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much easier gain approval for the needed funding to do these things.. <br /> The city adopting a policy of developing "banks" of regional water quality and quantity <br /> structures and allowing developers to buy credits from these is certainly a viable concept even if <br /> determining what cost they would need pay would be a controversial and political exercise. <br /> This concept may work when there is no on -site alternatives, but due to the pollutants and excess <br /> quantity leaviN the contributing site and traversing others on its way to the "Back wbuid feel <br /> this option to one of last resort. <br /> 6. Low INITL4L IMPACT: <br /> 7. Low CONTINUING IMPACTS: <br /> ON -SITE: <br /> As discussed in our meeting impacts can be many things. An on -site structure may impact the <br /> ability to construct more houses, or it may be used as open space which might make that space <br /> less usable as recreation area for the developments residents. In a hilly area an on -site facility, <br /> which likely would be terrain dependent, may cause the removal of trees which might otherwise <br /> not be removed. However, I suspect the trees would be a minor issue since the area a detention <br /> facility would likely fit would also likely be a prime developable area. Wooded open spaces are <br /> most often selected from areas which are not easily developed. The impacts both initial and long <br /> term would likely be fairly limited to the local occupants of the development. Most citizens of <br /> the city would be unaware of on -site facilities outside their own developments. The more visible <br /> and central to the development an on site facility could be constructed the more likely that <br /> facility would not be forgotten and thus receive good maintenance. <br /> REGIONAL: Regional structures would be more visible to the citizens of Eugene and likely <br /> controversial. Land development patterns have already used the flat lands and extended well up <br /> into the hills on the east and south sides of the city. The advent of wetlands and Nature <br /> Conservancy interests in the Willow Creek drainage had severely restricted development <br /> potential in those areas making me question if a regional facility would have much of a service <br /> area there. The Amazon clearly needs some attention and likely a regional facility is needed, but <br /> load help you in finding an acceptable place to put it. The north side of town has extremely good <br /> soil porosity and storm water in channels seep into the ground very quickly making the need for <br /> extensive storm drainage structures questionable. <br /> Impacts due to the likely necessity to locate the facility in an already developed area of town <br /> could include very high land purchase price or trying to locate the facility on already developed <br /> parks lands. Insufficient developed park lands is a current problem within the city. Using some <br /> of this land to a drainage facility is questionable if the current park use can't also be <br /> accommodated. <br /> 7 <br />