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~XEk13lT "G'~ Meeting Report 2"d Public Workshop April 14, 2004, 7:00 - 9:00 PM Peterson Barn, 870 Bertzen Street, Eugene Facilitator: John Weber, Landscape Architect Eugene Parks and Open Space Planning Other City Staff: Emily Proudfoot, Landscape Architect Jack Long, Open Waterways Supervisor Background Originally acquired in 1977, the undeveloped Candlelight Park property was reconfigured early in 2003 to accommodate new streets and a surrounding new subdivision. For the past 10 years the site has been used informally as a dog off leash area. The site has approximately %2 acre of marginal wetland that plans are to mitigate by purchasing credits in the West Eugene Wetland Mitigation Bank. On October 29, 2003 the initial public meeting was held for the surrounding neighbors to discuss and brainstorm ideas concerning the future pending development of the park site. Four major issues came out of the first workshop. They were: 1. Maintain an existing open waterway on the site and develop it into a feature that provides wildlife habitat through the use of native trees and shrubs. 2. Maintain a portion of the park to continue to be used as a dog off leash area. 3. Provide a multi purpose open turf area that can be used for field sports and informal play. 4. Develop an active neighborhood gathering area that would include the playground, shelter space in a plaza like layout. 2°d Workshou The second workshop was advertised to the area residents by: • A postcard invitation was mailed to over 1,400 area residents within %2 mile of the park site. • Invitations were also sent to other stakeholders including special interest groups. • The draft plan and the report from the first workshop were posted on the City's Park website. • Notice of the upcoming workshop was included in the City Council's Newsletter and Public Meetings Calendar. • A newsxelease was. made to local newspaper, radio, .and. television stations. In addition to the city staff present, there were seven (7) people in attendance. The second workshop focused on a draft development plan for the park that was prepared using the comments and interests received during the first workshop as a guide. Sound park planning principles on access, safety, functionality, maintenance, and sustainability were also employed in developing the draft plan. The plan represents a compromise of somewhat competing interests in the neighborhood, as so often is the case with public projects. In an attempt to provide this balance in uses, the broad scope of present and future neighborhood recreational needs were kept _in mind.