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Ms. Larison said that her ornithologist friend has indicated that birds might not be nesting on the ground and might be in the brush near the ground. Dogs could bother birds here, too. Ms. Brand indicated where she planned to put the signs on an aerial map of the WNA. b. Government Relations Mr. Sonnichsen provided an update on the I- 5/Willamette River Bridge naming process. Since the January meeting, there had been two endorsements for the Whilamut Passage bridge name – by the Lane County Board of Commissioners in February and by the Metropolitan Policy Committee (MPC) in March. The next and last body the CPC needed an endorsement from was the Oregon Geographic Names Board (OGNB). An OGNB member from Eugene (A.J. Giustina) would leave the board on April 22. Mr. Giustina had told Mr. Sonnichsen that it was difficult to get people from outside Portland to serve. His work was more.related to the Oregon Historical Society (OHS). In his term on the OGNB, he had never taken part in a single geographic naming. The relationship between the OHS and the OGNB was close and it was up to Mr. Giustina's replacement and or the new executive director to decide how to proceed. The new executive director, Kerry Tymchuk, was a former staffer for former Senator Gordon Smith. Mr. Son- nichsen had called him that day but had not received a call back. He looked forward to Mr. Tymchuk's advice on how to proceed. ODOT had suggested the CPC include the OGNB in its bridge naming proce- dure. Mr. Giustina had thought it a "great idea" to name the bridge the Whilamut Passage Bridge. Names were meant to expand on history and to identify areas. He hoped Mr. Giustina's favorable comment was shared by other OGNB members. On April 20, members of the Government Relations subcommittee including Mr. Cooper, Ms. Behm, Ms. (W Mello, Ms. Morrison, Mr. McIntire and Mr. Sonnichsen, had met with Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy. They had discussed disc golf with the mayor. The Oregon Track Club had made a proposal to site some disc golf holes in the WNA. The group had also spoken to Mayor Piercy about the bridge naming procedure. She had been happy to hear about the progress and had suggested that any mention of the Whilamut Pas- sage Bridge name and other Kalapuya- related history that existed or would exist on Eugene POS or Willamalane websites should include a link to a website that ODOT would provide that would explain the name of the bridge. The existing bridge website talked about the park's history and ODOT had written a good article about the connection of the bridge project and the installation of four new Kalapuya Talking Stones. The group had also mentioned missing having Parks Coordination meetings on a regular basis to the mayor. The group missed having these meetings on a regular basis because there were issues related to things happening in the park including storage of falsework in the WNA. (The falsework was the support- ing metal that held up bridge arches before the arches had freestanding tension installed). Storage for falsework would be needed again when the northbound bridge was built. Mr. Sonnichsen noted that at the previous meeting, a proposed bicycle pedestrian bridge between the EWEB property and West Alton Baker Park had been discussed. This was discussed with the mayor, as was the visit to ODOT officials in Salem to express the CPC's feelings about the North Bank Pedestrian Bicycle Path, which was being redesigned with ODOT administrating funds. The funds had gone only toward a study related to the path widening and straightening and not the building of it. At the January meeting, the CPC had voted to oppose the EWEB/West Alton Baker Park Bicycle Pedestri- (W Bridge's inclusion in the Eugene Bicycle/Pedestrian Master Plan (EBPMP), which was now in draft MINUTES— Citizen Planning Committee for the April 21, 2011 Page 7 Whilamut Natural Area