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<br /> i <br /> Page 3 <br /> May 31, 1 95 <br /> <br /> i <br /> Th West Eugene Wetlands Plan, which has been adopted by the Oregon Division of State <br /> Lands and e U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, provides the framework for reviewing wetland fill <br /> activity in a project area. The adoption of the plan by the other agencies was very useful in <br /> expediting he review of Hyundai's development proposal at the Willow Creek site. <br /> To list in the development of a comprehensive plan for managing and maintaining <br /> <br /> i <br /> stormwater facilities in the Willow Creek basin, the City in 1994 received a $50,000 grant from <br /> the U.S. E vironmental Protection Agency to conduct a baseline water quality study. By gauging <br /> <br /> I <br /> water quali conditions and inventorying the plant and animal communities in the basin, the <br /> study estab fishes ecological benchmarks. These benchmarks can be used to evaluate the effect of <br /> land-use c angel in the basin and will assist in designing specific "best management practices" <br /> <br /> ~ (BMPs) fo addressing both existing and future water quality problems. The addition of Hyundai <br /> <br /> i <br /> to the basi will be a good test case in evaluating the effects of development on the watershed <br /> <br /> I <br /> and the us of BMPs. <br /> " framework of the West Eugene Wetland Plan and the plan management that we're <br /> able to ro fide throu h the artnershi s hel s ensure that urban develo ment is consistent with <br /> P g P P P P <br /> <br /> i <br /> <br /> ~ the commu ity's goals," said City Engineer Les Lyle. <br /> <br /> I <br /> <br />