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HAMMITT Bob <br /> From: ANDERSEN Chris F <br /> To: HAMMITT Bob; REINHARD Dave N <br /> Subject: FW: West Butte <br /> Date: Monday, May 04, 1998 11:14AM <br /> Bob, In my conversation with Scott we discussed the possibility of fencing the area to be graded once the dirt pile <br /> is removed so that it doesn't become a defacto car camp. He has some additional ideas listed below. Let's <br /> discuss. cfa <br /> Dave, Elevated lighting seems like a challenge on 1-105 but perhaps there could be some improvement. Can you <br /> take a look. cfa <br /> From: MEISNER Scott <br /> To: ANDERSEN Chris F <br /> Subject: West Butte <br /> Date: Monday, May 04, 1998 1:15AM <br /> Chris -- I've been giving some thought to the "dirt pile block" in <br /> the West Butte area since we discussed it recently, and have also talked <br /> with neighbors. As you recall, it is to be"restored" after the dirt is <br /> removed, but we share concerns about camping vehicle violations, and I am <br /> also concerned with simply seeding it with grass that will require mowing <br /> and maintenance. I assume that even if we grass it, there will have to be <br /> capability built in for watering or sprinkling. A couple of ideas have <br /> come up for me: <br /> 1. Community garden space: this could be on the entire block, or <br /> just the eastern half. It could be done as our present gardens are, or <br /> perhaps we could work with Food for Lane County or a like organization to <br /> make it a productive food garden for such an agency and its clients. This <br /> might only require provision of a water tap for grower use, instead of a <br /> sprinkler network. <br /> 2. Plant the entire block (or the western half, if the eastern <br /> half were food gardens) in wild flowers that can require little maintenance <br /> and no mowing except perhaps at season's start and end. <br /> Other concerns that came up have to do with 1-105 there between the <br /> Washington-Jefferson Bridge and 6th/7th. The lights on the highway are <br /> tall and incredibly bright-- I even see them from my front deck, as the <br /> major source of light pollution in a large area. What can we need to do to <br /> work with ODOT to shield the lights (simpler solution) or to replace them <br /> with lower, focused lighting (costlier and more complicated)? And what <br /> might we do to plant trees along the highway, especially from 1st to the <br /> bridge-- I assume the fenced upper portion is ODOT property, but what <br /> about along the streets themselves, in the grassy area between the fence <br /> and the street/sidewalks? A densely planted row of trees could cut noise <br /> significantly, and make the neighborhoods on both sides much more livable. <br /> I'm assured that neighbors will gladly volunteer, as I will, to help plant. <br /> Finally (not having to do with West Butte), this neighborhood has <br /> in the past asked for a sidewalk along the east edge of Sladden Park-- <br /> there is no sidewalk on the other side of North Adams; the traffic to/from <br /> River House and the River's Edge apartments is pretty heavy, and with the <br /> summer wading program in the park and heavy use by neighborhood children, a <br /> sidewalk could increase safety significantly. Sidewalks are already <br /> continuous from 1st to Cheshire, and from the park edge north to the bike <br /> path. What can we do? <br /> Thanks. Yes, it really is one in the morning, but I had other work <br /> to do, and wanted to get this off before I forgot. <br /> -- Scott <br /> Page 1 <br />