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Hammitt, Bob <br /> From: Morgan, Dick <br /> To: Hammitt, Bob <br /> Subject: FW: Cameron Hutcheson/Addidas Trail <br /> Date: Tuesday, March 15, 1994 2:20PM <br /> From: Rhay, Tim <br /> To: Hammitt, Bob <br /> Cc: Morgan, Dick <br /> Subject: Cameron Hutcheson /Addidas Trail <br /> Date: Tuesday, March 15, 1994 7:58AM <br /> So, you've Cameron. Hard to ignore, isn't he? He is very possessive and proprietary when it comes to the <br /> Addidas Trail. <br /> It would be fair to say that Cameron and I have some different ideas about what constitutes a well- maintained <br /> jogging trail. (I believe that the Addidas Trail is probably the best such facility in the state of Oregon if not the <br /> Pacific Northwest. He does not argue with this, but still "wants it to be better".) I did put a stop to the "blading" <br /> that he wanted last year as it was unnecessary and could have damaged the trail. Further, we have agreed to do <br /> it in the past as an experiment and one result has been that the trail is now wider than before and the edges have <br /> been pushed out over the gravel base that was installed when the trail was built, creating soft areas on some of <br /> the edges. I explained all this to Cameron, but he has "selective hearing" when it come to something he has <br /> decided is a good idea. (No one but Cameron has ever implied that such an operation was necessary or even <br /> beneficial and we have never done it to any other jogging trail in the City.) <br /> We also mowed down several large patches of blackberry at the margins of the trail at Cameron's insistence to <br /> "make the trail safer for women joggers". (No woman joggers ever requested this action but I agreed that what <br /> he wanted was reasonable and within the bounds of appropriate vegetation control. It also released some of the <br /> native vegetation that had been suppressed by the blackberries. Cameron wanted the understory essentially <br /> cleared which we did not and do not wish to do, and he was not satisfied with our efforts in that we only removed <br /> the blackberries from the outer margins of the woodland that were impacting the trail. During and following the <br /> vegetation removal we did hear from the "Nearby Nature" group about "habitat destruction ", but we went forward <br /> with the project because it was operationally sound. <br /> I would expect that Cameron sees a new opportunity to push his personal vision of the Addidas Trail stemming <br /> from consolidation. He could not talk Doug Post and Dave Pompeii into over - ruling our decisions and Dick <br /> Morgan also "has his number", so now he will try to get what he wants through you. (If you don't agree, don't be <br /> surprised if he seeks and appointment with Chris Andersen.) <br /> You should understand that Cameron routinely over - states his support, claiming to speak for virtually the entire <br /> running community. (When asked to produce evidence of his support, he can sometimes badger some officials <br /> of running groups into writing a letter, but it is never as much as he claims.) Another tactic is to donate a modest <br /> sum (a few hundred dollars) for trail maintenance and then attempt to dictate maintenance programs based on <br /> that donation. <br /> I don't mean to "beat up on" Cameron, but 1 assume you want me to be candid. He is an excellent advocate for <br /> jogging trails, and the Addidas Trail in particular, but he simply has his own unique ideas about what is best for <br /> that facility thaitrees not always agree with what the City feels are the best maintenance practices for the trail. <br /> He is retired or semi - retired and has the time to advocate his ideas and is not shy about doing so. <br /> Page 1 <br />