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ORDINANCE NO. O A ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE INSTITUTION OF PROCEEDINGS IN EMINENT DOMAIN FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY INTERESTS FOR THE LOWER AMAZON ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROJECT (JOB#3531) The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. The City Council has authority under provisions of the City Charter and applicable state law to institute proceedings in eminent domain for the acquisition by condemnation of private property for public purposes, including environmental restoration projects. B. The City of Eugene is in the process of cooperating with federal agencies with respect to the Lower Amazon Environmental Restoratian Praject which will result in: removing levees alon g a reach of the Amazon Channel and associated drainage channels; restoring high frequency flooding to adjacent disturbed agricultural lands; restoring modified areas to native wet prairie vegetation; and relocating levees and water control structures to the margins of the restored wetland areas. C. The proposed project is in compliance with and in furtherance of adopted City plans and policies, and necessary in arder to mitigate the detrimental effects of the original flood protection projects of the Corps and NRCS, and to restore habitat and other environmental values associated with wetlands in the Amazon Creek basin. This project will~restore a portion of the vast acres of wetland habitat which once existed in the Willamette valley, but has been lost due to urban growth and agricultural activities. The original flood protection projects directly contributed to the degradation of water quality and wetlands in the lower Amazon Creek basin, and led to the decrease in number and diversity of plant and wildlife species they ~ supported. D. The public good realized from the project far outweighs any damage which the property owners might sustain, particularly in light of the City's obligation to provide just compensation to the affected property owners. Now, therefore, THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOVYS: Section 1. Based upon the above Endings, which are incorporated herein by reference and hereby adopted, the City Council of the City of Eugene does hereby find, declare, and determine it necessary to acquire certain ownership interests to the parcels of real property more particularly described on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference in order to acquire land necessary for the Lower Amazon Environmental Restoration Project, which consists of removing Ordinance ~ 1