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blackberries and does not meet current safety standards, but planning has begun on creating a trail that will be safe, accessible, unobtrusive, and environmentally sensitive. Construction work is expected to begin in 2004. addition, the Natural Resources crew recently completed construction of a retaining wall on the Ridgeline Trail east of ix Hollow Road. The retaining wall will help stabilize the trail bed. This project is a component of the State Recreational Trails Program Grant that was awarded to the City in 2001. The retaining wall project is the third of seven projects to be funded through the grant. Three of the remaining four projects involve the installation of a boardwalk to correct a trail crossing through a seep, or small spring, on the Ridgeline Trail between Blanton Road and Willamette Street. That project has been assigned to an Eagle Scout candidate and will begin in late January 2003. The final project is the construction of the Headwaters Tie Trail, which will connect the Amazon Greenway at Martin Street in South Eugene to the Ridgeline Trail at Fox Hollow Road. This project is in the planning process and is targeted to begin in fall 2003. The crew also completed trail construction in the easement through the Son Blaze development on Moon Mountain. The trail alignment and excavation were completed by the developer. Parks and Open Space staff worked with a Lane County Youth Services crew to finish grading the trail, add gravel and install trail drainage features. Following the trail construction, areas of exposed soil were planted with native blue wild rye, sword ferns, big leaf maple, choke cherry, and ocean spray. The trail will be opened to the public as development progresses on the property. In the future, this easement access trail will connect to Park and Open Space lands and a trail to the summit of Moon Mountain will be created. For more information about these projects, contact Natural Resources Crew Supervisor Richard Zucker at 682- 4833 or parks planner Philip Richardson at 682-4906. Residents Step Forward to Help Maintain Dog Park in Alton Baker Park Volunteers in Parks staff and members of the volunteer advisory group for the newest off-leash dog area in Alton Baker Park will don their galoshes and deal with the mud and do other needed maintenance work on Saturday, January 11, from 9 a.m. to noon. Other interested community members are welcome to join the work party. The dog park is located off of Leo Harris Parkway behind Autzen Stadium. Parking for the park is in Lot 8. Waterproof gear is recommended. `ork will focus on minimizing the mud, a problem that has become exacerbated by the heavy rains of the season and the heavy use the park has received since it opened this past August. Tasks will include placing gravel under the rain shelter, completing a section of gravel path between the west entrance and the west wash-down station, opening up a section of the east pasture that has been closed since October when it was re-seeded, and doing overall trail maintenance. "This park has received wonderful community support from the volunteer advisory group throughout the development and now maintenance of the park," says Volunteers in Parks Coordinator Chris Girard. "They have truly been there for the park." For more information about the work party or other volunteers opportunities in Eugene's parks, call Chris Girard at 682-4845. I THIS WEEK 01/09 Th 5:30pm BT McKenzie Watershed Council EWEB 01/11 S 10am-6pm All Invited Grand Opening Celebration New Library (Full day of events and programs) I NEXT WEEK 01/13 M 5:30pm All Council Dinner Work Session McNutt Room 01/13 M 7:30pm All City Council Meeting Council Chamber 01/14 T 5:30pm NN,SM,BB Planning Commission + 3 Atrium/Sloat Room 01/15 W Noon All Council Lunch Work Session McNutt Room (Note Time; extended to 2:00 p.m. - Exec. Session) EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 January 9,2003 cc010903.wpd