Meetings Offer Information of Proposed Salmon Habitat Conservation Strategies

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April 22, 2 4 CONTACT Senior Planner Neil Bjorklund, (541) 682-5507 ' From Publi Information Section, 682-5523 or 954-2938 FOR IMM DIATE RELEASE Meetings ffer Information on Proposed Salmon Habitat Conservation Strategies The first of three public meetings on proposed salmon habitat conservation regulation will be held Tuesday, April 27, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Campbell Senior Center, 15 High Street. The City is hosting the meetings to provide information on Eugene s efforts to protect ha itat for wild salmon and to gather feedback from property owners and interested itizens. Meetings also have been scheduled from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on May 12 at Madiso Middle School and on May 20 at Cal Young Middle School. The agenda for ail three m etings is the same. Brief presentations will be made at 5 and 6 p.m., and staff will b available to receive comments and answer questions. The meetings are an outcome of the Eugene City Council's 2000 direction to staff to "work p actively to support the recovery of spring Chinook salmon populations." Since then the City has evaluated its own programs and practices and has implement d a number of strategies to support recovery of wild salmon. In addition, the City is con idering a land-use regulatory strategy, which could affect property next to salmon-be ring streams and rivers. A key question for the public to consider, and ~ ultimately or the Council to decide, is whether the City should apply the same general Goal 5 nat ral resource protections to salmon habitat areas or should there be j additional rotection measures for salmon habitat? Info ation about salmon habitat conservation strategies and an online comment form area ailable on the Internet at www.ci.eugene.or.us/salmon. Pubti Works • Administration • City of Eugene • 858 Pearl Street • Eugene, OR 97401 Phone: (541) 682-5262 • FAX: (541 } 682-6826 • www.ci.eugene.or.us