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<br />5/28/96 W.A.B:P. PUBLIC SLOPING SESSION <br /> . <br /> ~ <br />bd <br />SUMMARY OF WRITTEN TESTIMONY <br />*Develop aquatic floats. (upon which to sun bathe) and canoe fetes along the canoe canal. - <br />tm(`Tex Matzler) <br />*Sandy beaches with sculptures along the river. -tm <br />*Create passive areas, and enhance.the natural .environment adjacent, to the river and else where <br />by regrading and planting of selected natural vegetation. -tm <br />*Create floral displays. -tm <br />*Additional outdoor performance area for music, dance, singing. -tm <br />*Additional. vehicle parking that could be, `turf parking' located near existing access roads. -tm <br />.~ *Family group activity area with facilities for picnicking, volleyball, sand boxes, horseshoes, and <br />.power outlets. -tm <br />*Use areas that are handicap accessible. -tm <br />*Conduct a land use study of the park to determine best. placement and relationship of uses. -tm <br />*Designate an area (15-20 acres) in the park to establish anAsian-American Cultural Education <br />Center. -AAFO (Asian/American Foundation of Oregon, David Toyama & Ken Nagao) <br />*Large open lawn areas suitable for fairs and festivals (Obon and Taiko Festival draws 4,000 to " <br />5,000 people to the park), with close proximity to parking, utilities, and restrooms. Bollards or <br />.kiosks around the perimeter can serve as connection sources for utilities for scattered booths: - <br />AAFO <br />*Friendship Gardens -Japanese, Oriental, and others. -AAFO <br />*No alternate modes bridge at Leisure Lane. -cb (Charles Biggs) <br />*More dispensed parking, smaller in scale. -cb <br />*More picnic tables. -cb <br />*Place bike/ped bridge access over river from 8th and Hilyard to the picnic shelter area to the, <br />east. -cb <br />*More information (historic. too) signs in the park. -cb <br />*Allow for temporary rental shops in park (bikes, boats, in-line skates, refreshments) -cb <br />*Plants that encourage wildlife (ie. Natives). -cb <br />*More restrooms in the park. -cb <br />*No regulation (sports) fields or courts. -cb <br />*Blackberry eradication -cb <br />*Distinctive auto signage to Alton Baker Park-cb <br />*Make provisions for U.of O. to make physical contributions to the park in exchange for leasing <br />the land they use in the park. Examples could be upgrading of the community gardens, seasonal <br />rototilling of the.community gardens, or creating a native plant nursery for park benefit. -cb <br />*Correct the current' `piece meal' layout of some of the park features (community gardens, dog <br />off leash area,'park maintenance yard; U.of O. Corn field). -cb <br />*Provide more canal benches and vegetation. -cb <br />*Provide greater (more and improved) designated access to the river thru bark trail heads and <br />stepped approaches..-cb <br />*Need a children's kite flying area,(probably for adults too, that' way the Asian Kite Festival can <br />