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Lisa-Marie DiVincent, 2955 Mckendrich Street, supported a prohibition on filling and piping waterways and called for a conservative approach on exemptions. She stressed the importance of public involvement for any exemptions. Bruce H. Anderson, 777 High Street, submitted written material and raised concern about the potential loss of developable wetlands in the West Eugene Wetland plan were resulting from this proposed policy. He wanted clarification on the connection to the wetlands plan and noted that there were properties in the wetlands plan that were designated as developable. Emily Fox, 455 East 31st , supported the Planning Commission recommendation until the Goal 5 inventory was established. She seconded Ms. Hemmingsen's comments. Sharon Teague-Blick, 3957 Potter, spoke of the educational value of open waterways to local schools. She called for stronger language in the ordinance regarding penalties for non- compliance and called for more language in the ordinance addressing restorative efforts. Junior Robertson, 640 West 15th, raised concern over exemptions granted by the City Manager. He called for stronger language in the ordinance regarding failure to comply with the rules. He called for restoration language to be added to the proposed ordinance. Jan Wostmann, 2645 River View, spoke in support of the no pipe, no fill rule. He called for an erasure of the distinction between key and non-key waterways. He called for interim buffers. He seconded Ms. Hemmingsen's comments and called for stronger language in the ordinance regarding mitigation requirements. Norman Riddle, 1238 Crest Drive, commented that clean water was becoming more and more rare and that the issue would not go away. He suggested adding wording be added to the ordinance that would require developers to day light casting piped streams as a requirement for new development. Art Farley, 907 Woodhill Drive, spoke in support of the changes in the proposed ordinance and supported the idea of getting rid of the "key" distinction. He supported the idea of interim buffers. Mayor Torrey close the hearing. In response to a question from Councilor Lee regarding best practices, Mr. Lyle said that he was not aware of any national best practices procedure that dealt with this proposal, but noted that protection and buffering of stream coridors was becoming more prevelant in other cities in Oregon and the northwest. Staff are in contact with these other cities. Councilor Lee commented that there was some denial in the State about the actual quality of Oregon's water. Councilor Nathanson commented that managing water in an urban environment is much different that managing water outside of an urban environment. She suggested that the council adopt the recommended ordinance first and then consider the question of interim buffers. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 10, 2000 Page 6 Regular Meeting