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park is busy year round with well -used skateboard facility, multiple ball fields, a busy and well designed <br /> playground and large open spaces. Recurring traffic problems include: high speed racing, circuit racing, <br /> driving off pavement in grassy open areas. <br /> The group has recommendations for safety improvements in the area: <br /> 1. Speed bumps along the Haviture Way, a public traffic street about % -mile long which is used <br /> often as a race strip. <br /> 2. Marked pedestrian crosswalks. <br /> 3. Speed bumps in parking area which is currently used to complete a race - circuit that includes <br /> Haviture Way, Avalon Street, Legacy Street to form a very dangerous oval. <br /> 4. Barriers, perhaps large boulder (as are currently being used) to prevent easy access to grassy <br /> open areas. <br /> 5. Designated school zone signage <br /> 6. Designated playground signage <br /> General park improvements and auestion` <br /> The group recommends looking into the use of video cameras and video surveillance signage <br /> around play structures, parking areas and buildings (as is common in other public spaces and private <br /> business areas). <br /> The group has asked for follow through on initial suggestions of jogging trail(s) around or <br /> throughout the park (as are being used in other parks throughout Eugene). <br /> Follow through on initial suggestion for a dog park in part of the existing open grassy space on <br /> the south end of the park. <br /> At what point are we in the process of a potential YM ation in the area? <br /> Order of importance for action: <br /> 1. Speed bumps and traffic calming on Haviture Way <br /> 2. Traffic calming in the designated parking areas in the park <br /> 3. Brush clearing <br /> 4. Lighting maintenance and addition <br /> 5. School zone /playground signage and crosswalks <br /> 6. Dog park possibility <br /> 7. Jogging path possibility <br /> General comments <br /> The group of neighbors who met also represented the views of other residents of the area who <br /> have provided input on the issues. <br /> We believe that the City has done a great job of designing, building and maintaining the park. <br /> City crews are regularly on site to clean up, landscape and abate graffiti. We believe that the park is one <br /> of the better parks in the entire metropolitan area and is a source of pride to the residents of Bethel. <br /> 2 <br />