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. <br /> An integral part of the Plan is the establishment of a com <br /> . Program for the creation of a number. of se azate Prehensive Mitigation Bankin <br /> certification and sale of mitigation credits from thoseeweantlands tmgti tan banl~ sites g <br /> Mitigation Bankin pro ~ and the <br /> sites 2 g includes (1) restoring, creatin .g ~On bank sites.2 The <br /> ()monitoring and maintenance services for those sitesr~3 ob~Wetland mitigation <br /> accounting for mitigation credits, and 4 <br /> of this Agreement is to establish the com )rehe ornung other ancill intng, selling and <br /> ary functions. The mp <br /> by the Plan. , . P nsive mitigation banking program contemplated <br /> G-=LS . <br /> bank sitesht <br /> be aC~eagod <br /> ~ou~e ~~gation Banking progI..am (and of the individ <br /> goals aze ~ the Program) are described in detail in A ~ ~~gation <br /> summarized as follows: ppendix B. These <br /> "Mitigation is the process used by federal and state a e <br /> whether wetlands may be develo d g ncies for determining <br /> conditions.. The decision-makin ~ (impacted) and, if so, under what <br /> criteria must g Process is ~:hierarchial where each Level of <br /> structured so that p <br /> oriiy consideratio <br /> roceeding to the .next. <br /> .The process is <br /> it can be shown there is an unavoidable n ed <br /> to <br /> ~ <br /> oiding wedand ~pacL If <br /> then attempts to minimize the extent of the impact andaseW Ouatnds, the process <br /> compensate for wetland losses in the form of enhancement, rre ora <br /> 'on to <br /> creation of wetland resources, * * * <br /> or <br /> "Compensation is targeted for azeas where <br /> highest, most beneficial. fo the ecological ~ landscaperand <br /> q~~e 1 <br /> ~ cess are the <br /> going maintenance, These azeas aze Iocated on historic wetlands if any' on- <br /> agricultural wetlands and in azeas adjacent to existin ~ disturbed <br /> and restoration, therefore, will be the g waterways• Enhancement <br /> wetland losses. Mitigation efforts p~~'Y methods for compensating for <br /> wetland will concentrate on reestablishing historic <br /> types and habitats that naturally occur ~ the ar <br /> . opportunities for other wetland types such as mazshes and while also creating <br /> ponds. <br /> "The Plan approaches mitigation in a comprehensive manner whey <br /> efforts not only satisfy federal and state wetland law but achi resulting <br /> <br /> . eve other <br /> 2The Mitigation Bankin . <br /> contemplated in-the plan, g program is a crucial pan of the scheme to provide mitigation for develo men <br /> West Eu Thts ~0~. however, is not the only means b P t impacts <br /> gene Mitigation for some impacted sites ma Y which mitigation will occur in the <br /> concurrent or advance mitigation within the context of the standard <br /> rformed b P <br /> of this Miti anon B Y the develo ers of those sites as <br /> g asking t'rogam, nor governed b y Permit process, Those efforts will not be.part <br /> of Eugene also may undertake Y an of the provisions contained in p <br /> mitigation projects on behalf of (i.e. as &'eement. The City <br /> concurrent or advance mitigation within the context =of the s <br /> an agent for) developers, again as either <br /> such work, and to the extent that credits are certified for that math atio~r~t process. Where the Ci <br /> ; to compensate .for the loss of wetlands ca h' undertakes <br /> Baskin , <br /> g Program s ledger after used by the developer's work, tphe~~ <br /> ~ maw of the number needed <br /> approval by the Corps and DSL. Y ~ added to Mitigation <br /> Page 2 - MOA For Wit Eugene Wetlands .Mitigation Banking program <br /> <br />