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Portland; Larry Medlinger, President and Developer/Builder, Medinger Construction Company, Ashland. For more information about the upcoming workshops, call Jan Childs, Eugene Planning and Development Department at 682-5208 or Mark Metzger, Springfield Development Services Department at 726-3775. lton Baker Park Boat Launch Dedicated with Inaugural Float on the Willamette River '.`City Manager Dennis Taylor, former City Manager Jim Johnson, ,^ Councilor George Poling and other supporters of the new boat launch at Alton Baker Park celebrated the newest park addition with an inaugural float down the Willamette River on a brilliant • summer day this past Saturday. About 75 people enjoyed displays by GI Joe's, Oregon River Sports, City of Eugene River House, University of Oregon Outdoor Program, and Lane , .` `'� - County Search and Rescue and gathered for presentations by City officials, Glen Love of McKenzie Fly Fishers, Jeff Ziller of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Gabe O'Campo of the Northwest Steeiheaders, all key stakeholders in the design and construction of the boat launch. Following the formal dedication proceedings, two dozen people donned life jackets and floated the river in canoes, drift boats, rafts, and kayaks. Register-Guard Reporter Ben Fuchs jumped aboard a drift boat and was inspired to write an article about the boat launch and dedication. The vision for a new boat launch in the park was first conceived in 1997 in the West Alton Baker Park plan, after an informal gravel launch was discontinued in the eastern section of the park in 1996 and the local boating community lobbied for a replacement. The vision became a reality when voters approved a $25.3 million parks and open space bond measure in 1998. Construction began last summer, and the launch opened for public use in late November 2002. The boat launch is located off Day Island Road, across from the Cuthbert Amphitheater. For more information, call Parks Planner John Weber at 682-4908. New Restrooms and Reinforced Shelters at Alton Baker Park Alton Baker Park now has a new public restroom at the main park entrance off of Club Road, and both of its shelters lave been reinforced. The old restroom building, which was built in 1974, was demolished in February so that a new, more efficient, ADA-accessible and easily maintained facility could be built at the popular metropolitan park. The old restroom was in need of significant renovation and repair, and city Facilities staff decided it was more cost-effective to build a new, more modem facility than to repair the existing one. One of the features of the new floor plan is an expanded utility room, which will facilitate the work of parks maintenance crews at the site. The new restrooms are surrounded by new landscaping and pervious pavement that eliminates the standing water problem near the restroom and reconstructed planters and nearby paving. The park shelters have also been improved. The columns on the shelters were recently reinforced and the roofs are scheduled to be painted green in August or September to match the restroom roof. For more information about the construction, call Facility Project Manager Allan Stockier at 682-6626. For more information about these park facilities, call Park Amenities Supervisor Eric Johnson at 682-4904. Amazon Appreciation Day this Saturday � : . ; Community members are invited to cleanup and care for Amazon Creek at the 12th Annual Amazon Appreciation Day this Saturday, June 7, from 9 a.m. to noon. Stream Team adoption groups will host work parties at several locations along the creek as in previous years. This year, the event will also include a work party at the creek's headwaters where volunteers will salvage native plants from the future Amazon Headwaters Tie Trail, which links to the Ridgeline Trail. The plants will be tended to at the Native Plant Nursery ,un by Stream Team volunteers and returned to the "Miracle on 33rd Street"neighbors weed native plants on the banks of Amazon Creek EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER