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Draft; 6/14/00 <br /> TASK ORDI?R 02-1 <br /> ACQUISITION OF NATIVE PLANTS AND SEEDS FOR AMAZON CREEK <br /> WETLANDS RESTORATION PROJECT <br /> Reference: Cooperative Agreement between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District <br /> and the City of Eugene, Oregoq acquisition of native plants and seeds for the Amazon Creek <br /> Wetlands Restoratioq Section 1135 Project <br /> Requesting AgencX: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District <br /> Servicing A~encX: City of Eugene, Oregon <br /> Desc~tion of Services: Under this task order she City of Eugene will provide the staff, facilities, <br /> supplies and equipment needed to collect, treat, grow-out, store, transport, clean, salvage and <br /> propagate native wetland and upland seeds and plant materials needed for the Amazon Creek <br /> Wetlands Restoration Project. Under this Task Order, the city may also provide labor and <br /> equipment crews for weeding and other control ofnon-native weedy species. <br /> The Corps of Engineers Will: <br /> 1. Continue to provide management.and funds for completion ofthe Project's Phase II, which <br /> involves a series of management prescriptions designed to restore. small-scale surface hydrology,. <br /> remove non-native species, and to plant and treat native plants with the goal of restoring a native <br /> Willamette Valley wet prairie wetland ecosystem. Phase II prescriptions will include filling and <br /> restoring small drainage channels, fill removal, removal of reed canary grass and other invasive <br /> species, mowing, burning, plowing and scraping. The Phase II work will be conducted under a <br /> Cooperative Agreement with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Eugene District. Corps <br /> staffwill coordinate and schedule planting and seeding activities with City of Eugene and BLM <br /> staff <br /> 2. in coordination with the Ci of Eu ene write and fiend a se crate contract for nurse <br /> tY g P <br /> services for propagating and planting native plant materials not provided by the City of Eugene as <br /> described below. <br /> 3. Provide, via contract rental, a tractor, drill and other necessary implements to seed and plant <br /> native materials. <br /> The City of Eugene Will: <br /> 1. Provide staffto assisting in planning and coordination of efforts to develop and maintain <br /> native wet prairie wetland vegetation communities in the project: <br /> 2 mos. @ 4,000 per mo. $8,000 <br /> 2. Provide and clean native seeds required for reseeding disturbed and restored lands in the 1135 <br /> <br /> Project Area in accordance with the approved project planting plan. Following are estimates of <br /> <br /> species and quantities required and costs per unit: <br /> 1 <br /> <br />