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PREFACE The plan you are about to read is different from most plans. Most plans are about humans having dominion over the land. They frequently identify an organizing theme and decide what the land is to be used for and what people will do there. Then they describe how the earth should be moved and reconfigured, what should grow there, and what man-made structures should be built so that people can do those things. Our plan is not like this. We started with the direction from the people of Lane County, who passed the East Alton Baker Park Charter Amendment overwhelmingly in 1992. The Charter amendment states that this park is to be used for passive recreation. Passive means that we are acted upon; we are receiving the action. If we are passive, then the land is active. By approving this Charter Amendment, the people of Lane County have chosen the passive role. This doesn't mean that we sit back and do nothing. It means that we are here to serve this land, not the other way around. We recognize that the land has its own integrity, its own inher- ent design and organization, and we see ourselves as being here to learn from the land and let it shape us. It is time to learn how to live in harmony with the land — to see ourselves, as Aldo Leopold once said, "As members rather than rulers of the land community. " This plan was written — with a lot of help — by 15 volunteers who love this park. The Citizen Planning Committee recommended by the Eugene City Council and Willamalane Board approved of our plan unanimously (with the exception of strategy 14.1). We welcome your comments and suggestions for improving our plan. EAST ALTON BAKER PARK CITIZEN PLANNING COMMITTEE As of November, 1995 Wayne Hill, Chair%'94W Barbara Hazen Gary Ross Art Mancl, Vice Chair Charles Biggs Dale Deason Barbara Hasek7YV,6. ;` j� Mary Kolego Catherine Larson Joseph Minato3 /5 Bruce Newhouse Linda Saltmarsh Susan Wolling Eric Zemper W Special thanks to Sharon Teague for serving on the East Alton Baker Park Citizen Planning Committee since initially established in April 1993 through July 1995 and for Alan Dickman for serving from April 1993 through December 1994.