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• Specific to Amazon Park, public involvement will be documented and utilized as part <br />of the overall decision - making process. <br />• POS staff is working collaboratively with staff in other City departments and agency <br />partners to coordinate with related planning efforts. In addition to the current parks <br />planning effort, projects that have been undertaken in the last ten years include: <br />♦ 1994 Amazon Park Master Plan; <br />♦ 1998 Parks and Open Space Bond Measure recommendations; <br />♦ Amazon Pool Renovation Capital Project; <br />♦ 2000 Upper Amazon Creek Enhancement Study; <br />♦ Stormwater Basin Planning; and <br />♦ Metro GI Study (in progress). <br />Links to these plans /documents can be made available on the Amazon Park website, <br />with the exception of the Metro GI study which is not yet available in electronic <br />format. A hardcopy document will be made available for review. <br />• Public comments, feedback, and input about Amazon Park are always welcome. <br />Staff has been actively soliciting this feedback — certainly, this is the primary <br />motivation for the series of public workshops currently underway. Staff continues to <br />encourage and accept public involvement and participation through the planning <br />process, which is anticipated to continue through the spring of 2004. This input can <br />be in any form, including alternative proposals. Well- attended and productive public <br />workshops are a high priority of public processes, and the Amazon Park process has <br />been very successful in this respect. <br />The desired outcome of the Amazon Park planning process is a plan that has strong <br />public support, meets a variety of public interests, and minimizes impacts on the <br />surrounding neighbors. To achieve these objectives, staff is considering all relevant <br />information, weighing pros and cons, and fully utilizing public input by providing <br />adequate, accessible information, and being open with our decision - making processes. <br />The plan format is anticipated to be both a physical plan (map), as well as a compilation <br />of the detailed research and analysis and public comment history. On behalf of the City <br />of Eugene, I appreciate your contribution to this effort. Please feel free to contact me if <br />you have additional questions or concerns. <br />Sincerely, <br />Carolyn Weiss <br />Project Manager <br />Attachment: <br />Project List Matrix <br />Cc: Andrea Riner, POS Planning Manager <br />Johnny Medlin, POS Division Manager <br />Kurt Corey, PW Director <br />Angel Jones, LRCS Director <br />