HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 19938ORDINANCE NO. ~°I c1 3~S
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE COMPREHENSIVE
STORMWATER MANAG PLAN GOALS AND
POLICIES.
The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that
A, In 1991 City staff began work on the Comprehensive Stormwater Management
Plan ~CSWMP} in order to ensure the City's compliance with new federal water quali
mandates, implement quality of life policies in the Metro Plan and West Eugene wetlands
Plan related to starmwater management, and to provide for drainage and ffoad control
protection.
B. CSWMP addresses the mandates of the federal Clean water Act that the City
reduce stormwater pollution within its municipal drainage system to the maximum extent
practicable through adoption of a water quality management plan; establishes policies far
dealing with stormwater conveyance and urban storm runoff in a comprehensive manner;
establishes goals for future function of the system; and recommends implementation
measures.
C. The initial draft of CSwMP was distributed for public review on July 29,1993.
Prior to and subsequent to its release, numerous efforts were made to solicit public input,
including surveys, questionnaires, verbal and written communications, the inclusion of general
information in neighborhood newsletters, and at work sessions conducted by the Planning
Commission on February 8,1993 and the City Council on March 8,1993 and July 26,1993.
D, The comments regarding CSWMP received during this period were forwarded
to the Eugene Planning Commission. Additional work sessions on CSWMP were held b
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the Planning Comn~ss~on on August 2,1993, the City Council an August 4,1993, and b
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staff on August 18,1993. The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on the draft
on September 7,1993. Fallowing the public hearing, work sessions were held by the City
Council on September 13,1993 and by the Planning Commission on September 20,1993 and
October 4,1993.
E. On October 4, 1993, the Eugene Planning Commission proposed Honor
changes to the Introduction section of Chapter 2 of the draft CSWMP that descr~~bes the
relationship of CSWMP to groundwater concerns, and proposed the addition of new
Recommended Actions requiring consisten with state oundwater uali re ations and
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unanimously recommended that the Council approve the draft CSWMP as amended by the
Planning Commission.
F. On October 25, 1993, the Eugene City Council held a public hearing an the
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draft Study.
G. Because CSWMP affects only property within the city limits of Eugene and
refines existing policy in the Metro Plan for that property only, Lane Cvunty and the Ci
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of Spririg~eld elected not tv part~crpate.
H. The Eugene Planning Commission and Eugene City Council have reviewed the
draft CSWMP. Based on the recommendation of the Planning Commission, the ublic
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testimony, and the preceding hnd~ngs, the City Council determines that the Comprehensive
Stormwater Management Plan is consistent with the Eugene-Spring~eid Metra alitan Area
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General Plan, as acknowledged by LCDC, and consequently this Stud conforms to
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applicable statewide planning goals.
NDW THEREFORE,
THE CITY OF EUGENE ODES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Based on the above lYndings, and the bndings set forth in Exh~~it B hereto,
which are incorporated herein, and subject to the limitations hereinafter set forth in Section
2, the Goals and Policies set forth in Chapter Z of the Comprehensive Stormwater
Management Plan attached as Exhibit A hereto and incorporated herein by reference, are
hereby adopted as a rehinement of the Eugene-Springbeld Metropolitan Area General Plan
far the area within the corporate limits of the City of Eugene.
Section 2. The recommended implementation measures set forth in CSWMP are
recognized as potential approaches for implementation of the goals and policies, but are not
adopted as City policy.
Passed by the City Council this
day of ~o,.~i~sfri2-, 1993
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City Recorder
Approved by the Mayor this
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r ~ may of ~ 1993
Mayor
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