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4 W Ms. Mello noted that the two subcommittees would continue to work together. c. Government Relations Mr. Sonnichsen stated that the subcommittee had met in May, and had discussed the North Bank Trail Study. He said that Mr. Richardson would discuss it further later in the meeting. He had a question for Mr. Richardson about disc golf. He stated that the subcommittee had had doubts about the advisability of putting in an 18 -hole disc golf course in West Alton Baker Park. The subcommittee had decided they needed to meet with the Wildlife/Habitat subcommittee to discuss the canoe canal parking lot. The two subcommittees had met on July 5, and concluded that they would en- courage POS staff to continue to shrink the park -able space in the canoe canal parking lot (also known as Parking Lot 8). The two subcommittees wanted this area to return to living park land and the plantings that had gone in in early 2009 were flourishing. Reading from the April 15, 2010 minutes, he stated: "Mr. Bjdrklund stated that the process would involve amending the park master plan for West Alton Baker Park and then seeking a revision to the Willamette Greenway permit." He asked if there had been any move to do this. Mr. Richardson stated that staff was examining the Greenway modification, and had talked to Rick Satre's consulting fine about doing that. He did not have further updates about a master plan amendment. He thought there were still some unanswered questions about the amount of activities and potential for con- flicts in the park in the future. Mr. Sonnichsen noted that there had been many multi- subcommittee meetings. At one of these meetings, on July 13` seven CPC members, Mr. Hyde and Mr. Wieseke had met. Out of it had come a modification of the undercrossing of the north Walnut bridge in the Eastgate woodlands part of the WNA and the bar- riers that had made it almost impossible to walk or run on Pre's Trail going under the bridge. One good purpose of the barricades was that they kept bicyclists off the trail and prevented resultant head -on colli- sions. He said that Mr. Wieseke's staff had visited the site and cleared it a bit so pedestrians and runners could again access the trail at the site. Mr. Wieseke reported that there would be better striping in the area on July 20`'', especially on the Eugene side of the T intersection of the detour path around the I -5 construc- tion staging area, where it intersected with the main trail off the canoe canal, carrying traffic into Spring- field (right under the canoe canal bridge). The log barriers would also be moved on July 20 to prevent bicycle traffic and to make foot access easier. d. Outreach Ms. Behm stated that the subcommittee was dealing with an ODOT project. She said that she would send an email the next day, giving instructions on how to input to the Eugene City Council. She said that people needed to let City Council know that the Whilamut Passage Bridge name was a good idea. Esther Stutzman had been interviewed in the Springl7eld Times supplement, and had said that the differ- ence between the names "Willamette" and "Whilamut" was good. Ms. Behm passed around a document titled "July 2, 2010 Springfield Retrospective and Visitors Guide," in which the interview of Ms. Stutzman was included. In the article, Ms. Stutzman said that the different name would encourage people to inquire about the Kalapuyas and the history of the Eugene area. Ms. Behm said that the Whilamut Passage Bridge was on the homepage of the Eugene City website, and had also been on the front page of the Register - Guard. MINUTES —Citizen Planning Committee for the July 15, 2010 Page 7 Whilamut Natural Area