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f UGENE Public Works <br /> Engineering <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> March 22, 2001 Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> (541) 682 -5291 <br /> Pat Knight (541) 682 -5032 Fax <br /> (541) 682 -5245 TTY <br /> Fund for the Improvement of Education <br /> U.S. Department of Education, Room 502A <br /> 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW <br /> Washington, DC 20208 -5645 <br /> Re:West Eugene Wetlands Interpretive and Education Plan (Project IEP) <br /> Dear Pat Knight: <br /> The City of Eugene is pleased to have the opportunity to submit this proposal entitled Project <br /> IEP: Interpretive and Education Plan for the West Eugene Wetlands. If funded, we will serve as <br /> the fiscal agent for the project. <br /> This proposal is an outgrowth of the original partnership that developed the 1992 West Eugene <br /> Wetlands Plan, which now serves as a national model of wetland conservation planning. That <br /> partnership consisted of the City of Eugene, The Nature Conservancy, The U.S. Bureau of <br /> Land Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Oregon Youth Conservation Corps. <br /> The partnership has now expanded in the education arena to include other governmental and <br /> non governmental agencies, local school districts and institutions of higher educations, non- <br /> profit agencies and businesses and other interested citizens. The partnership currently manages <br /> 2500 acres of publicly -owned lands, which include the last remaining one percent of the rare <br /> Willamette Valley wet prairie. More public education is needed to assist with managing and <br /> protecting these lands. Efforts are underway within the partnership to build an education center <br /> for the West Eugene Wetlands and this proposal is key to that effort. <br /> Project IEP requests funds to plan and develop: (a) the initial architectural renderings, models <br /> and cost estimates for the future education center; (b) an Interpretive Plan and unified <br /> educational themes for the education center and associated outdoor wetland <br /> facilities; (c) a business plan; and (d) site - specific training materials, including a training <br /> manual to aid volunteer docents who guide students and adults on tours of the wetlands. <br /> Thank you for consideration of this proposal. If you have questions please call Scott Duckett, <br /> Wetlands Manager at (541) 682 -6842. Thank you for considering Project IEP. <br /> Sine <br /> e, <br /> City Engin <br /> cc: Therese Welch, Water Resource Manager <br /> Scott Duckett, Wetlands Manager <br />