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RESOLUTION NO. 4615 A RESOLUTION DECLARING RESPONSE OF THE CITY OF EUGENE TO THE LISTING OF THE UPPER WILLAMETTE SPRING CHINOOK SALMON AS THREATENED UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973 The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. Populations of the Upper Willamette River Spring Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawtscha) have declined significantly as the result of many factors, including loss of in-stream and riparian habitat, degraded water quality, operation offish hatcheries, dam construction and operation, and over-harvest -- bringing them close to the brink of extinction. B. On March 16, 1999, the National Marine Fisheries Service listed the spring Chinook Salmon populations that inhabit the Willamette River, McKenzie River, and several of their tributaries, as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973. C. The success of protection and restoration efforts for salmon is dependent on partnerships between federal, regional, state, and local government agencies, the private business sector, and the local community. D. The activities of citizens and City government can, and will, affect the future of this threatened species. E. Throughout this past decade, the City has adopted and implemented policies that are designed, in part, to improve habitat and water quality in the rivers and their tributaries. For example, the West Eugene Wetlands Plan was adopted in 1992, and wetland and waterway setbacks were adopted in 1994, to provide effective protection of primary waterways and associated wetlands and riparian areas in west Eugene. The Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan (CSWMP) was adopted in 1993, and a stormwater basin planning department advisory committee is currently reviewing proposals which address water quality, flood protection, and related natural resource protection in the City's six basins. In 1996 and 1999, the Council adopted erosion prevention ordinances to minimize water quality impacts from new construction activities. In 1998, the City Council adopted nineteen Growth Management Policies, including Policy 17, which is directed towards the protection and improvement of air, water quality and natural areas of good habitat value. In 1992, the City Council also approved the Natural Resources Functional Plan and related amendments to the Metro Plan; however, those changes did not take effect because Lane County and Springfield did not also adopt them. As part of the current periodic review of the Metro Plan, the 1992 study will be updated and submitted for adoption by all three jurisdictions.