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Planning & Development Planning City of Eugene 99 West 10th Avenue MEMORANDUM (541) 682-5377 (541) 682-5572 FAX www. ci.eugene.or, us Date: June 20, 2005 To: Mayor Piercy and City Council From: Neil Bj6rklund, 682-5507 Senior Planner Subject: Goal 5 and Habitat in the South Hills Introduction On June 8, 2005, the Council approved the following motion: Council Motion: Ms. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Kelly, moved to direct the City Manager to review and update the Goal 5 wildlife habitat inventory for the south hills, using the safe harbor inventory methodology in OAR 660-023-0110 in light of new information concerning the presence of the sensitive species Pileated Woodpecker in substantial areas of the south hills. The vote on the motion was a 4:4 tie; Ms. Taylor, Mr. Kelly, Ms. Bettman, and Ms. Ortiz voting yes; Mr. Papd, Mr. Poling, Ms. Solomon, and Mr. Pryor voting no; Mayor Piercy cast a vote in support of the motion and it passed on a final vote of 5:4. This memo discusses the technical and process issues related to this motion. The June 8, 2005 Council motion related to Eugene's Goal 5 inventory refers to the adoption of the riparian and upland wildlife habitat inventories by the Eugene City Council in July 2003. The Eugene Planning Commission had recommended that the Council adopt the entire preliminary inventory, applying the %tandard" inventory process to all sites, including large areas of the South Hills. The standard process involves applying locally adopted significance criteria to determine which mapped resource sites will be further studied and considered for protection. The %afe harbor process" is a simpler, alternative approach, in which the local jurisdiction includes on the inventory only the specifically listed resources that are already mapped by state or federal agencies or by qualified professionals. At that time, the Council voted to apply the Goal 5 %afe harbor" inventory process to the areas in the South Hills outside of mapped stream corridors, and to apply the Goal 5 %tandard" inventory process to the remainder of the inventory recommended by the Planning Commission. Application of Goal 5 Safe Harbor Provisions in 2003 During City Council work sessions on Goal 5 on May 28, 2003 and June 23 2003, members of the Council raised the idea of using Goal 5 %afe harbor" provisions for the riparian and upland wildlife habitat inventories. The Council discussed applying safe harbor inventory provisions to all sites, which would have reduced the number of sites on the inventory, including riparian sites. The Council also discussed a %plit" approach of applying standard process inventory provisions to waterways, and safe