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Educate property owners and residents about the function of roadside swales and small waterways. [RR -51 Lane County and the City of Eugene currently partner on stormwater education activities inside the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) as part of the City /County Stormwater Intergovernmental Agreement related to the City of Eugene's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ( NPDES) Phase I permit and Lane County's NPDES Phase 11 Permit. Under the agreement, a Stormwater Connections newsletter is mailed directly to all city and county residents inside the urban growth boundary. Articles have been included in the Stormwater Connections newsletter (Spring 2005, Spring 2007 issues) related to the importance of ditches and swales and the adverse impacts to them of dumping debris and filling. An article is being drafted for inclusion in the Spring 2010 issue related to this topic, and additional articles will be considered for future additions. The City and County are always open to input about newsletter topics and public outreach strategies in general, and encourage residents to contact Kathy Eva, Eugene's Stormwater Information Specialist at: 541- 682 -2739. Citizens in both jurisdictions are encouraged to contact the City of Eugene Maintenance Division ( #541- 682 -4800) or County Road Maintenance Department ( #541- 682 -6901) to identify areas where water pooling occurs and to assist in identifying possibilities for correcting minor drainage problems. City and County have different floodplain development standards. More detailed delineations are needed to prevent encroachment on waterways. [SC -51 The City and County participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) program. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is tasked with creating floodplain maps for the entire country; the City has adopted the most recent flood maps provided by FEMA. For financial and practical reasons FEMA has devoted more attention to urban areas that are at risk of flooding, and to larger streams and rivers. Detailed studies have been conducted for two waterways in the Eugene area: the Willamette River and Amazon Creek. As with rural areas and smaller tributaries across the country, the smaller waterways in Eugene have had floodplain boundaries determined using approximate methods; these areas are known as `approximate A Zones.' Santa Clara has many small approximate A Zones. It is not anticipated that FEMA will perform a detailed hydrological analysis for Eugene's approximate A Zones in the foreseeable future. The City and Lane County have adopted floodplain development regulations that apply in their respective jurisdictional areas. The Lane County and City of Eugene floodplain regulations are similar as both are intended to meet Code of Federal Regulation standards for participation with the NFIP, and state mandates. Under a 1987 Intergovernmental Agreement, authority for land use and building permit review within the urban growth boundary including areas outside Eugene city limits is conveyed to the City (with some exceptions, e.g. for the Airport and the RR -SC Stormwater Basin Plan Comments Pg.5 of 17