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Mr. Kelly appreciated the staff desire for flexibility, but said if the City provided what he termed <br />more or less complete flexibility in implementing strategies B-J, how could the council ensure that <br />progress was made? He suggested an annual council work session as one mechanism. Mr. <br />Bj~rklund concurred. He said that staff could report on activities to date on an annual basis. Mr. <br />Kelly thought that was a reasonable way to keep the council informed, and suggested that the <br />approach be included in a motion adopting the staff recommendation. <br /> <br />At the request of Mr. Pap~, Mr. Bj~rklund described the setback as a 75-foot setback with a 45- <br />foot transition zone. Mr. Bj~rklund anticipated a closer look at the waterways involved, suggesting <br />that there were some that the City might want to keep salmon out of, such as the Eugene Millrace, <br />which lacked habitat for salmon. In other words, there may be streams to which the setbacks <br />would not apply. Mr. Pap~ determined that staff had not yet calculated the impact of the setbacks <br />on the buildable lands inventory. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ asked if the City was coordinating its other studies with the overlay district. Ms. Childs <br />said yes. Mr. Pap~ asked how the strategy would impact the fiscal year 2004 budget. Mr. <br />Bj~rklund noted the funding allocated for development of the strategies through fiscal year 2003. <br />The cost of implementation had not been analyzed, and he suggested that would occur in fiscal <br />year 2005. Mr. Carlson added that most of the strategies involved changes to internal City <br />practices and procedures and could be accomplished within the existing budgetary authority. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ suggested that the City could realize more if it coordinated with Springfield and Lane <br />County given that streams did not stop at the jurisdiction's boundaries. Mr. Bj~rklund reported that <br />the City of Eugene was coordinating its activities with other jurisdictions through the Metro <br />Endangered Species Act Coordinating Team. Each jurisdiction shared information about their <br />efforts with that team so that local governments were aware of what each jurisdiction was doing. <br />He agreed that in terms of habitat restoration, the City may want to look beyond its urban growth <br />boundary (UGB) to realize a greater benefit. He said that the results of the riparian and habitat <br />assessment would be folded into restoration efforts, and that assessment acknowledged the <br />importance of areas outside the UGB as important to the region's fish. Those areas, as well as <br />areas inside the corporate boundaries, would be examined. <br /> <br />Mr. Fart said that speaking as a member, he could assure the council that the Oregon <br />Nurseryman Association was very concerned about invasive plants and it was a continuing topic <br />of discussion. <br /> <br />Mr. Fart recalled the high levels of pollution that had affected the Willamette River in past years <br />and the progress that had been made since then. He said the council should keep in mind how <br />far the community has come in cleaning its river. <br /> <br />Mr. Fart concurred as to the importance of public outreach. <br /> <br />Mr. Fart said that rivers and the salmon were very important to him personally, and asked for <br />information about the 2002 spring chinook run. Mr. Bj~rklund said the runs of hatchery salmon <br />were much higher than in the past, and scientists were attributing that to changes in ocean <br />conditions that caused more food to be available to the fish near the coasts. Mr. Fart said that the <br />City Council should do what it could for salmon habitat while keeping in mind that other conditions <br />affected the status of the fish as well. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 16, 2002 Page 3 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />