Stormwater Agreement Modification Letter

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MAR-16-2006 1243 796 WEST 13TH 541 682 3614 P.02 December 5, 2005 Kurt Corey, Executive Manager City of Eugene Public Works 877 Pearl Street Eugene OR 97401 ' Re: Modification of Stormwater Agreement Dear Kurt: This is a request to modify the Stormwater Mitigation Agreement entered into by the City and Lane :County Fair Board in 2002. In that agreement, the "dry weather" period during which large animals could be on-site is s ecfied as June 15 -September 15 of P ~i the year, The Fair. Board requests that you review the feasibility of extending that time period on either end of the current "dry weather'" period; for example, May 1 or May 15 and October 15 or October 31, respectively In compliance with the agreement, the Fair Board completed the construction of the underground system to capture run-off during the "dry weather" period in 2002. Since the completion of that system, we have operated it four years and have incurred zero- . problems with either the system or run-off into the Amazon Creek. Further, our empirical observation has been that the rainy weather seems to end earlier and start later than the current udry weather" period. Thus, the Fair Board's request for a review of the "dry weather" period. In actuality, it is highly unlikely that expanding the "dry weather" period will result in many more animal events on the Fairgrounds. The reality is that the stabling of horses will not take place as occurred prior to the large-animal moratorium as owners will not be able to stable their animals here all year. Rather, from a business perspective, our hope is to capture the one or two animal events that might be looking for a facility during the expanded period. Thank you very much for your attention to this request. If you need additional information, please call me at 682-7375. Sincerely, ~ ~ Warren G. Won Managing Direc or 1_ane County Fair Board cc: T. Hunton B. Zagorin A. Jones R. Diamond TOTAL P.02