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01/20/95 10:44 V 503 231 6195 PTLD. FIFLD STA. t 002 <br /> . • ENT OF <br /> = �� United States D o f the Interior <br /> °'' ' <br /> _ <br /> FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE <br /> . <br /> 304 - Portland Field Office <br /> 2600 S.E. 98th Avenue, Suite 100 <br /> Portland, Oregon 97266 • <br /> • <br /> (503) 231 -6179 Faz: (503)- 231 -6195 • <br /> . • January 17, 1994 <br /> In reply refer to: 1-7-95-F-38 - <br /> Louis Kroeck <br /> • . Landscape Architect <br /> City of Eugene . • <br /> 858 Pearl Street . <br /> Eugene, 97401 • <br /> • Subject: Amazon Parkway Park and Ride - <br /> • Dear Mr. Kroeck: . <br /> This letter responds to.your October 25, 1994, request for formal consultation <br /> with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) pursuant to section 7 of the <br /> Endangered Species Act of. 1973, and amended (Act). This opinion addresses <br /> impacts to Lomatium bradshawii (Bradshaw's lomatium) resulting from <br /> construction of a park-and-ride parking area at 27th Avenue and Amazon Parkway <br /> in Eugene, Lane County, Oregon. <br /> This biological opinion was prepared using the following information: 1) Joint <br /> Application for Wetland Fill, including the biological assessment; and 2)•file <br /> information and reference material at the.Service's Oregon State Office. The <br /> Corps designated the City of Eugene (City) as their representative through a - <br /> letter dated November 21, 1994, and received in this office on 'November 23, <br /> 1994. <br /> BIOLOGICAL OPINION <br /> It is the opinion of the Service that the proposed construction and use of the <br /> Amazon Parkway Park and Ride Project is not likely to jeopardize the continued <br /> . existence of Lomatium bradshawii- <br /> . <br /> L.. DESCRIPTION QE TWE PROPOSED•ACTION <br /> The proposed project involves the construction of a 40 -50 car parking area and <br /> restroom at the 27th Avenue and Amazon Parkway in Eugene, Oregon. The • <br /> construction site covers a 0.45 -acre area and is considered a jurisdictional <br /> wetland. The City is in the process of obtaining State and Federal permits to <br /> fill the site. <br /> In addition to construction, the project proposal includes mitigation for <br /> wetland impacts in a 4.33 -acre area. The mitigation site is a .palustrine <br /> emergent wetland was filled in the 1970's. The filled wetland was a <br /> native wet grass prairie, and much of the original soils still exist under the <br /> fill material. .Mitigation will consist of removing approximately 12,705 cubic <br />