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Access <br /> +Access to the park is good, primarily due to the West Bank Bikepath that extends across the <br /> pazk. <br /> +Rasor Park is one of two greenway parcels that has frontage on River Road. <br /> +Pedestrian access is provided across River Road at Park Ave (signal-controlled) and continues <br /> along a 20 ft. dedicated pedestrian access easement that connects with Stephens Drive, providing <br /> access into the park. <br /> +Alternative transportation is excellent, with both bicycle and pedestrian access to the park. <br /> -Vehicle access and parking is limited to the 140 ft. of frontage along Stephens Drive on the <br /> northwest corner of the park; this street access is not legible because it is not a direct route to the <br /> park. <br /> -Rasor Avenue is an unplatted street, and while it provides pedestrian access to the park and <br /> greenway from the south, it is not an official public accessway. <br /> -"Desire lines" indicate users are attracted to the rivers edge and suggest a need for facilitating <br /> access without impacting the riverbank (i.e. a viewing platform; filtered views). <br /> lnfrusions/Mists <br /> -Surrounding houses and buildings represent some moderate visual intrusion into the park; the <br /> duplexes along the north edge of the park have only a 15 ft. setback. <br /> -With recent fencing of the vacant portion of private property on the southwest edge of the park <br /> (6 ft cyclone fence), a pleasant visual seam with the park has been eliminated. <br /> -Dog waste is evident throughout the park and affects ability to enjoy the site; dogs are <br /> frequently off-leash. <br /> -Signage is not installed at a human scale (too high), especially the bikepath sign on Stephens <br /> Drive. <br /> -There is high potential for intrusion into the park if a house is built on the vacant lot in Kungys <br /> Estates, where several Oregon white oak trees exist as part of the oak woodland. <br /> -Potential exists for building to occur on the vacant portion of the private lot along the southwest <br /> edge of the park, reducing the open frontage along River Road by approximately 100 feet; <br /> vehicles also park in this area on occasion. <br /> -Noise from River Road impacts the park; however, a low berm provides some noise abatement. <br /> Surrounding Land Use/Zoning <br /> +Designation of this area for nodal development in TransPlan has the potential for creating a <br /> more pedestrian, neighborhood-friendly area, and the new grill and bar and existing pie shop are <br /> ~ compatible with the park. <br /> -While most of the area surrounding the park is zoned multi-family residential, General <br /> Commercial zoning creates an intensity of use south of the park that is not very compatible. <br /> Other <br /> -There is no park sign, which suggests to the unknowing public that the site is a vacant lot and <br /> not subject to park rules and regulations. <br /> -There are no waste receptacles, which compounds the dog waste problem. <br /> +A storm sewer (6 ft depth) extends along the southern boundary of the park, and may have <br /> potential for a demonstration water quality project if creatively approached. <br /> Rasor Park Master Plan 12 City of Eugene, Parks Planning <br /> I <br /> I <br /> i <br /> <br /> i <br /> <br />