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3 <br />E U G E N E <br />POAS and <br />Open Space <br />a division of Public Works <br />1820 Roosevelt Blvd. <br />Eugene, Oregon 97402 <br />(541) 682 -4800 <br />(541) 682 -4882 Fax <br />www.ci.eugene.or. usipw /parks <br />Parks and Open <br />Space Planning <br />Parks Maintenance <br />Urban Forestry <br />Wetlands and Open <br />Waterways <br />EUGENE <br />December 11, 2003 <br />Dear Ms. O'Brien: <br />Thank you for participating in the planning for Amazon Park and for providing <br />process suggestions on behalf of Citizens for Public Accountability. Please <br />recognize that the project is still in the planning and public involvement <br />phase. We anticipate holding at least one or two additional meetings to <br />further refine the project. Based on the current work of the City's Parks & <br />Open Space division, there are several ways your issues may be addressed: <br />a) Portions of the request include items which have been explained or <br />addressed in an earlier meeting or communication, but may not have been <br />fully understood or easily disseminated. Staff will provide further <br />documentation and distribution of these items within the Amazon Park <br />planning process whenever feasible. <br />b) Several of the information request items are inherent in all of our park <br />planning processes, and therefore will be outcomes of the Amazon Park <br />planning work as it progresses. Staff will provide clarification of these items <br />with subsequent public information and public involvement efforts. <br />c) Portions of the request lie outside the feasibility of parks planning for any <br />individual park site. However, may of these are currently being undertaken <br />as part of the Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Comprehensive Plan <br />which is currently underway. This information will be documented and <br />distributed to the community as it becomes available. <br />d) Every effort has been and will be made to provide up -to -date and <br />accessible information. Information will be made available on the Amazon <br />Park Planning Process web site <br />http: / /Www. ci. eugene. or. us/PW /PARKS /Amazon /AMZ project. ht or other <br />sites where specified. <br />With this in mind, detailed responses to your requested items will be <br />addressed as follows: <br />■ Acreage figures based on type of use have been computed and can be <br />made available. A map showing the different land uses and associated <br />acreage has been developed. This map will be posted on the Amazon Park <br />website. <br />■ Data is not readily available to provide the level of detail you request <br />regarding annual hours of usage of various recreation areas. While <br />participation in formally programmed activities can be estimated, usage of <br />informal and passive recreation facilities is not currently measured anywhere <br />in the City's parks and open space system. Other methodology, such as <br />community input and information regarding regional and national trends can <br />be helpful when site - specific details aren't available. The PROS <br />Comprehensive Plan work includes this type of information gathering on a <br />community -wide scale. Staff, consultants, and the Mayor's PROS Advisory <br />Committee are preparing a city -wide Parks & Open Space Analysis that <br />should be completed and available to the public this spring. <br />