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I See page 20 for definitions ~ ~?~P Implementation Plan oQ~ 5~ Qs o~ Skinner Butte Park Master Plan ACTION ACTION VOL. POSSIBLE COST PRIORITY TYPE OPPS. NOTES PROJECT STAGES ~ TIMELINE FUNDS ESTIMATE €1. Consider inter-departmental pursuit of negotiation with current property owners to purchase land between the existing Shelton-McMurhpey-Johnson House property and the 3rd/4th Connector for redevelopment as parking and improved access to the SMJ House and south Skinner Butte trail (as well as the proposed Skinner Butte Promenade). See the Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House Historic :Landscape Master Plan for more information and other suggestions currently under consideration. 12. Focus immediate preservation efforts on the CCC stone walls, CCC fire place, CCC trails and stairways 33. Explore possible collaboration with the University of Oregon Historic Preservation program for the development of recommendations in these and other areas of the park ~4. Encourage continued preservation and restoration of other historic resources in the park such as the Shelton McMurphey Johnson House, the EWEB reservoir, Lamb Cottage, The Columns quarry site, 'sthe "Big O" and the "Big E" D. Create an interpretive sig_nage program for mode-rn cultural See below for details hiaforv of the rr.aion 2 I * 2005 TBD $35,000 11. Describing park features and monuments such as:Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House; The 1926 Reservoir (and original use of butte, other reservoirs, etc.); The CCC camp, including walls and trails; The columns; The observatory; The big 'O' and big 'E ; Lamb Cottage; Original Skinner's Cabin location and others i i2. Develop a series of historic photographs placed at or near the original photo location to depict change over time, for example: West end of butte looking west -river and farmsteads; East end of butte looking east - covered bridge and flood; Butte overlook looking south -Willamette Street and downtown; Foot of north butte looking towards Lamb Cottage - 1920's car camp and/or Camp Skinner; Near :train station looking north -SMJ house and observatory; The columns quarry -quarry workers from turn of century €3. Integrate cultural history interpretive signage program with way-finding and natural resource interpretation €4. Use Cheshire Street or the bike path as an interpretive comparison to the journey on the Applegate Trail, with markers and historical anecdotes representing various points on the journey, etc. ii E.~ESt~ihli,h a histrn~ inh rprcti e rnutP fhrour~h fhe park tYiat See below for details ~ link., k~v,r~ieiprctive el~mc~nfs and Feints. 2 I * ~ * * ~ 2005 TBD $35,000 1. Create a map descnbmg pornts on the tour -provide at key locations such as Campbell Senior Center, the Shelton-McMurphy-Johnson house, the community farm, the interpretive center and elsewhere i -town such as the Lane County Museum, Chamber of Commerce, travel agencies, etc. '2. Encourage adopting organizations or individuals to provide guided tours, for example the Eugene Rotary Club ~3. Consider two separate but connected routes -one for the butte area and one for the lower park areas i HISTORIC VIEWS: Preserve, protect and restore historic 1 viewsheds as defined by the Skinner Butte Viewshed Management Plan A. Dc~-clop a vl~~wshcd n,3na,temcnt Plan See Viewshed Management Plan 1 POL * Complete Master Plan B. Establish and record baseline views and record monitoring See Viewshed Management Plan criteria 1 POL * immediate TBD $2,000 ~ i C. Restore view~heds to rhresholdlevellca 1!90 Ievel~;i through See Viewshed Management Plan st,3ff end ~~olunt~er efforts 1 = * immediate TBD $25,000 i~ D. Monitor views based on established criteria and initiate See Viewshed Management Plan restoration efforts every two (2) years 1 I * ongoing TBD ~ . NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE: Include j 1 elements in Skinner Butte Park to highlight and include the role of Native Americans in the region. i A. Work with the Grand Rhonda Tribal Council, local Kalapuya descendants, and historians to develop a program and ensure to the degree possible, accuracy, sensitivity and 1 POL 'k immediate respectfulness of interpretive features I B.iEst2blish an artistic and/or iritetpreUvn testimonial to the I Kalapiiya nali es of the Willamette V 311cy rtiu lyrsted location: ~ .k * * * * 2005 TBD $25,000 (rrp of Spinner Butte in the summit mF.arlo„ areal I i C. Create an into rpr,tlvc signa,e program for early cultural See below for details histoN of the reason 2 I * * ~ * * 2005 TBD $20,000 ' _ _ _ - ImP__ ~ ,_ation ( _ ~ ~ ~ ~ _ . v~_ ~ ~1 ~ __.4. _.~`Janua_~~.~u~~ ...e__.~: f