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e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council Studio One--Hult Center August 10, 1992 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Shawn Boles, Bobby Green, Ruth Bascom, Debra Ehrman, Randy MacDonald, Paul Nicholson, Kaye Robinette, Roger Rutan. The meeting of August 10, 1992, of the Eugene City Council was called to order by His Honor Mayor Jeff Miller. A. Ordinance: West EUQene Wetlands Soecial Area Study Amendments Neil Bjorklund, Planning and Development Department, presented the changes that the Board of County Commissioners made to the West Eugene Wetlands Special Area Study (WEWSAS). Staff recommends the approval of these addition- al amendments. He said that the largest change was the removal of several sites that were delineated using off-side delineation methods. The sites are outside the urban growth boundary (UGB) and not integral to the goals and purposes of the plan. e Responding to a question from Ms. Ehrman, Mr. Bjorklund said that the County changes that the council previously approved were in the secondary study area. These sites are in the primary study area. Responding to a question from Mr. Boles, Mr. Bjorklund said that the "A" sites along Crow Road were not integral to any major important development areas, and they also were not part of any mitigation areas, recreation corridors, or other essential elements in the plan. He noted that the same is true of Site B-lO. In conjunction with the 30-day notices, Mr. Boles favored conducting evalua- tion of the wetlands program on an ongoing basis. Mr. Bjorklund said that County Commissioners have requested a written policy in order to require the City to report back to them were there a change in the Federal wetland definition. Mr. Boles stated, for the record, that it is the City's intent to meet the thrust of that amendment by demonstrating that its current method for testing land against wetland definition suffices. He said it was an implemen- tation issue, not a policy issue. Responding to a question from Ms. Bascom, Mr. Bjorklund said the Bureau of land Management's (BlM) "willing seller" purchases have not been held up by this amendment process. e MINUTES--City Council August 10, 1992 Page 1 5:30 p.m.