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incentives through SDC and user fees to encourage people to implement above-and-beyond standards. Mr. Papé? opined that all the standards should be integrated; additionally, encouragement to developers and homeowners to upgrade appropriately should be given. Ms. Keppler stated that additional information would be provided at the public hearing as part of the staff presentation on this issue. She said that as the code was currently written, the developer could pick and choose any one technique over another. Ms. Keppler explained that as one works through the simplified method for providing treatment facilities, the first step staff reviewed was the entire pervious area and would remove all the area of pervious pavements. In response to a question from Mr. Papé?, City Manager Taylor replied that staff was not currently looking at integration over several departments with regard to stormwater standards for building and development. Mr. Papé? suggested that?? an integrated approach would be a prudent step. City Attorney Klein remarked that another element of the Stormwater Program was the Water Quality Protected Waterways which would be presented to the City Council later in the year. He said that it was a Public Works project but PUD was involved to ensure that any and all opportunities were taken into account and that a collaborative effort moves forward. Ms. Keppler added there was an option in the manual for harvesting and using rainwater and that the Public Works Department was working in unison with the Planning and Building Department to ensure a connection between the two departments. Mr. Kelly concurred with Mr. Papé’s suggestion to work in a collaborative manner across departments. He expressed surprise that single-family homes and duplexes were exempt from the standards unless they were part of a new PUD or subdivision. Mr. Kelly said there would be many “one-at-a-time” house constructions in the future and asked for an explanation of why that exemption was included in the draft ordinance. Additionally, he questioned the exemption of lots in the existing PUDs. He spoke to the largest PUD in the city, East Ridge and Laurel Hill Valley, which include 200 lots of record that were not yet built and all of which were above 500 feet. Mr. Kelly said to exempt all that development from the regulations was a concern. Mr. Kelly turned to the Flood Control Design and the Storm and Water Quality Design standards. He asked if they were related to five-year and 10-year storm events. Ms. Keppler replied that the flood control events were anywhere from five- to 25-year storm events and staff measures the level of risk on a certain facility. She said that a local street, less than 40 acres, was a five-year storm event; an arterial street was a 10-year storm event and consistent with current practices for designing for destination. With regard to the storm and water quality event, Ms. Keppler explained that staff attempted to catch 80 percent of the water events observed over one year. She said the size was listed in the manual. In response to Mr. Kelly’s final question, Ms. Keppler replied that the draft manual was available online. Mr. Kelly requested that the website address to review that manual be included in the AIS for the upcoming public hearing. In response to a question from Mayor Piercy, Ms. Keppler replied that the NPDES Permit has listed a number of the best management practices (BMPs) to improve water quality within the Eugene area. She added that annually, as staff reports back on the permit, steps were taken to list accumulatively what improvements have been made in the Stormwater Program since 1994. Ms. Keppler said that the next step would be a monitoring exercise and a report of the pollutants. Ms. Walch added that there was a great deal of water quality measuring which needed to be done to ascertain how effective each facility was. Therefore, she explained that the City established the goal to ascertain how much of the rainfall was being captured and treated. Ms. Walch noted that an analysis of the long-term rainfall record was less costly. Mayor Piercy stated that it benefited the community when staff implements goaled and benchmarks. Ms. Walch indicated that staff would need to establish a baseline water pollutant loading and receding water ways when the MINUTES—Eugene City Council March 13, 2006 Page 10 Work Session