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Reports and Recommendations, June 16, 1999 <br /> Page 6 <br /> 3. Community Input: We have carried on two kinds of meetings with the <br /> community and neighborhood groups. As we planned the Churchill, Sheldon, <br /> and Cal Young Youth Sports Parks, we had community planning sessions, <br /> called charettes. Each session included an open house in which the public was <br /> able to view plans and other information about the parks. A facilitated <br /> discussion followed each of the open houses. <br /> District staff also met twice with the Churchill Neighbors, several times with <br /> the Cal Young Neighbors, and with representatives of the Amazon Neighbors, <br /> and the River Road and Santa Clara Neighbors. The Churchill Neighbors <br /> group has endorsed the construction of an athletic facility at Churchill High <br /> School, but does not support the construction of a single district facility at that <br /> site. The Amazon, River Road, and Santa Clara representatives expressed <br /> support of the projects at North and South. <br /> Some Cal Young Neighbors, especially those located on Norwood and <br /> Jeppesen Acres, continue to have concerns about construction of the fields. <br /> Those that are concerned have been frustrated for many years because <br /> members of the public park on Norwood to attend both district and <br /> community sponsored youth activities on the Sheldon fields, because traffic <br /> from Meadowlark moves through the neighborhood, and because some <br /> Sheldon students park on Jeppesen Acres and adjoining streets, speed, and are <br /> not respectful of the neighbors. We have implemented several strategies to <br /> help deal with the neighbors' concerns, and have offered to implement others <br /> that we believe would go a long way in helping solve the problem, including <br /> building fences that force traffic onto the Sheldon campus. A list of strategies <br /> that we have implemented and would consider are attached. These neighbors, <br /> however, continue to be opposed to the construction of the fields. We plan to <br /> continue to work with the neighbors to respond to their concerns. <br /> 4. Recommendation <br /> The superintendent intends to recommend that the district enter into a <br /> partnership with the City of Eugene that would result in the placement of a <br /> multi-use athletic facility with synthetic turf at each of our high schools and <br /> youth sports parks at Churchill High School, Sheldon High School, and Cal <br /> Young Middle School. The superintendent further recommends that the board <br /> direct the staff to continue to meet with the Sheldon neighbors to determine <br /> how we can best respond to their concerns. <br /> 2. Debrief the June 5, 1999 School Board Work Session: Schools of the Future <br /> Process <br /> At your April 22,1999, meeting you approved the Schools of the Future Process, <br /> and on June 5, 1999, conducted a work session to discuss the process in more <br /> detail. A copy of the minutes from the June 5 work session is included in the <br /> packet. <br /> I proposed the Schools of the Future Process to help us deal with the many <br /> challenges that will face our schools and students over the next several decades. <br /> Our students live in a world that is significantly different than the one we grew up <br /> in, and in the next century they will have to be even more globally and technology <br /> oriented. This changing environment will impact our schools and community <br />