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5- 15AUG.RPT Page 1 <br /> AUGUST 5 - 15 REPORT <br /> PARKS PLANNING <br /> 1. The thoughts that Parks Planning has given to parks in the Santa Clara area were shared with the <br /> Santa Clara Community Organization. They were encouraged by what we shared concerning possible park <br /> sites, and efforts to acquire a couple of them. <br /> 2. Officials from ODOT and State Parks met with representatives from the Oregon Track Club (OTC). <br /> the OTC Masters, the Prefontaine Classic (track meet). and State Rep. Floyd Prozanski to talk about <br /> preserving the site of Prefontaine's death as a memorial park and overlook to Alton Baker Park where <br /> the Pre's trail is. There was general agreement that ODOT should give time for donations and volunteer <br /> efforts to be sought to make this idea a reality. <br /> The site was leased to the City in 1950 as a scenic view point park. Current staff were not aware of <br /> this until recently, when the state advised the City that they were going to declare it surplus and <br /> sell it. <br /> 3. After studying western pond turtles next to the Walnut Grove housing site for a year biologists <br /> have determined that Diane's Pond contains one of the best turtle populations known - -28 turtles. with <br /> 50% adult /50% juvenile. This compares to other populations with as little as 5% juvenile. or a <br /> probably declining population. Parks Planning staff are proposing a park plan that will combine the <br /> needs of protecting known nesting locations from people with the protection needed by any federally <br /> assisted housing from explosions associated with the railroad or "tank farm" to the west. <br /> 4. A minor modification to a conditional use /greenway permit for Maurie Jacobs Park improvements <br /> was approved by the Planning Director. Plans to change the location of a playground and formalize a <br /> trail with bark as a walking /running trail, as requested by the Whiteaker Neighborhood, are now able to <br /> be implemented. <br /> 5. As part of the REI grant assisted mountain bike trail project. the sponsoring club. Disciples of <br /> Dirt, has indicated they will provide trailhead maps at 8 trailhead locations that show the ridgeline <br /> trail system, and most important. which trails are designated for bikes. Signs are expected to go up <br /> this fall. <br />