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. <br /> • <br /> Hendricks Park improvement plan...." <br /> The Eugene Parks and Recreation Plan was undergoing a major update during 1988. The work <br /> of the RGRC is evident on pages 37 and 38 of the plan (adopted in 1989), and focussed primarily <br /> on the needs of the garden. There is one proposed action with respect to a small -scale <br /> playground. There are no proposed actions for trees in general or the remainder of the park. <br /> Page 22 of the plan does contain policies and proposed actions general to the South Hills, of <br /> which Hendricks Park is a part. Taken as a whole, the text addresses the need to plan for how the <br /> City both provides for various recreational opportunities while at the same time maintaining <br /> natural areas. <br /> I can find no written linkage between the texts that I mention above. No minutes exist to show <br /> that a plan was adopted by an oversight committee or council. I am quite sure the 2/16/88 draft <br /> is a product of one of the RGRC members, and was probably refined to the 7/23/88 document <br /> with the help of Parks Maintenance staff. <br /> The RGRC was an ad hoc committee that formed out of concerns for the garden. Approximately <br /> 12 individuals gave input over a period of about three years. Following the group's presentation <br /> to the JPC on 9/18/85, members time was spent on developing a plan that would guide <br /> development and remodeling for a long time frame. A number of different conceptual graphic <br /> proposals are in our file which reflect differing points of view. There was never consensus <br /> among the three (Paul Beistel, George Jette and "Tex" Matsler) who worked until a frustrating <br /> end. There is a staff drawing that was prepared in approximately 1988 that captures (in staff's <br /> opinion) the best of the ideas from the remaining committee of three. This plan has not had <br /> further public review, was never adopted, but has been used in reviewing the merits of remodels <br /> and minor additions to the garden. <br /> Tree cover is very important to rhododendron habitat, and therefore it was a major consideration <br /> for the three (Beistel, Jette and Matsler) who continued to give input on the future of the garden. <br /> The clientele we have traditionally consulted and worked with for rhododendron garden issues <br /> has been limited to those with an expressed interest in the garden, mainly members of the local <br /> chapter of the Rhododendron Society. <br />