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Continuing, Mr. Upton discussed the public input they had gotten on the design enhancements from the citizens <br />group and art teams. Through that process they had come up with a number of ideas of which enhancements <br />they would pursue. He invited the Mayor and council to visit the site. <br /> <br />Mr. Henry stated that the design enhancement process had begun with the Eugene City Council. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy thanked them for the presentation. She thanked everyone who had been involved in the project. <br />She averred that it was an improved way of going about a project of this type. She also expressed appreciation <br />for the bicycle system enhancements. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka said it was a great job "so far." He ascertained from Mr. Upton that their intent was to do the work <br />on the southbound bridge first and then the northbound bridge. He thanked all of the community members who <br />had participated. <br /> <br />In response to a question from Mr. Zelenka, Mr. Upton discussed the planned stream enhancements. He said all <br />of the regulatory requirements that were italicized on the slide entitled Opportunities would be completed above <br />and beyond required levels. He stressed that their goal was to naturalize the area. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka asked what they were doing with the Millrace "ruins." Mr. Upton responded that they had worked <br />out an agreement with the State Historical Preservation Office (SHPO) for a design that would minimally <br />impact the Millrace. He said they had also agreed to provide some level of signage and they had engaged the art <br />and design team for the south bank to do so. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka asked what "hydro-acoustic monitoring" meant. Mr. Upton replied that excessive construction <br />noise had been an issue that caused problems on a construction project in Portland. He explained that it <br />involved the impacts that pile driving could have on juvenile fish. He related that they had looked at the historic <br />experience and had decided on building a steel encasement that fit around the two pile placements with foam <br />coating on the inside and that would include small tubes blowing air bubbles inside the casing to further break <br />up the sound. He said they had tested a number of different things and determined this would work best. <br /> <br />Continuing, Mr. Zelenka asked about canoe canal enhancements. Mr. Upton discussed the changes that they <br />planned to make on the bridge and how they would open the path up. He said they had renditions of what they <br />intended to build. Mr. Henry added that they were working from the Citizens Planning Committee (CPC) for <br />the Whilamut Natural Area of East Alton Baker Park plan for naturalization of the slough. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor thanked them for the presentation. He recalled the preliminary discussion of the project three years <br />earlier. He felt they had made the process a "nice interactive partnership." He asked about the naming process. <br />Mr. Upton replied that ODOT had a process to nominate names. He noted that CPC member David Sonnichsen <br />was "deeply engaged" in the naming process. <br /> <br />In response to a question from Mr. Brown, Mr. Upton explained that the loud noise from the pile drivers could <br />hurt or kill fish by bursting the air bladder and this was why they were seeking to reduce the noise impact. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy thanked them for a great presentation. She had felt more like they were partners in this project. <br />She believed the end result would be a "signature bridge." <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—City Council May 19, 2010 Page 2 <br /> <br />