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EUGENE <br /> June 27, 2003 <br /> Parks and ~ <br /> Open Space ' <br /> Melissa Leoni <br /> adiVisf6nofPutiiicworks Ore on Watershed Enhancement Board <br /> 1820 RoosevelfBfvd:. g <br /> Eugene,o~ega~ X402. 775 Summer Street NE, Suite 360 <br /> Salem, OR 97301-1290 <br /> (~1) ss-aaoo <br /> (541) 6824882 Fax - <br /> www.ci.eugene:oruslpwLparks Subject: Report on OWEB Project Number 201-613 (West Eugene <br /> Wetlands Land Acquisitions) <br /> Dear Ms. Leoni: <br /> In July 2002, the City of Eugene and OWEB signed a Watershed~Acquisition <br /> Grant Agreement for OWEB Project Number 201-613. Under this <br /> agreement, the City purchased two tracts of land, known as the "Lee tract" <br /> and the ."Marvin tract", which we know collectively refer to as "Dragonfly <br /> Bend". Per Section C(10) of the agreement,. the City is required to submit a <br /> brief report to OWEB describing the use and management of the acquired <br /> Parks and open properties. This report fulfills this requirement. <br /> Space Planning.: <br /> Parks:Maintenance Immediately after acquiring the land, City staff visited the site and took <br /> urbarrFocestty _ measures to prevent illegal vehicular access to the site. This primarily <br /> involved repairing the existing gated access points'to the property, and <br /> <br /> wetlands and open installing new gates in several locations. These actions have been <br /> waterways : successful at preventing illegal access to the site. <br /> Beginning in October 2002, the City and its partners in the West Eugene <br /> Wetlands, Program began a management planning process for Dragonfly <br /> Bend. The result of this process is the Dragonfly.Bend Mitigation <br /> Improvement Plan, which is included as an attachment to this report. The <br /> Dragonfly Bend Mitigation Improvement Plan will guide the enhancement <br /> and restoration of this site over the next several years. The major restoration <br /> and enhancement goals for the site are highlighted on page 20 of the <br /> Dragonfly Bend Mitigation Improvement Plan. The City plans to implement a <br /> large portion of this restoration plan, beginning in summer 2004. The. <br /> remainder of the plan will be implemented ira summer 2005. <br /> In addition to the enhancement and restoration work that are outlined in the <br /> Dragonfly Bend Mitigation Improvement Plan, the City will also be embarking <br /> on stream and riparian enhancements on the portion of Amazon Creek that. <br /> flows through Dragonfly Bend. This work will be accomplished with <br /> $740,000 in funds recently garnered by the City through the Cooperative <br /> Conservation Initiative of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This work <br /> will also occur during summer 2004. <br /> <br />