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FACT EUGENE SHEET �/ Public Works Maintenance City of Eugene 1820 Roosevelt Blvd. _ Eugene, OR 97402 Discuss of Amazon Park Issues During the first public meetings and in formally adopted, is aplanning document fields than are being proposed in this talking with people over the phone, a that City staff also consults in many plan - Amazon Park Plan. The parking facility number of questions have been raised. ning. decisions. Because the details in is tire onlyproject with approvedfunding. The following information is a response these plans provide ample guidance for a to key questions and issues concerning development plan, no additional intenme- How do you balance the the plan and the process that will be used diate plan is needed. community's need for . to prepare the Amazon Park Develop- recreational facilities with the inert Plan. This information will help you Can past decisions be changed? resources? If s0 better understand the opportunities and how? value o f limitations of the planning task. Goal.5 of the Statewide Planning Goals Actions and plans adopted by the Eugene outlines the method for comparing natu- What is a park development City Council must be amended by the rah resource values with urban needs. CounciL To pursue a plan change, a chi- Known an EE (economic, social, per? zenmustaskaCitycouncilortobringthe environmental, and energy) Analysis, the A park development plan provides direr- proposed change before the full City impacts of developing versus preserving Lion for the spatial organization and loca CounciL The Council would then con- the status quo are considered and bal- tion of various amenities and improve- sider the merits of theproposed change. If and, At Amazon Park, for example, the ments of a park and also examines envi- the Council voted to support the change, hi natural resource value associated ronmental, social, and economic needs the plan would follow the amendment with some portions of the park may sug- and constraints. The plan considers such process: staff analysis; a public hearing gest they be left as is or even enhanced. things as aesthetics and operational effi- and action by the Planning Commission; On the other hand, some areas of lesser ciency, and how various elements are a public hearing and action by the City natural resource value may be developed organized so that conflicts and negative Council; and for certain changes, action if the negative impacts of traveling to impacts are minimized. Park develop- by both Lane County and the City of more distant sites, including associated ment plans are used to support funding Springfield. acquisition and development impacts, are proposals in the Capital Improvement greater than the loss of less valued wet- Program or to allow volunteers to imple- Citizens can provide input on the design h ment various proposals. features outlined in park plans that pro- vide benefits or reduce negative impacts The task the cemmty now faces is how Should a separate master policy two states: as development plans are to accommodate the various needs —Hato- prepared and before a project is adopted ral, social, andrecreational— within Arita- plan be created for Amazon or implemented. At this time, citizens zon Per. The goals and policies con - Park? have an opportunity to provide input on tained in various plans are sometimes in Master plans are typically general in na- the improvements proposed for Amazon conflict; some require the City to provide ture. They contain a variety of goals, Park, with respect to impacts on the park park and recreational amenities and oth- policies, and implementation strategies and its neighbors. ers to preserve natural resources. In creat- or proposed actions and are adopted by ing a development plan for this park, site various levels of government following a What projects have been specific decisions will have to be made public review process and public hear- approved by the Eugene City about where natural resource preserva ings. The Oregon Statewide Plannin Council or the Amazon Park? lion efforts can occur and where ameni - Goals and the Eugene Springfield Met- f ties that address the social and recre- ropolitan Area GeneralPlan are the prin- The Eugene City Council, in adopting ational needs of people can occur. ciple guiding plans for the city. Other TransPlan and the Eugene Parks and plans that affect park development in- Recreation Plan, has conceptually ap- What conditions must be present elude theEugene-SpringfieldMetropoli- proved a number of projects, including tmi Area Transportation Plan ( TransPlan) the proposedparldng at29th Avenue east for a natural resource area to be and the Eugene Parks and Recreation of the LTD facility, the widening of the considered of high value? Plan. These are functional plans that pro- Amazon Parkway (near 24th Avenues The conditions that determine high value vide greater detail than master plans about and north), additional rest room facilities, include the size of the site, the develop - a particular subject. The Natural Re- and an unspecified number of sports fields. ment impacts around the site, the pres- sourcesSpecial Study, which has notbeen Previous plans showed two more sport ence of and relative abundance of signifi-