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<br /> j <br /> ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-96-16 <br /> of the <br /> EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT <br /> EMERGENCY RULE AMENDING PARK RULE 1.003 <br /> CONCERNING PARK CLOSURES. <br /> The Executive Director of the Public Works Department of the City of Eugene finds <br /> that: <br /> A. As the designee of the City Manager, I issued Administrative Order No. 58-95-17 <br /> on'November 8, 1995 adopting an Emergency Rule Amending Park Rule 1.003 Concerning Park <br /> Clpsures. <br /> B. Subsequent to adoption of that Emergency Rule, City staff undertook a review of <br /> other provisions of the Park Rules adopted by Administrative Order No. 58-94-12 on June 6, 1994 <br /> to determine if revisions other than making the amendment to Rule 1.003 permanent, were <br /> necessary. That review has not been completed, and the Emergency Rule adopted by <br /> Administrative Order No. 58-95=17 has now expired. The reasons prompting issuance of that rule, <br /> ~ as set forth in finding C below, continue to exist. The amendment to Park Rule 1.003 should <br /> therefore be reenacted in order to preserve the public welfare and safety while City staff is <br /> determining if other revisions to the Park Rules are necessary. <br /> j <br /> C Section 1.003 of those Rules sets forth the hours that City parks are closed. There <br /> havve been occasions in the past when the illegal activities of persons using a park and/or the <br /> enforcement actions in curbing those activities have adversely impacted other parks and the <br /> j residents of the areas in which the parks are located. It would therefore be in the public interest <br /> i and promote the welfare and safety of those residents to amend Section 1.003 of the Park Rules <br /> to ';provide for the temporary closure of parks and/or facilities when the public need to preserve <br /> the welfare and safety of residents in the vicinity of the park(s) outweighs the public's right of <br /> access to parks and/or facilities. <br /> j D. Because of :anticipated enforcement activities, failure to act promptly in effecting <br /> this amendment will seriously prejudice the public interest, and this amendment should therefore <br /> ~ ben' immediately effective. <br /> Therefore, based upon the above findings, and pursuant to the authority of Section <br /> 2.p19(6) of the Eugene Code, 1971, Park Rule 1.003 is hereby amended to provide: <br /> i <br /> Emergency Rule - 1 <br /> I <br /> <br />