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cir Community Presentations <br /> Eugene Celebration: Staff was on hand at the Eugene Celebration to talk to Eugene residents and visitors <br /> about parks,recreation,and open space,and to get input on how Eugene is doing and where the <br /> community should go in the future. Over 400 residents and hundreds of visitors completed a brief <br /> questionnaire and visited the informational displays. <br /> ORPA Conference:The annual conference of the Oregon Recreation and Parks Association(ORPA)was <br /> held in Eugene this past October. City staff in the Parks&Open Space and Recreation Divisions <br /> conducted and participated in a number of trainings and presentations,including sessions on dog parks, <br /> Volunteers in Parks,maintenance-friendly park design,the Hendricks Park Forest Management Plan,and <br /> Ridgeline Trail acquisition. Staff also conducted a hike up Spencer Butte,and a tour of parks and <br /> recreation facilities,including Churchill Youth Sports Park,Amazon Pool,and Hendricks Park. <br /> FINANCING PARKS AND OPEN SPACE BOND MEASURE PROJECTS <br /> POS Expenditures* <br /> ■Measure total <br /> ■Bonds sold <br /> ■Citywide projects <br /> Upgrade fields <br /> as. a■° _111111 0 Develop parks <br /> 1111111111•1=11111111 <br /> °Acquire parkland <br /> 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 Ridgeline <br /> In$1,000s <br /> `Includes expenditures and encumbrances as of September 30,2002 <br /> To date,capital budget allocations for Parks and Open Space projects total$26,200,000. Major category <br /> project budgets are: <br /> Amazon Pool $4,400,000 <br /> Sports Field Upgrades $ 750,000 <br /> Neighborhood Parks $3,430,000 <br /> Community/Regional Parks $8,550,000* <br /> Park Land Acquisition $5,350,000 <br /> Ridgeline Park Expansion $3,720,000 <br /> Totals $26,200,000 <br /> Through September 30,2002,$16.2 million has been expended or encumbered by contract(s)for these <br /> projects. <br /> *includes$1.2 million in parks and open space capital projects funded by interest earnings. <br /> ACTION <br /> This report is being provided to Council as an information item. No action is requested or required at this <br /> time. For information on the park measure implementation,contact Public Works Director Kurt Corey at <br /> 682-5241.Copies of all POS quarterly reports,including this one,can be found on the internet at <br /> www.ci.eugene.or.us/pw/parks/reports.htm. <br /> Cror POS Quarterly Update: 10/31/02 9 <br />