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i Public Worksho S Research. Master Platt p History & Current Status City of Eugene Parks Planning staff hosted Methodology a series of three public workshops at the Campbell Senior Center between April 2000 Publio-Workshop #1 Approach and June 2001, drawing over 120 Issues and 4pportumties The master planning process for Skinner participants. The firstworkshopwas an all- day event including a presentation of the Butte Park involved careful integration of history and current status of Skinner Butte Research: research and public involvementto develop Park, a walking tour and evaluation, and a Questiohs ahd Stakeholders a thorough, objective plan firmly rooted in group discussion of issues and ~ current, broad-base community values. opportunities within the park. The second ~ Dozens of stakeholder groups and ' ' I workshop focused on reviewing a draft Public Involvement: individuals wereinvolved inits development vision statement, policy goals and Community Survey at every level through a format aimed at strategies for the master plan, and two involvement on a number of levels to reflect rounds of group discussions to review ~ ' across-section of the community that the concept diagrams of key issues and Planning: park serves. opportunities (see Figure 1). The third ©raftvision and goals j workshop involved general discussion of - Research the draft master plan drawing, a revised Extensive research was carried out for vision statement and goals, and a Public Workshop #2: historical aspects and current conditions comprehensive list of master plan Communicate research, evaluate of the park. City archives, the Lane County strategies and actions. Participants at the vision goals, develop i Historical Society, the University of Oregon third workshop also helped set priorities for actions I ist Landscape Architecture Department, oral project implementation. ~ ,l histories, interviews, and on-site evaluations contributed to the body of Survey and Comment Stations Researcn~ information contained in this master plan. As the first step in seeking the broad-base Detailed site analysts j community input required for the planning ~ of a metropolitan park, Advanced Marketing Research, Inc. was hired to implement and 'Planning. analyze a citywide, random-sample survey Draft concept plan, list of actions, staffrewew "The columns"public climbing area on general park issues and questions directly related to Skinner Butte Park, With 1 ~ 2,500 forms mailed, the survey received a Pubiic Involvement: good response, and the demographics of Pubic Display of ,draft concept ~ j the respondents were determined to be a plan ~ 3 good reflection of the broader Eugene community. Information gathered from this survey helped inform the planning process, Public Workshop #3: ~ and was also presented for discussion at Evaluate concept plan, set s the second publicworkshop (see Summary °fund~ng pnorities ~ of Citywide Survey Results on facing page), The second step in broad-base community Planning: outreach involved the placement of five ~~''~=p final master~lan` self-service comment stations with large, j color displays of the Draft Master Plan F drawing in prominent public locations Pubic Involvement: around the city. These locations included ``~'vfinal master plan the downtown LTD bus station, the 5'h Street Market, Amazon Community Center, j ~ Sheldon Community Center and Echo Planning:: Hollow Pool. A total of 92 comment sheets - ~ adopt ~~r~ _ ' (continued on Pege 8) t 6 Chapter I: Overvierw & Summary i- ;