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DETAILS OF PROPOSED USE OF SITE <br /> Overall Site Description - Originally some 4.4 acres, now minus the area incorporated by the <br /> Ridgeline Trail, with approximately 400' of Fox Hollow Road frontage, the site slopes up <br /> from the road and includes both woodlands and meadow. Several existing buildings make the <br /> site usable as is as a rehabilitation center and include caretaker's quarters (to be modified to <br /> correct electrical deficiencies delineated in the Beacon Electric report); other improvements/ <br /> modifications would be made as detailed below in keeping with the timelines delineated in the <br /> City's 4/2/93 cover memo to the Nagao Pacific Facility Evaluation. The site will encompass <br /> a Nature Center consisting of an Interpretive Center with classroom, large display enclosures <br /> for non - releasable birds connected by walkways, a picnic area and shelter, and parking areas <br /> for staff and handicapped visitors, along with a Care Center for treatment of injured or <br /> orphaned raptors and physical conditioning enclosures, as well as Caretaker's Quarters. <br /> A. Nature Center - As detailed on the enclosed draft Site Plans, it is proposed to utilize <br /> the lower (larger) portion of the property as a Nature Center designed around an <br /> Interpretive Center building and enclosures housing permanently disabled /non- <br /> releasable birds kept under permits for educational purposes. <br /> Enclosures. The proposed enclosures will be situated in such a way as to fulfill the <br /> needs of the birds displayed and allow the public to view these animals in as natural a <br /> habitat as possible. The enclosures and planned paths will utilize the natural charac- <br /> teristics of the site (e.g., meadow or woodlands appropriate to the species being <br /> displayed); the location of enclosures and walkways will be determined through a site <br /> plan to be prepared by a University of Oregon landscape architect student, under <br /> supervision of a qualified landscape architect, to ensure appropriate consideration of <br /> aspects such as proper drainage, careful choice of vegetation that must be removed for <br /> cage construction, protection of any fragile plant species, and blending of the enclo- <br /> sures with their surroundings in order to maintain the natural feel of the property. <br /> Enclosed are sample drawings and photographs of prototype display cages; actual <br /> plans will be drawn up to fit the specific sites through University of Oregon student <br /> projects, under supervision of a qualified architect/contractor. The well -being of the <br /> animals, rather than raw display, will be emphasized; if a visitor has to sit quietly for <br /> a period of time in order to differentiate a sleeping owl from the bark of the tree in <br /> which it sits, that in itself is educational. (See enclosed listing of preliminary cage <br /> requirements, which are based on national standards by species.) <br /> Walkways. Gravel walkways will be designed extending from the driveway on a <br /> looping trail among the display cages to permit easy wheel chair travel (3/4- with a <br /> 1/4- gravel overlay has worked well at the Arboretum), with level areas and switch- <br /> backs wherever necessary to meet maximum slope limits. Walkways, benches, and <br /> viewing areas will be developed through such means as Eagle Scout projects and <br /> school /community service projects. <br /> Interpretive signs (see enclosed samples from the Vermont Institute of Natural <br /> Science /Vermont Raptor Center) will be designed and placed near each enclosure with <br /> species information, details on the particular inhabitants and the problem which <br /> necessitates their remaining in captivity. Note that many of these birds are already <br /> Cascades Raptor Care Center Proposal 3 <br />