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Mr. Taylor noted that the Whilamut grant was nearing its end date. He said $79,000 had been received from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in 2002 and had used that money for riparian planning along the river as well as a survey of the land fill cap. He said the city would be spending most of the remaining funds on blackberry and Scotch broom removal. However, he added that there would be an infill planting in phases two and three before the funding was exhausted. Mr. Taylor noted that one of the talking stones had been moved near the foot bridge to Autzen Stadium and had been replaced by staff. Mr. Taylor reported that Emerald Valley BMX was planning a national event at its track near the natural area. He said there would be camping and sanitation issues. He said night watchmen would be hired for the event. He said staff would be looking into requirements for the event. He said he would make e-mail reports to the committee as he garnered more information. Mr. Sonnichson raised concern over a BMX event. He said there was no reason/right to allow camping in a natural area where all other camping was prohibited. He suggested inviting a representative from the BMX track to a CPC meeting. In response to a question from Mr. Peara regarding the use of the Hammer Throw area of the park, Mr. Taylor said he would look into the status and report back to the committee. VI. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS a. University of Oregon Mr. Peara reported that the committee had been actively monitoring the football games and putting more of an emphasis on cleaning up the area rather than documenting the trash left after games. He said the committee would conduct more park monitoring events. He suggested checking to see if there had been updates to the Intergovernmental agreements with the University of Oregon and whether City staff were making sure the agreements were being implemented regarding parking during football games at Autzen Stadium. Mr. Peara said the subcommittee was planning some more park monitoring events. He urged other members of the CPC to participate and help circulate in the park during football games and b. Wildlife Habitat Mr. Fredette said the subcommittee was reviewing final park plans and would submit comments at a later date. C. Outreach Ms. Ullmann noted that Susan Reddoor's term of membership had ended. She urged a member to volunteer to be chair for the Outreach Subcommittee. Ms. Jones said the Outreach subcommittee was discussing a fund raising event to purchase more talking stones. She added that there would also be a display of the talking stones in the Eugene Public Library in November/December. MINUTES — Whilamut Natural Area Citizen Planning Committee Meeting October 13, 2005 Page 4