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c.~r ~ Planning & Development Planning Division City of Eugene 99 West 10th Avenue MEMO~ZANDUM Eugene, Oregon 97401 (541)682-5377 (541) 682-5572 FAX www.ci.eugene.or.us Date: December 11, 2003 To: Environmental Policy Team From: Neil Bjorklund, ESA/Salmon Team and Salmon Outreach Team Subject: Revised Salmon Outreach Strategies In November 2003 the ESA/Salmon Team and the Salmon Outreach Team met jointly twice to review, and revise the previously created Salmon Outreach Work Plan to fit within a .limited budget as directed by EPT at their October 26 meeting. The j oint team reviewed each of the 53 previously identified strategies and determined whether to keep, revise or drop the strategy from the work plan. The joint teams also discussed the possibility of developing a fundamentally different approach to Salmon Outreach, but quickly concluded that resources available would not support such an effort, and that revising the existing work plan would be the only feasible approach. The resulting one year work plan has 29 recommended strategies, of which 10 are already partly or substantially completed. Eight of the recommended strategies are on-going efforts that have been previously initiated. Nine of the recommended strategies were substantially revised to reduce their scale and cost. The joint teams recommend dropping 24 of the strategies, at least until such time as additional program support (funds and FTE) becomes available. The total budget needed (beyond existing departmental budgets) to support these strategies is $5,500 for a one year period. This amount includes $2,000 to support three public workshops associated with the proposed development of salmon habitat protection regulations. The development of these regulations also entails significant additional expenses that will be addressed separately. No additional FTE are necessary to implement the identified strategies, though it is understood that all tasks will be performed by existing staff on an "as available" basis, meaning that it is assumed that some strategies may not be pursued or completed within the one year time frame. This approach allows strategies to be included that can be pursued opportunistically, or left on hold if opportunities do not arise. It is also understood that interns, volunteers and other partners will assist with the strategies where possible. The recommended strategies are listed in the attached spreadsheet. The numbering of the strategies is non-sequential, reflecting the strategies that have been dropped from the list. The spreadsheet also separately lists those strategies recommended to be dropped from the work plan. Recommendation The joint ESA/Salmon and Salmon Outreach Teams recommend to EPT: (1) a one year work plan containing the 29 strategies on the attached spreadsheet, (2) a budget of $5,500 to support the recommended strategies, and (3) a supplement budget request in that amount if needed. _