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components. At a second meeting he attended on July 13, regarding EWEB's property on the Willamette River in downtown Eugene, he heard the same concern expressed by Dennis (Whitey) Lueck, local environmentalist. He recommended that representatives from the Rowell Brokaw Architects firm, who were facilitating the EWEB master plan process, be invited to a future Government Relations subcommittee meeting to have a discussion. For both the Walnut Station and EWEB projects, Mr. Sonnichsen said, some people were advocating for dense development with commercial and perhaps governmental and park functions, while others wanted very sensitive consideration of the environment before planning moved forward. Ms. Behm wondered if the Government Relations subcommittee ought to look into the ORI building issue as well. Mr. Sonnichsen said he would talk to other committee members to see if this was wanted. The Riverfront Research Park could impact the Whilamut Natural Area, he said, because if it got developed, he thought there would be pressure to convert the Autzen Footbridge into a vehicle - carrying bridge extending through the natural area on the north bank. He welcomed any CPC members to give feedback about whether to get involved with this issue. Responding to a question by Ms. Larison, Mr. Sonnichsen clarified that the ORI building would be located at the far west of the Riverfront Research Park, abutting the EWEB property. c. Signage Ms. Mello reported that her committee had discussed temporary signs for nesting season and researched what previous signs had been used. The group needed to meet again and possibly connect with the Wildlife/ Habitat subcommittee on this issue. d. Outreach Ms. Behm reported that the Talking Stone project was in progress for four new stones. Lisa Ponder, who had done the previous eleven stones, had declined to do more and recommended Mark Andrew. Many trees that were in the ODOT right -of -way were slated to be removed, she said. Two weeks ago the group had met and Jeff Ard had done a great job of looking through the plans. The project had designated 1% for art, or $1.5 million, to go to art and architectural landscape features. Ms. Behm asked if the subcommittee's process for dealing with ODOT issues was still okay with the larger CPC committee, in terms of working with the trail issue, where they would make a recommendation, send it out to the larger committee asking for feedback, and then making a decision. The group had met and walked over the whole area recently, she noted. They were leaning toward recommending adding the temporary 1000' of trail in the east area, she said, and asked that if CPC members disagreed, they walk through the area and get back to the subcommittee soon with additional recommendations. 7. Staff Reports MINUTES — Citizen Planning Committee for July 16, 2009 5 Whilamut Natural Area