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for boat traffic, continuing the lighting up to Day Island Road. <br />Mr. Biggs stated he was in favor of rerouting the lighting. <br />Ms. Behm said she was concerned about the lighting, and also the potential of putting in a wide concrete <br />path through the area, cutting down vegetation. <br />Mr. Richardson explained that he had not spoken to Ms. Cahill about the project, but he understood that <br />part of it was scoping. Project managers wanted to start with the city standard, which was a 12 -foot wide, <br />lit concrete path, and adjust as necessary. This did not necessarily mean that the design package would <br />include that all the way up to Leisure Lane. <br />Ms. Mello agreed with Ms. Behm and Mr. Sonnichsen. <br />Mr. Biggs, seconded by Ms. Morrison, moved to put forward Mr. Sonnichsen's design <br />idea (to reroute the lighting to stop at the boat ramp and go up toward Day Island Road) as <br />a favorable design. <br />Mr. Sonnichsen offered a friendly amendment to the motion, asking that it also include <br />Ms. Behm's objection to straightening the path and removing vegetation along the path <br />along the river between Leisure Lane and the boat ramp. <br />Mr. Biggs restated the motion, saying that the CPC felt strongly that the new design for <br />the North Bank path not destroy vegetation nor straighten the existing path, and that it <br />would stop the lighting at the boat ramp, continuing the lighting northward toward Day <br />Island Road. <br />Ms. Mello added that the bike path east of the boat ramp (between the boat ramp and Lei- <br />sure Lane) should also remain as is, without being straightened. <br />Ms. Behm, seconded by Mr. McIntire, moved to vote on the restated motion. <br />The motion passed unanimously, 10:0. <br />Mr. Richardson explained that a lot of natural resource work had been done since April. A car body had <br />been reburied along the river bank. A homeless camp along the river had been removed; seasonal watering <br />had begun; Walama blackberry control in the woodland had been conducted; and Pre's Trail had been re- <br />barked. The water wise garden was awaiting installation of an irrigation system. Staff, along with volun- <br />teers, had mulched and weeded 200 trees. Work had been done in the butterfly meadow. He noted that the <br />running event Ms. Brand had mentioned was called the Steep Hill Chase. It had been occurring for at least <br />10 years, but the community had not let staff know. Staff had let the organizers know that it would not be <br />permitted again in the "A. All runs permitted by the City needed to be on official paths. <br />Ms. Mello noted the powder left over after the race. She asked if the permit required them to remove it <br />after the race. <br />Mr. Richardson stated that permits typically asked that areas be kept in the condition in which they were <br />found, after events concluded. <br />Mr. Richardson explained that the boat rental program had been turned over from Oregon River Sports to a <br />A <br />MINUTES — Citizen Planning Committee for the July 15, 2010 Page 9 <br />Whilamut Natural Area <br />