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CITY OF EUGENE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
<br />If an activity was assigned a value for a potential environmental or habitat effect, then there was also
<br />a value assigned to the known or perceived factor causing the potential effect. This was a way to
<br />demonstrate how or why the potential environmental or habitat effect was occurring.
<br />The drainage basin where the activity was occurring was also documented. The purpose of this was to
<br />account for particular attributes of habitat and species occurrence in location where activities occur,
<br />such as areas with known or suspected ESA listed species.
<br />This ranking system accounts for the potential overall effect score, the frequency and coverage, and
<br />drainage basin, and then groups each activity into an overall effects class and habitat effects class.
<br />Based on the habitat effects class and the drainage basin, the ranking system assigns a ranking to ESA
<br />relevance categories for salmon, other aquatic species, and terrestrial species.
<br />The overall purpose of the ranking was to systematically assess each activity and identify those
<br />activities with a high potential to effect endangered species and the environment. The worksheets
<br />were designed to be used by the City in assessing their activities and developing programs as
<br />appropriate to manage their effects. The attached Environmental Review Worksheet provides a more
<br />,detailed description of this process and how the values were assigned.
<br />Table 1
<br />Interview Groups, Environmental Review Project.
<br />Group Categories Activity Types
<br />A Transportation Systems; Street painting, street sign manufacture, traffic signal
<br />Oct 25 Vehicle Use maintenance, traffic pole disposal, yard operations, waste
<br /> disposal. General city use of vehicles, including cars, trucks,
<br /> parking enforcement vehicles. Small engine use.
<br />B Street Maintenance and Street washing and sweeping, street repairs,
<br />Oct 31 Sanitation; sand/gravel/deicing chemical application, concrete crew,
<br /> Fleet Maintenance maintenance yard operations, waste disposal. Vehicle
<br /> maintenance and repair, waste disposal, new vehicle specs.
<br />C Stormwater System System repair/rehab, pipe flushing, catch basin cleaning, de-
<br />Nov 1 Maintenance rooting, vactor truck operations, open channel bank mowing,
<br /> Wastewater System brush and debris removal, channel capacity maintenance, spill
<br /> Maintenance response, waste disposal
<br /> Open Channel Maintenance
<br />D Landscape, Parks, Urban Landscape maintenance, pest management, fertilizer and
<br />Oct 31 Forestry Maintenance and pesticide application, waste disposal, natural area
<br />Design; management, wetland management, turf maintenance, urban
<br />Wetland Restoration; forestry, parks design. Wetland restoration activities (includes
<br />Other Landscape Restoration other landscape restoration), exotic plant removal, native
<br />planting, tree planting.
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<br />PRELIMINARY REVIEW DRAFT (1/2312001). MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES. DO NOT CITE.
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