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Option 5: An option to delay would create serious concern due to flooding possibility. A primary purpose of the channel is flood control . Certain aspects of maintenance are necessary to conform to U.S. Army Corpos of Engi - neers (Corps) and FEMA specifications. Choosing not to do sediment removal means an increased liability exposure from flooding. If the rainy season begins we may be forced to use this option unless volunteers are utilized. If we use this option, we should plan to begin a maintenance project early next summer before the Corps inspections of the channel next summer. Option 6: Continue with our original plan, which would include varying de- grees of maintenance for most of the section of channel between 24th and 33rd. This would require the most extensive work of all the proposed op- tions. We would use our Gradall to do some bank work on the east side of the channel at 24th. The bank work would be needed to get our equipment close to the channel so we could remove all sediment from the channel bottom from the box culvert to approximately 300 feet south of 24th. Additionally, we would clean a small ditch that enters the channel about 500 feet south of 24th. We would restore the channel bank and seed the slopes with a grass mixture. We would then remove the bucket from the Gradall and attach a mower head to mow the willow growth and heavy vegetated areas. The vegetation removal would occur primarily between about the 2800 block south to 33rd. We wouldn't mow cattails or grasses. We estimate this project would take about two weeks. This is the project that was explained to the Corps inspector during his inspection of the channel . He concurred this work was necessary and should be done. We also talked about driving a machine in the channel and pushing sedimenta- tion to pick-up points. Given our equipment, I'm not sure this is a realis- tic option to pursue. However, we can discuss this in more detail on Septem- ber 14th if you still feel this is a worthy option. We could select any combination of these options that provide for maintaining the integrity of the channel . For the safety of Eugene's citizens during periods of heavy rainfall the channel should be maintained at its designed carrying capacity. The woody vegetation and sediment build up in this sec- tion of channel have reduced the carrying capacity to a degree that it would be undesirable not to remove them prior to this winter season. The work should be able to be accomplished with minimal impact to the ecosystems and aesthetic quality of the channel . If you have any questions, feel free to call me at 687-5206. cc: Ruth Bascom