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refuge for juvenile salmon. <br /> Staff contact: Jack Long, x4895 <br /> Strategy C: Examine Intake Screens and Retrofit If Necessary <br /> Strategy: Review screens on intake pipe for Alton Baker Park Canoe Canal, and any other water <br /> withdrawal structures in the Willamette River operated by the City, to ensure they are adequate to <br /> prevent accidental fish entry and to ensure that they are consistent with NMFS intake screen standards. <br /> If screens are found that are inadequate, retrofit or replace them to bring then into conforance with <br /> NMFS standards. <br /> Responsible work unit: Public Works, Parks and Open Space Division <br /> Progress to date: The intake to the Canoe Canal is the only water withdrawal structure from the <br /> Willamette or McKenzie Rivers that is operated by the City, except for the high flow intake into the <br /> Delta Ponds. However, the Delta Ponds intake is to be addressed as part of the pending Corps of <br /> Engineers Delta Ponds enhancement project and has, therefore, not been reviewed by City staff. <br /> The screen on the Canoe Canal intake is large enough to allow entry by juvenile salmon. However, Parks <br /> and Open Space (POS) staff have not been able to get a determination from NOAA Fisheries (previously <br /> NMFS) on whether this is desirable or not. Repeated attempts to have a NOAA representative make a <br /> site visit and recommendation have been unsuccessful. Jeff Ziller, District ODFW fisheries biologist, <br /> has visited the site with Trevor Taylor and is of the opinion that although the Canoe Canal is not the best <br /> habitat for juvenile salmon, it does provide valuable a high river flow refuge area for them and is <br /> probably doing more good than harm. City staff will continue efforts to have a NOAA fisheries biologist <br /> make a recommendation prior to the City undertaking any screen retrofit action. <br /> Staff contact.• Trevor Taylor, x4880 <br /> D. Implement the "Guidelines for Evaluating City Projects for Salmon/ESA Impacts" <br /> Strategy: Proceed with distribution of the guidelines, providing education and technical support and <br /> providing management direction for staff to use the guidelines in the early stages of planning, <br /> engineering and design of projects throughout the City organization. <br /> Responsible work unit: Planning and Development Department, Planning Division <br /> Progress to date: The Guidelines were drafted and were applied to three pilot projects in the <br /> February and March of 2002: (1) the Courthouse District Plan, (2) the Delta Ponds Restoration <br /> Project, and (3) the Rasor Park Master Plan. PDD's staff lead on this strategy, Eric Wold, left <br /> the department for a position in Public Works in Apri12002. His position was not filled until <br /> September 2002, and the new planner, Ann Siegenthaler, has been dedicated entirely to <br /> Eugene's Goa15 process, leaving insufficient staff resources to complete this task. Work on this <br /> <br /> task is expected to be renewed in 2004. At that time, the results of the three pilot applications <br /> <br />