remain in Maintenance — deal more with buried infrastructure and hard scape. <br />• Channel maintenance may need to be in. (Gradeall crew and one on Street <br />Sanitation that performs weekly channel inspection) <br />• Wetlands (including mitigation bank) — clearly fits in the new division <br />• Stormwater technical, policy, and program development (with respect to stream <br />corridors) in the new division to optimize coordination potential. <br />• Environmental technical assistance (natural resources, ecology) function may need <br />to be duplicated in Engineering for assistance to project teams and team central for <br />multiple objective capital projects and development reviews. <br />• Basin planning implementation needs to be completed before changes take place <br />with respect to stormwater basin planning staff. Phased implementation "back <br />burner" coordinated waterway acquisition and stream corridor restoration <br />prioritization. <br />• Landscape Architects stay in Engineering. They are a consulting service for <br />multiple City service areas. Need to be located in the Hotel to complete work. <br />• Erosion prevention in Parks & Open Space, IF the new division manages the open <br />waterway program for the City. <br />• Erosion expertise needs to be in current unit (PWE) as well as new division. <br />• Land use stays in Engineering as lead. If Public Works has a single permitting <br />process, then erosion prevention should stay in PWE. <br />• Acquisition stays in Engineering because of the expertise and litigation <br />requirements. Engineering implements; new division plans for. <br />• No additional funding for support services, so leave in Maintenance. <br />• Ideal to duplicate support services so new division can handle its own support. <br />• Division manager and support (Admin Aide) in new division. <br />• Urban Forestry and Parks Maintenance current support needs are very high. <br />Current FTE in budget would not cover the work load if separate. <br />E <br />