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ETTER John F <br /> From: ZZ -NLN (MSM) <br /> To: ETTER John F <br /> Cc: PLAMONDON Scott F <br /> Subject: small scale project: Amazon Cr. @ Oak Patch <br /> Date: Sunday, April 14, 1996 9:26AM <br /> John, I have a small -scale project that I'd like to accomplish on Amazon Creek at Oak Patch. I've been <br /> talking with a couple representatives of Jody Coyote Jewelry (Brent Cleaveland, Pres., and Jon Haakanson) <br /> about partnering to improve Amazon Creek and the bike path in that area. The idea is to add a picnic <br /> table here and there, a bench to sit on here and there, clean up the hazardous or unsightly rubbish, and of <br /> course continue with the idea of developing the creek and bike path as a type of informal continuous park <br /> corridor. <br /> Cleaveland and Haakanson helped with the tree planting yesterday, west of their facility on Oak Patch. <br /> They're eager to move ahead with some beautification plans in the immediate vicinity of their building. I'd <br /> like to help do a small project that we could use as a local "demonstration project" to spur on other <br /> business owners in that section to spruce up their parcels and the public corridor. The idea would be to <br /> match a small private investment of time or materials with a small public investment - combining resources <br /> to make a difference. <br /> I think the idea has potential for catching on. Building on the momentum of this year's big project betwen <br /> Richardson Bridge and Bailey Hill, and the A.C.E. improvements later this year, the area already has <br /> people's attention. And ... Haakanson wants to talk to his old classmate, who operates Eugene Sign and <br /> Awning just across the street on Oak Patch (also backing up to Amazon Creek) about particpating. We'd <br /> be off to a good start! <br /> Yesterday I mentioned to Hal Gausman that it would be great if he could assist for a short period, making a <br /> site visit and giving a little thought to the best placement for a couple of trees, or shrubs and trees, to <br /> complement the picnic tables that J.C.J. is prepared to install - probably on their property which is not <br /> visually or physically separated from the creek r.o.w. <br /> (I'd also like to think about putting in a few rose bushes. Ran into a constituent yesterday who's in the <br /> local Rose Society, and I think we could get a little participation from them as well - IF that kind of shrub <br /> would be appropriate.) <br /> I don't think this would require much time, and could be handled much more simply than the larger <br /> NeighborWoods projects. To start, we'd need an accurate map of property ownership and the public <br /> r.o.w. There's a lot of asphalt paving between J.C.J. and the Creek, and his neighbor on the east has <br /> some sort of easement for truck access. <br /> Nancy N. <br /> Page 1 <br />