Project Name: Willamette River: Eugene Water Front <br />Applicant: Emily Proudfoot <br /> City of Eugene <br />1820 Roosevelt Blvd <br />Eugene, Oregon 97402 <br />Location: No formal street address (see appendix A, Figure 1) <br />Legal Description: Sec. 29 and 32, T17S, R3W <br /> Lat. 44.05573 N, Long. 123.0844 W to Lat. <br />44.05229 N, Long. 123.0825 W <br /> <br />Field Study Dates: December 3, 2019 <br />Conditions prior to fieldwork: Cool and dry. <br /> <br />This study was authorized by the City of Eugene. The study area is owned by the Eugene Water <br />and Electric Board. <br />A.Landscape Setting and Land Use <br /> <br />The study area is located on the Willamette River left bank, between the river and the Ruth-Bascom <br />Bike path, in Eugene, Oregon. The landscape surrounding the study area is comprised of urban land <br />use. The channel is confined by riprap and bank armoring, and bridges cross the river upstream and <br />downstream of the study area. The Coast Fork Willamette River and Coast Fork Willamette River <br />confluence is located roughly 5 miles upstream of the project area, and the hydrology of both <br />tributaries is controlled by dams. The channel bed contains bedrock features that control grade, and <br />alluvial material is also present. <br />The City of Eugene is planning an urban park project in the former Eugene Water and Electric Board <br />site, located within and landward of the study area. The project will involve bank treatments within the <br />study area to re-naturalize the bank, promote a native riparian community, and provide stability for the <br />larger park. This wetland assessment was carried out to identify wetlands and waters within the study <br />area to inform the river bank grading plan. <br />B.Site Alterations <br /> <br />The Eugene Riverfront project area is located at the outside bend of a river meander. The shape of the <br />current meander was anthropogenically constructed to accommodate industrial and urban <br />development in the middle of the 20 century. What was once a topographically irregular floodplain <br />th <br />with multiple flow paths has been filled and graded at the project site to maximize acreage for urban <br />and industrial development that extends today to the top of the river bank. Except at the downstream <br />4 <br />