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When using the guidelines, remember that it has taken over 150 years of intensive land use in the Willamette Valley to create the watershed conditions that led to drastic declines in salmon po ulations. Likewise, it will take many years to restore salmon habitat to a level that will support salmon recove The cumulative effect of many project decisions can, over the lon term ~ salmon habitat. Although certain streams and ri arian g ~ Featly improve or degrade p areas may appear disconnected and poorly functioning today, they can be improved over the long term by addressing the needs of salmon in all ' project decisions. The purpose of this guide is to assist staff in designing projects that: (a) do not further degrade salmon habitat, and (b) contribute positively to the long-term goal of salmon recove 2. How to Use These Guidelines To be most effective, these guidelines should be used in the early sta es of ro' project design, or decision-making. By using the guidelines early in project design opdecs ion ' making rocesses o A tential p salmo n or ESA- , related issues involving compliance or habitat restoration can be identified, and alternatives can be im lemen . p ted to meet the guidelines should be incorporated into standard City review proceduresf or1C ty proj ects eWhere standard review processes do not exist, section managers and project managers should incorporate the guide into project plannin .Some g of the specific procedures where the guidelines should be used include: • Project Scoping and the Project Scoping Form (Public Works En ineerin • g g projects) Project Management Manual (Public Works Engineering) • Initial Project Review (Public Works, Parks and O Facilities Planning (Central Services, Facilities Division) ace Division, Parks Planning) • Maintenance Planning (currently done on an ad hoc basis, Public Works, Maintenance Division) • Emergency Planning, Emergency Response Process and Manuals (Police, Fire, Stormwater) • Visioning and Area Refipement Plans (PDD) The remainder of this guide is organized into two main sections, Section 3 and Section 4. Section 3 addresses the geographic location of the project. If the project does not lie within the ge'~~rea Salmon Guidelines Area described in Section 3, you do not need to complete the remaining ste s the Guidelines. However, if the project is partially or entirely within the ~ p in ~ 1 Guidelines Area ~ ~ aSalmon then the project team should carefully work through Section 4. i Section 4 is organized around nine topic areas. These topic areas are closely related to the 16 activities that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries), the federal agency that enforces the .ESA, identified as most likely to harm salmon (NOAA Fisheries 2000). For each of the nine topic areas, there are three components: 1. A description of the potential issues related to the topic. 2. A set of key questions that can help you focus on the particular aspect of the topic that maybe problematic. 3. Potential requirements and solutions to the problem, and things that can be done to achieve the goal of habitat restoration. i E=o-to-the- l Guidelines for Salmon 4-19-04 Page 6 I i