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3 <br /> I <br /> V_ 1 <br /> - Relevant Recommendations from the Whiteaker Neighborhood overlook area, parking areas, riverbank <br /> , <br /> Refinement Plan ~ stabilization, street improvements, building <br /> renovations, etc. None of these efforts <br /> 1. l / Expand Skinner Butte Park in order to facilitate use and enjoyment of the appear to have been guided by a publicly <br /> ~ Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House and to protect the lower slopes from adopted master plan. Several student <br /> further erosion by retaining significant vegetation projects through the University of Oregon <br /> j ? Continue to pursue acquisition of the vacant wooded portion of the Ya-Po-Ah Landscape Architecture program represent I <br /> Terrace property, south .of the Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House for public £ the first attempts to address the park 1 <br /> open space and retention of as much of the wooded area as possible I holistically. These plans, however, were <br /> / Examine City acquisition of the vacant parcels on the northeastern edge of developed with minimal public involvement <br /> 3 <br /> Skinner Butte Park for public open space and retention of the urban forest € and were also never officially recognized ~ <br /> / Recognize the Skinner Butte Mixed Use Area as appropriate for a mixture of land or adopted. L <br /> uses including light-medium industrial, commercial and residential I ~ <br /> 1 Continue to encourage the development of community garden space on suitable ` Shelton-McMurhpey-Johnson c~ I <br /> i___.4 ? ~ <br /> publicly owned land in the Whiteaker community ~ House Historic Landscape U ; <br /> / In evaluating future new park-related uses or activities at the City maintenance Master Plan <br /> yard at 255 Lincoln Street, consideration should be given to the impacts This recent body of grant-funded research 1 <br /> proposed uses may have on Skinner Butte, particularly with regard to the outlines suggestions for the Shelton- I <br /> southwesterly view of the City from the road immediately above the property. F <br /> Consider replacing the existing parking lot for basalt column users to a new site McM urphey-Johnson House and <br /> surrounding areas. Although this is not an j <br /> on the northern portion of the maintenance site. <br /> l _ officially adopted plan, some aspects are j <br /> / Improve landscape in the open space portion of the park area north of Cheshire , <br /> Street and east of the I-105 bridge currently under consideration. <br /> \ / Prior to establishing a budget for the projector e~ending any additional City <br /> Summary <br /> capital funds, conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the impacts associated <br /> with the potential extension of Cheshire Street from Washington Street to Although no publicly-adopted master plan <br /> has reviousl existed for Skinner Butte <br /> i Jefferson Street under the I-105 bridge p Y _ I <br /> ? Identify portions of the Willamette Riverbank to preserve in as natural a state as Park, current planning policy clearly points <br /> possible. This would include encouraging the use of native plant species that to the importance of this resource for <br /> help to support wildlife and NOT planting green lawns passive recreation, preservation of cultural <br /> I ? Strengthen policy aimed at protecting natural vegetation and wildlife habitats [in resources, as well as the livability and <br /> ' parks] by including support for diversity of wildlife species and populations. economic success of downtown Eugene. <br /> Shift planting of public parks away from heavily managed ground to natural self- Overall, related planning efforts also I <br /> i` propagating plants to obtain low-maintenance costs while considering safety. supportthetheme of respecting the unique ~ <br /> L aspects of the park, and combining them <br /> t..m~....~_..._..~..~...~._..~.~._~,r.......~.._..._..~.~...~~..~...w~._.....~__~_...._.~~._._~_..~...._~...._._m.....~......_.~....~ sensitively for a diversity of recreational <br /> I--~ experiences, education, and intrinsic <br /> natural and cultural resource values. i <br /> Skinner Butte Park has long • f }l <br /> been surrounded by a mix of s,,,xi~; -x;-~ <br /> industrial, commercial and q, ,s,„ <br /> residential uses (as shown in ~ ~ <br /> d <br /> ` this 1934 photograph). The <br /> Whiteaker Neighborhood ' <br /> <br /> ~ Refinement plan suggests <br /> continuing this mix of uses in ~ r•;< , <br /> the Skinner Butte area. _ - u <br /> 71rt <br /> ° <br /> - <br /> f_..., t ..Y, <br /> ~ ~ ~ <br /> 7' <br /> ~ <br /> ' ,.F X ° ~ <br /> Skinner Butte Park • Master Plan 2001 55 ~ <br /> i <br /> <br />