Design concepts include features to minimize impacts to adjacent wetlands and provide facilities for stormwater quality treatment. The Eugene and Lane County Planning Commissions held a joint public hearing on amendments to the West Eugene Wetlands Plan and recommended adoption of the Planned Transportation Corridor wetland designation for these two sites. This public hearing will provide interested parties an opportunity to comment on whether the Council should approve the two wetlands plan amendments. Following action by the Eugene City Council, these amendments will be forwarded to the Lane County Board of Commissioners for public hearing and action. The Eugene and Lane County Planning Commissions have both recommended approval of these two site-specific amendments.
Staff also recommends approval.
E. Timing These two amendments have been separated from the rest of the site-specific amendments for two reasons. First, they involve application of the Planned Transportation Corridor policy which has been adopted by both the Council and the County Board of Commissioners, and do not involve the policies on which the City and County have yet to reach agreement. Second, the Eugene Public Works Department hopes to go to bid for both of these street improvement projects in order to begin construction in the summer of 1999. Further, the State of Oregon has placed a weight limit on the bridge where West 18th Avenue crosses Willow Creek, due to an analysis showing that deterioration has weakened the bridge to the point where it is no longer safe to carry loads over 5 tons. Since the Lane County Board of Commissioners must also hold a public hearing and approve the amendments before these projects can proceed, it is important that the Council's action is undertaken in a timely manner.