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. GENE <br /> EU <br /> Public Works <br /> Administration Division <br /> City of Eugene <br /> MEMORANDUM 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> (541) 687 -5262 <br /> (541) 683 -6826 FAX <br /> Date: October 29, 1996 <br /> To: Scobert Park Advisory Committee <br /> From: Christine Andersen, Public Works Director <br /> Dave Whitlow, Public Safety Director <br /> Subject: Overview of Committee Charge <br /> Thank you for your willingness to participate in this community effort to provide direction on <br /> the future of Scobert Park. We appreciate the commitment you are making to serve on the <br /> Scobert Park Advisory Committee, and we pledge that your ideas and visions for the park will <br /> receive full and fair consideration. As directors of the City departments most directly <br /> involved with this committee, we will be provided with copies of the minutes of all committee <br /> meetings, and we will receive the committee's ultimate recommendations. As much as <br /> possible we will respond directly to your recommendations. In some cases we may need to <br /> forward your ideas to the City Council or other boards and commissions, as appropriate. We <br /> have appointed key staff people to work with the committee, and we encourage you to work <br /> with these staff members to get the information you need to make your final recommendations. <br /> The membership of this committee is intentionally large and diverse. Over the past several <br /> months, many people have come forward to express their interest in Scobert Park. To <br /> accommodate these many areas of interest, the committee is made up of 17 representatives <br /> from the following general groups: the houseless; residents of the West Blair neighborhood; <br /> immediate neighbors of the park; local businesses; social service providers; people with an <br /> interest in horticulture; and the City's voter pool. We are providing the committee with the <br /> services of a trained facilitator to assist you in the process of gathering information, discussing <br /> altematives, and formulating recommendations. The number and location of committee <br /> meetings will, in great part, be determined by the committee. We do ask that you complete your <br /> discussions and make your recommendations by early spring 1997 so that any appropriate action <br /> plans can be implemented before next summer. <br /> As the group begins its work, it may be useful to review the goals established when the <br /> Citizen Involvement Committee reviewed the formation of this committee: <br /> • Provide a park that is safe for community members. <br /> • Provide a park that is useful for community members. <br />