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ACQUIRE LAND FOR FUTURE PARKS The POS bond measure funded the acquisition of 12 neighborhood parks and one community park. Already, nine neighborhood park sites have been acquired, with the most recent acquisition a parcel on Ferndale Avenue. This site will serve residents in Santa Clara west of River Road, in the vicinity of Irving Road. Acquisition efforts are continuing on the last two sites, one in Santa Clara and two in west Eugene. Parkland Acquisition I I I iii ,ti ,~ ~ ~.~• ~ _:~- .r~._.~~ ..__ ~ ~~~_,~..~.~;, Goal Completed I Oln progress 0 3 6 g 12 f7 Planning Number of Sites Santa Clara Community Park In July 2004, Council approved the initiation of a metro plan amendment process as part of a land swap to bring 197 acres of land inside the UGB in Santa Clara and move 120 acres of land in the Laurel Hill Valley outside of the UGB. The city would then acquire 100 acres of the Laurel Hill Valley site for the Ridgeline Trail, and the property owners would donate 77 acres in Santa Clara for a community park site. Public workshops were held in fall 2004, and considerable opposition to the project surfaced primarily due to the impact on agricultural soils and to Santa Clara neighbors regarding traffic from the proposed housing project. A community telephone survey about the project was conducted in spring 2005, and, at the request of council, a property appraisal of the Laurel Hill and Santa Clara sites is under way. Discussion of this information will take place at a Council work session scheduled for May 18, 2005. POS PUBLIC INFORMATION, EDUCATION, AND INVOLVEMENT Parks, Recreation & Open Space Comprehensive Plan Significant progress has been made since the last POS bond measure periodic report, including: - • Completion of the Parks and Open Space inventory and analysis, which provided data regarding the types and amounts of parkland acreage in each of the planning districts, and established a new park classification structure including neighborhood parks, community parks, urban plazas, metropolitan parks, natural area parks, linear parks, and special facilities. • Development of a draft comprehensive plan, including presentations of the draft plan to the Mayor's Advisory Committee and to the City Council in December 2004. • Several phases of public involvement, including a community design forum at Churchill High School attended by approximately 70 community members, a special edition of Eugene Outdoors in February 2005, and public forums, one in each of the six planning areas. Approximately 100 community members participated and provided input about plan recommendations. Staff is compiling the results of the community forums and preparing fmal edits of the comprehensive plan. It is anticipated that these revisions will be presented to members of the Mayor's Advisory Committee for a fmal review. Following this task, presentations and public hearings will be scheduled with the Eugene Planning Commission and the Eugene City Council for plan adoption. More information: www.ci.eugene.or.us/parks. Park Signage A large order of new park entry and rules signs is anticipated to go to bid in late spring. Prototypes of the new standard park entry and park rules signs have been installed at Irwin Park. The prototypes are being evaluated for durability and have been helpful in crafting fabrication details and evaluating the general aesthetics of the design. All neighborhood and community parks will eventually receive the new signs. A list of priority sites has been compiled which will be the first to receive the new signs, including all bond measure projects. Eugene Outdoors! Three issues of Eugene Outdoors were produced in the last year. The spring 2004 issue featured Eugene's POS Periodic Update: 04/28/OS ................................................................................................................... 7