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I I Skinner Butte Park are a meeting ground interests is likely to be accomplished - j for one of the most ubiquitous conflicts of through temporary measures and interest of modern times: humans and compromises based on the needs and This is fhe first nature. Clearly, as the population of the desires of certain individuals and groups. comprehenive plan region increases, this conflict is not likely In all fairness to the parties involved, for the park to diminish in the near future. In addition decisions to resolve such competing to managing certain areas of the park for interests are best made based on solid, j their inherent natural resource values, publicly-supported criteria. therefore, it is also logical that there must also be some basis, some vision for More importantly, perhaps, is the long-term ~ managing human use of the park. effect of having no clear vision. Since any given proposal may affect the park ~ The park and its natural areas cannot be profoundly for many years, it is essential , j separated, nor can they be ignored as for the review process to be based on a having separate needs, Balancing the good, clear knowledge of the park's ~ responsibility of providing for the needs of greatest values, and how a particular the public with protecting the aspects of proposal will impact these values. the park that they most value becomes a key theme that a guiding vision must Bond Measure Funding address. The 1998 Parks and Open Space bond measure, on the recommendation of the Multiple Interests bond measure committee, proposed the Skinner Butte Park has been, and will construction of a softball field and sand ~ ; continue to be, the subject of great public volleyball areas in the currently ~ interest. The sheer diversity of habitats and undeveloped west end of Skinner Butte experiences available in the park have Park. At the same time, a group of attracted varied groups of people with Whiteaker area residents had begun toform - different plans and goals. Without a clear a grass-roots proposal to develop a _ . vision for the park, reconciling diverse historical, community farm in this same ~i area, As the neighborhood proposal took Entrance sign in the east end of the park near shape and was formally submitted to the the Campbell Senior Center Clty, the disparity of interests in this area of 4 ~ 9~~}°~,~, the park became apparent. 1 ! R~ { The conflict raised a number of issues. One ..1 i issue was that no plan existed for Skinner Butte Park, and, therefore, no publicly adopted criteria to guide a decision. In essence, there was no reasonable way to gauge the public support or public need Multiple interests - " ~ between these two, mutually exclusive require a sound j = proposals. Furthermore, the community decision-making _ farm versus ball field issue was just one of framework many burgeoning issues and proposals t related to Skinner Butte Park that would otherwise need to be evaluated and decided on an individual basis. Secondly, either proposal would be a significant, long- ' ' j , 4 i'~ ~VI ~ , a i Ir'~ term commitment of a large area of public I~ ~ ~ open space in a key metropolitan park. It - was determined, therefore, that a decision should not be made on the basis of i individual need or case arguments alone. It must be brought to the public and 2 Chapter I: Overvierw & Summary -