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Southeast Neighbors <br /> ' P.O. Box 1588, Eugene, OR 97440 <br /> 541- 514 -4766 vox • 541 -345 -7438 fax • matthews @artifice.com <br /> Amazon Headwaters Trail Proposal 2003.0610 <br /> Johnny Medlin <br /> Parks & Open Space Division <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 1820 Roosevelt Boulevard <br /> Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> 541 - 682 -4800 vox <br /> Dear Johnny Medlin, <br /> Southeast Neighbors (SEN) would like to sincerely thank you for your willingness to <br /> consider this proposal regarding trail development in the sensitive area of the Amazon <br /> Creek Headwaters in southeast Eugene. <br /> Fundamental to our goals for this proposal is to balance and simultaneously meet the needs <br /> and desires of immediate neighbors, the neighborhood overall, and the city itself in terms of <br /> citizens and administration alike, to the extent that those needs and desires can be <br /> understood. <br /> Connecting the ridgeline park system with the Amazon greenway seems to be very <br /> broadly understood as a positive and important project. So the details of this proposal <br /> relate to the specific locations and timing for making that valuable connection. <br /> Please consider these points, which are numbered for convenience of reference only: <br /> 1) There is no controversy regarding the city's proposed trail route from the BPA power <br /> line easement uphill to the Ridgeline Trail proper, which could be referred to as the "upper <br /> Headwaters Trail ". This proposal pertains to the lower section, connecting downhill from the <br /> BPA easement to the Amazon greenway, which could be referred to as the "lower <br /> Headwaters Trail ". <br /> 2) Rather than choosing between either a Canyon Drive trail head or a West Amazon trail <br /> head, SEN proposes that collectively we proceed with both. <br /> 3) For general neighborhood accessibility, and considering established patterns of <br /> significant use, SEN sees particular value in a West Amazon terminus for the Headwaters <br /> Trail, recognizing and making use of the existing informal trail alignment along the <br /> undeveloped West Amazon road right -of -way. <br /> 4) Because resources are limited in general, and because it could be inappropriate for <br /> significant city resources to be spent developing trail sections with an uncertain long -term <br /> future, SEN pledges that in the context of this proposal we would provide the necessary <br /> volunteer labor and materials for pedestrian bridge construction, and volunteer labor for <br /> ongoing trail maintenance along the West Amazon trail section. <br /> www.Soufih page 1 <br />