiplying the appropriate ratio by the number of acres impacted for each habitat type and summing the resulting acreage for each habitat type. C. Ratios shown in Table 1 for wet prairie, shrub/scrub, forested and emergent wetlands are for impacts to good to excellent quality habitat. Impact sites that contain one or more plant species designated as rare in the West Eugene Wetlands Plan shall be considered good to excellent habitat. Impact sites containing these habitat types of fair to poor quality can be evaluated for lower replacement ratios only if the applicant submits field data according to the following provisions: (1) Habitat quality shall be determined by the City of Eugene, based upon field conditions as represented in field data submitted by the applicant on forms provided by the City. Field data shall be collected between May 1 and July 30 by a qualified professional, shall include distribution data for all plant species present and shall include data from sampling points in the center of the wetland area. (2) For sites containing wet prairie, shrub/scrub, forested and emergent wetlands of fair quality the ratio can be reduced by 0.25:1 arid for sites containing these habitat types of poor quality the ratio can be reduced by 0.5: 1. D. The ratios for privately constructed mitigation (Le., not purchased through a state/federal approved wetland mitigation bank) are based upon construction of the mitigation concurrent with the permitted filling of a wetland. If private mitigation is constructed prior to the wetland impact, the ratio can be reduced by 0.25: 1. Table 1 Mitigation Replacement Ratios for Good to Excellent Quality Habitat (mitigation acres: impact acres) Multiple Site Ordinance, Exhibit A (Plan Amendments) Page 8