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4. QUESTION: What is the soil classification? Is it possible to rent the <br /> site for agricultural use? <br /> The Lane County Soils Maps show the soil type as No.. 110 (pits) or water. <br /> The site was formerly used as a gravel pit by Lane County for nearby road <br /> construction. Water surface comprises about half the area of the park. (Five <br /> types of soil are listed on the adjacent lands proposed for inclusion in the <br /> project. Two are hydric soils, and appear to comprise about 10% of the total <br /> area. As with other lands in the area, the soils tend to be of lesser agri- <br /> cultural quality typically used for hay and grass seed production. <br /> 5. QUESTION: Will the golf course development pay family wage jobs? <br /> Without a specific developer or development plan in hand, it is not possible <br /> to answer this question. It is reasonable to assume that there would be a <br /> small workforce, similar to Laurel Wood and the new Riverridge facilities, <br /> some of which would receive family wage scales and other which would be <br /> part -time at a lesser rate. <br /> 6. QUESTION: The two letters from the land owners and their real estate <br /> agent refer to buffers; one refers to the golf course as a buffer, the <br /> other refers to the park as a buffer. What is their definition of a <br /> buffer and what would the size be? <br /> The buffering notions offered in the two letters have different intentions. <br /> In Barbara MacDonald's letter of 6/11, she is referring to lessening the <br /> impact of future industrial development to the north on the residential areas <br /> to the south by both distance and visual screening that would come with golf <br /> course and park landscaping. In Ray Babb's letter of 6/9, it appears he is <br /> considering that people seeking an open space /park experience would find that <br /> satisfied with the presence of a park, and therefore be less likely to seek <br /> it out on the golf course. <br /> 7. QUESTION: Will the City have to approve any wetlands mitigation plans? <br /> Approval for wetlands mitigations rest with the Oregon Division of State <br /> Lands and the Corp or Engineers through the "fill permitting" system. The <br /> City does not have a formal role in this process but could choose to exercise <br /> some involvement as a condition of a land sale /trade agreement. The Division <br /> of State Lands has preliminarily indicated that the wetland /riparian values <br /> that currently exist could be redistributed over a golf course. The assump- <br /> tion is that the haphazard condition that currently exists could be rede- <br /> signed for higher values. <br /> 8. QUESTION: What is the source of water for irrigation and is it a State <br /> or City resource. <br /> It is possible for the developer to purchase water from EWEB, but unlikely <br /> given the costs. It is most likely that water would be obtained from wells. <br /> Issuing water rights is controlled by the State. According to the <br /> Watermaster for Lane and Linn counties, it is likely that sufficient ground <br /> water would be available for the development. Note that in Ms. MacDonald's <br /> letter, she indicated that they have accomplished some preliminary records <br />