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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-02-25-F of the City Manager pro tern of the City of Eugene ADOPTION OF STANDARDS FOR GEOLOGICAL AND GEOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS ADMINISTRATIVE RULE R-9.6710. The City Manager pro tern of the City of Eugene finds as follows: A. Section 2.019 of the Eugene Code, 1971 (EC) authorizes the City Manager to adopt rules for administration and implementation of any provisions of that Code. Some provisions ofEC Chapter 9 that became effective on June 1, 2002 require the submission of a geological and geotechnical analysis. The analysis is intended to ensure that public and private facilities in developments in areas of known or potential unstable soil conditions are located, designed and constructed in a manner that provides for the public health, safety and welfare. Those EC provisions set forth the categories and applicability of three different categories of geological and geotechnical analysis, and provide for specific exemptions. B. EC 9.6710(2) provides that geological and geotechnical analyses shall be prepared in a manner that conforms to the standards, procedures and content in the Standards for Geological and Geotechnical Analysis adopted by the City Manager in the manner provided in EC 2.019. C. In accordance with the procedures set forth therein, on September 5,2002, the City Manager Pro Tern issued Administrative Order No. 58-02-25 proposing the adoption of Standards for Geological and Geotechnical Analysis Administrative Rule R-9 .6710 as proposed therein, in order to assure that soil investigations are implemented in a manner that is in compliance with the newly adopted provisions of the Eugene Code, 1971. Notice was provided to the Mayor and City Councilors, posted at City Hall II (Public Works), 858 Pearl Street, Public Works Engineering, 244 E. Broadway, the Permit and Information Center, and the Eugene Public Library, on September 5, 2002, published in the Register Guard, a newspaper of general circulation within the City for five consecutive days, to wit, September 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13,2002, and made available for inspection by interested persons at the offices of the City Engineer and Engineering Development Review Manager, 858 Pearl Street, Eugene, OR 97401 during normal business hours (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, exclusive of holidays). D. The notice provided that interested persons could submit written comments thereon for a period of thirty (30) days from the first date of publication and posting. Written comments were received from Troy Hull, Charles R. Lane, David Holt, and Andrew Goodell of PSI Engineering Consulting Testing; L. Radley Squire, P.E. Consultant; Gunnar Schiedler ofGeoScienc, Inc.; H. Stanley Kelsay, David Driscoll, Dwight Hardin, and Michael W. Reed ofGRI Geotechnical & Environmental Consultants, to which I make the following findings: Comment 1: All references to "Geotechnical Engineer" should be changed to "Qualified Registered Professional." All references to "expansive clays" should be changed to "expansive soils." Finding: These changes have been made. Comment 2: R-9.6710-A. Verify that the terms "complex project" and "design area" are Administrative Order - 1 R:\ADM INO RD\RULES\03 geotech2ao. wpd(03/26/03)