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Date: 11/18/92 CEWMHFM - RIS1 _ From: Fred McVey CEWMJRM - RIS1 To: Johnny Medlin Dick Hubbard CEWMRXH - RIS1 Subject: Vegetation Program policy regarding wetland issues Reference: Note from Steve Stone (CEWMSBS - RIS1) attached below Johnny, FYI. We had a veg protest due to an abatebent at a site that the owner contended LCOG had informed him that there were "rare endangered plants" on the site. This property also has delineated wetlands. The main point of Steve's note is to let LCOG and Engineering know that we should be kept in- formed of these types of issues and in this case we were totally in the dark. (of course we are saying it in a nice way) My main concern is that the protest does not result in some sort of PR problem related to the City un- knowingly disrupting endangered plant species. I was hoping that by avoiding wetlands we would also avoid any rare plants but that may not be the case. Let me know if you see problems. Thanks, Fred ATTACHED NOTE Date: 11/18/92 From: Steve Stone CEWMSBS - RIS1 To: Tim Bingham CLPL114 - RIS1 Deborah Evans CEWEDSE - RIS1 Ed Alverson CEWEERA - RIS1 Steve Gordon CLPL116 - RIS1 Bob Hammitt CEWMJRH - RIS1 Neil Bjorklund CEPLNHB - RIS1 Les Lyle CEWELAL - RIS1 Fred McVey CEWMHFM - RIS1 Jack Long CEWMJEL - RIS1 Subject: Vegetation Program policy regarding wetland issues TO: Tim Bingham • Thank you for the information on the rare plant inventory and specifically the information on the parcel at map no. 17- 04 -34 -42 taxlot 3700. In August, a vegetation inspection of the above mentioned taxlot noted a tall heavy growth of grass and weeds. Reasearch showed that this property is desig- nated as wetland except for a strip along and adjacent to Wallis Street. The tall grass and weeds on this strip which is out side the wetland boundry and my judgement that the tall grass and weeds adjacent to a mobile home park posed a possible fire danger to the homes there led to the abatement action. I was not aware of the rare plant inventory or its relationship to this property at the time the abatement was done. The primary goal of the vegetation management program is to protect public safety through reduction in vegetation related fire hazards and controlling vegetation which creates a traffic or pedestrian safety hazard. Last year we modified our practices for vegetation control requirements on parcels with delineated wetlands. The vegetation program's current policy in dealing with portions of properties delineated as wetlands is, for the most part, to leave them alone. However current policy is that tall grass and weeds must be con- trolled on any portion of a property not part of the wetland area and in cases where the vegetation constitutes a fire hazard or creates a traffic visibility