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M I NUT E S e Eugene City Council City Council Chamber September 22, 1986 7: 30 p. m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Debra Ehrman, Emily Schue, Cynthia Wooten, Ruth Bascom, Roger Rutan, Jeff Miller. COUNCILORS ABSENT: Richard Hansen, Freeman Holmer. The adjourned meeting of September 17, 1986, of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by City Council Vice President Debra Ehrman in the absence of Council President Richard Hansen and His Honor Mayor Brian B. Obie. 1. PUBLIC HEARING--CODE AMENDMENT CONCERNING FLOOD HAZARD AREAS City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced consideration of a code amendment concerning flood hazard areas. City Engineer Bert Teitzel gave the staff report. He said the proposed ordinance contains flood plain regulations which are required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) . The regulations must be adopted before Eugene properties can be included in the e regular flood insurance program. He said the City has used the requirements in these regulations in subdivisions, conditional use permits, and planned unit developments in the flood plain for 12 years. He said the difference is that the City now has official maps of the floodways and special flood hazard areas. Answering questions from Mr. Rutan, Mr. Teitzel said the new maps do not indicate that any new areas are in the floodway because the floodway has not changed in the last four years. He said the West Eugene Parkway will cross the Amazon floodway. The design of the pa rkway wi 11 have to recogn i ze the floodway, but the FEMA regulations will not prevent the parkway. Mr. Gleason said the FEMA maps received by the City four years ago substantially increased the floodways along the Amazon Channel. He said the proposed ordinance will not have a negative impact on development in any area. He said the City may have to construct drainage facilities and storm sewers in the Amazon channel area to reduce the floodway. Replying to a question from Ms. Bascom about a letter from William Loy of the University of Oregon Geography Department, Mr. Teitze 1 said the Willamette River floodway splits near the Delta Ponds. Most of the land in the floodway area is publicly owned and Mr. Loy.s proposed improvements would increase the water flow through the area which would be a benefit. Mr. Teitzel said the regulations in the ordinance would not prohibit the improvements proposed by Mr. Loy. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 22, 1986 Page 1