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1. Introduction <br />Amazon Park is a beloved 90-acre community park in South Eugene. The Parks, <br />Recreation, and Open Space Comprehensive Plan defines a community park as a large <br />park that provides active and passive recreational opportunities for all City residents, see <br />Community Park Fact Sheet in appendix. Community parks accommodate large group <br />activities and typically include internal parking areas and sport fields. Some of the <br />benefits a community park provides include: a variety of accessible recreation <br />opportunities for all age groups; environmental education opportunities; opportunities <br />for community social and cultural activities and positive community identity. <br />Amazon Park is bordered by 30~ Avenue on the south and Hilyard Street on the east. <br />The park extends north across 24~ Avenue to include the softball field complex and sand <br />volleyball courts just south of South Eugene High School. It also extends westerly <br />beyond the bounds of Amazon Parkway to include the Community Gardens along 28t1i <br />Avenue and walking paths south of 30~ Avenue. <br />The park is situated in a larger context of open space including the creek area in between <br />East and West Amazon to the south, Tugman Park, the adjoining school properties of <br />South Eugene High School, and Roosevelt Middle School, and Amazon Creek as it <br />continues north. Some recreation amenities which are often thought of as park facilities <br />are not actually on park property. These amenities include the tennis courts and fields <br />located at Roosevelt Middle School. <br />Amazon Park Concept Design Page 3 February 15, 2005 <br />Amazon from above, looking east. <br />