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• ~ ' ~ <br /> 1I.~1~~~/i1/ice/T~1i <br /> ~~~~~~L <br /> J~? <br /> January , <br /> Public Works <br /> CONTACT: ohn Etter, Parks Planner, 682-5220 Administration <br /> ~ City of Eugene <br /> ' 858 Pearl Street <br /> From Public I formation Section, 687-5523 Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> FOR IMME IATE RELEASE (503) 687-5262 <br /> i <br /> MEET NG SLATED JANUARY 29 ON WEST ALTON BAKER PARK PLAN <br /> ! A pub is meeting to review plans for future uses of West Alton Baker Park will be held <br /> Wednesday, J uary 29, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Building 2 large conference room at the <br /> i <br /> Eugene Publi Works Maintenance Facility, 1820 Roosevelt Boulevard. <br /> ! <br /> This i the second in a series of meetings held by the City of Eugene on a long-range <br /> I <br /> development lan for the 142-acre portion of the park west of Autzen Stadium. The City's parks <br /> i <br /> planners hop to complete the plan later this spring. Aside from funds from an anonymous donor <br /> to start a tree azden, no funding has been identified to construct new park features. <br /> ~ Based on comments received from the public since the first meeting in May 1996, the <br /> plan has been revised to provide more pedestrian paths, picnic areas, and restrooms. Short-and <br /> long-term sit s have been identified for a park nature center and a park maintenance yard, and <br /> future locatio shave been selected for the City's "River House" facility and a new boat landing <br /> i <br /> ! on the Will ette River. The design of Day Island Road has been shortened to end in additional <br /> i <br /> j pazking Bout est of the Cuthbert Amphitheater. Areas have been designated for festivals and <br /> I <br /> special event ,small group performers, a tree garden, and a children's playground. The plan <br /> also calls for ontinuing the dog off-leash and community garden areas and protecting riparian <br /> I <br /> and high-val a natural resource areas. <br /> <br /> ~r (more) <br /> I <br /> <br />