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Ridge Reservoir, Long Tom River and finally the Willamette River. <br /> The East Fork Amazon Headwaters Forest has a great potential for passive recreation <br /> such as bird watching, hiking, biking and nature study. A trail through this property <br /> would make a logical and necessary connection between the southeast neighborhood <br /> and the main Ridgeline Park trail system which would help to relieve impact on other <br /> heavily -used trails. <br /> You may hear arguments that this land was zoned R -1 within the urban growth <br /> boundary so it should be developed. Zoning started in Eugene in 1948 and according to <br /> staff in the planning department the criteria used for determining zoning was whatever <br /> was already established, such as, if there was a commercial building the land around it <br /> was zoned for commercial, areas with homes were zoned residential, industrial was <br /> zoned industrial and so on and so forth. So you see, the zoning was not born out of any <br /> careful, well thought -out planning, it happened in a hodge -podge manner. Not until the <br /> 1970's, when the senate passed state -wide planning goals, was there any real <br /> planning. Therefore, just because the East Fork Amazon Headwaters Forest was zoned <br /> R -1 does not mean that it was a good idea. <br /> In November 1998, voters approved a $25.23 million bond measure to fund a variety of <br /> parks and open space projects throughout the community. The measure was a result of <br /> the ongoing work of the mayor's Parks and Open Space Committee. The work of this <br /> group and an extensive public input process, which included public forums and <br /> community surveys, determined the project types and locations that were included in <br /> the final bond measure. The Upper Amazon Creek Watershed was specifically <br /> mapped in a brochure distributed citywide as one area for Ridgeline Park expansion. <br /> City of Eugene voters approved the measure by a 2 to 1 margin. This is a clear <br /> mandate to preserve and protect the Upper Amazon Creek Watershed that the East <br /> Fork Amazon Headwaters is an integral part of , .44 ,,.POW DeF, 4 • f <br /> of 1 wI - h.$26 ,40,00 will go towards a study on the r x : <br /> The question of funding is likely to be the biggest hurdle for staff. We met with Green's <br /> people May 24th and tried our hand at convincing Green to become a willing seller. <br /> Mark Hoyt (Green's attorney) suggested that a land trade may be something Green <br /> would be interested in. If this doesn't work we will follow the procedure to fight the PUD <br /> we will not give up. We are researching funding, such as grants and private donations <br /> and we are asking council to put this piece of property back on the radar for the next <br /> bond measure. It should have been on the 1998 bond measure, especially since it was <br /> mapped in a brochure to gain support for the bond measure. There is still $1.9 million <br /> left in the 1998 Park bond and $950,000 that is now not being spent on the 120 acres in <br /> Laurelwood Valley owned by the McDougals. <br /> To address the argument that South Eugene has more park acres per person than <br /> North Eugene, please refer to the Analysis of Parkland in South Eugene by Eben Fodor <br /> 2 <br />