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MEMORANDUM <br /> June 19, 1992 <br /> TO: City Council <br /> FROM: John Etter, Public Works Maintenance - -Parks Planning <br /> SUBJECT: Response to questions from Councilor Boles on the proposal for <br /> golf course development at the Golden Gardens Park site <br /> A list of questions from Councilor Boles was distributed to several staff for <br /> a response. Some questions will need to be discussed by other staff members, <br /> while others would be appropriate for the developer to address at certain <br /> review points in the process. Therefore, a response to all questions will be ,5 <br /> available in time to be included in your packet. A partial response follows. 1 ,1 <br /> Li <br /> it M <br /> 1. How can we guarantee Public access to the golf course in perpetuity? y 1 u <br /> Possibilities include .. estriction, or leasing our acreage which could ;�„' >/ �` <br /> tej. guarantee the city's con inning involvement. Other options may exist. or - \ u .r i <br /> Y <br /> 4 What is the soil classification? Is it possible to rent the site for p!l <br /> tl' agricultural use? The Lane County Soils Maps show the soil type as No. 110 <br /> (pits) or water. Water surface comprises about half the area of the park. <br /> 0 Importing proper materials would be the only way of restoring the park area <br /> f to agricultural use. (Five types of soil are listed on the adjacent lands <br /> proposed for inclusion in the project. Two are hydric soils, and appear to <br /> 6 comprise about 10% of the total area.) <br /> 5. 6/11 letter from Sagen, item d: The buffering notions offered in the <br /> different letters have different intentions. In the Sagen letter of 6/11, <br /> she is referring to lessening the impact of future industrial development to <br /> the north on the residential areas to the south by both distance and visual <br /> screening that would come with golf course and park landscaping. In Ray <br /> Babb's letter of 6/9, I believe he is considering that people seeking an open <br /> space /park experience would find that satisfied with the presense of a park, <br /> and therefore be less likely to seek it out on the golf course. In the first <br /> instance, size (or distance) is not as important as the degree of visual <br /> break created by landscaping or land contouring. In the second case, the <br /> sense of space provided by a 5 acre park would be more effective than a 3 <br /> acre park in "containing" those seeking an outdoor leisure or recreation <br /> experience. <br /> Same letter, last paragraph -- signoff on wetlands: The Division of State <br /> Lands has indicated that the wetland /riparian values that currently exist <br /> could be redistributed over a golf course. The assumption is that the hap- <br /> hazard condition that currently exists could be redesigned for higher values. <br /> Questio on water source and consumption: The source would be ground water, <br /> either a well, or mping from current or ure pond. Such wat is consid- <br /> ere a state r urce. The projectio or consumption would ave to come <br /> a er a pla as completed. If th uestion is raised wi some threshold in <br />