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EU UE Public Works <br /> Maintenance Division <br /> City of Eugene <br /> MEMORANDUM 1820 Roosevelt Boulevard <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97402 <br /> (541) 687 -5220 <br /> (541) 683 -6883 FAX <br /> Date: October 21, 1996 <br /> To: Mayor and City Council <br /> From: John Etter, Prinicpal Landscape Architect, Public Works Parks Planning <br /> Louis Kroeck, Landscape Architect, Public Works Engineering <br /> Subject: Public Process Regarding Amazon Park and Ride <br /> Per a request from the City Council, we have been asked to describe the public process leading to <br /> the decision to build the LTD park and ride facility in Amazon Park. Due to the project having <br /> been in development for over 14 years, and having been included in several different public <br /> processes it is difficult to compare it to other processes currently being used. The opportunities <br /> for public comment on the LTD park -and -ride facility at 29th and Amazon Parkway can be <br /> summarized as follows: <br /> March/April 1984 - A meeting for requesting citizen input on plans for Amazon Park <br /> was held at Amazon Community Center. Advertising for the meeting specifically <br /> mentioned a bus transfer facility. <br /> 1985 - 1986 - Staff made presentations to different neighborhood groups about TransPlan <br /> prior to its adoption in 1986. TransPlan includes the development of the Amazon <br /> Park and Ride. <br /> Spring 1994 - Meetings were held at Amazon Community Center to gather citizen input <br /> during the update of the Amazon Park Development Plan. Again, the Amazon <br /> Park and Ride was a component of this plan. <br /> Because the planning that lead to the park -and -ride occurred at different occasions, we have <br /> constructed a more detailed chronology of events below. Some of what follows can be <br /> documented by drawings and correspondence on file. Unfortunately, since the earliest proposals <br /> for this occurred an estimated 14 or more years ago, some materials have been lost, or discarded <br /> after being considered as having no further value. In the chronology that follows, specific dates <br /> associated with an event indicate records are presented to document or support a statement. <br /> March 1983 - Staff prepared a plan entitled "Preliminary General Plan-- Amazon Park" in <br /> 1 <br />