Draft | December 1, 2023 27 <br /> <br />Parks and Natural Resources Actions <br />Goal 7: Maintain and create natural areas which are healthy, thriving spaces that provide habitat for native species and <br />function as natural infrastructure. <br /> <br />Policy Action Feasibility Timeframe Cost <br />Implemented <br />By <br />A: Code <br />Amendment <br />B: Program/Project <br />C: Community <br />Partnership <br />Related to <br />Existing <br />Plan/Project <br />7.1 Stormwater <br />Conveyances: <br />Enhance natural <br />stormwater <br />conveyances to <br />reduce pollution, <br />increase <br />infiltration, protect <br />against flooding, <br />and improve <br />habitat. <br />7.1.1 Determine capacity of surface <br />waterway drainage system necessary for <br />stormwater functions, considering the <br />continual impacts of climate change. <br />Easy Short $ Community C Stormwater <br />Basin Plan <br />7.1.2 Identify, protect, and enhance <br />waterways that are not currently <br />protected: <br />• Public Easements - Identify <br />location of easements and which <br />easements are protected by <br />Statewide Planning Goal 5 Water <br />Resources or Goal 6 Water <br />Quality. <br />• Pursue County adoption of Goal <br />5 and Goal 6 protections for <br />parcels inside neighborhood <br />boundaries. <br />Difficult Medium- <br />Ongoing <br />$$ City <br />County <br />Community <br />A – Group 2- <br />County Illicit <br />Discharge Code <br />Changes, Group 3- <br />Goal 6 Adoption, B <br />Related to <br />several City and <br />County <br />stormwater <br />projects, such as <br />Stormwater <br />Basin Master <br />Plan update, <br />Lane County illicit <br />discharge code <br />update <br />7.1.3 Enhance natural infrastructure of <br />publicly owned stormwater waterways <br />through selective revegetation with <br />native plants. <br />Easy Short- <br />Ongoing <br />$$ Community C Climate Action <br />Plan, Parks and <br />Recreation <br />System Plan