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Access <br />+Access to the park is good, primarily due to the West Bank Bikepath that extends across the <br />park. <br />+Rasor Park is one of two greenway parcels that has frontage on River Road. <br />+Pedestrian access is provided across River Road at Park Ave (signal-controlled) and continues <br />along a 20 ft. dedicated pedestrian access easement that connects with Stephens Drive, providing <br />access into the park. <br />+Alternative transportation is excellent, with both bicycle and pedestrian access to the park. <br />-Vehicle access and parking is limited to the 140 ft. of frontage along Stephens Drive on the <br />northwest corner of the park; this street access is not legible because it is not a direct route to the <br />park. <br />-Rasor Avenue is an unplatted street, and while it provides pedestrian access to the park and <br />greenway from the south, it is not an official public accessway. <br />-"Desire lines" indicate users are attracted to the rivers edge and suggest a need for facilitating <br />access without impacting the riverbank (i.e. a viewing platform; filtered views). <br />Intrusions/Misfits <br />-Surrounding houses and buildings represent some moderate visual intrusion into the park; the <br />duplexes along the north edge of the park have only a 15 ft. setback. <br />-With recent fencing of the vacant portion of private property on the southwest edge of the park <br />(6 ft cyclone fence), a pleasant visual seam with the park has been eliminated. <br />-Dog waste is evident throughout the park and affects ability to enjoy the site; dogs are <br />frequently off-leash. <br />-Signage is not installed at a human scale (too high), especially the bikepath sign on Stephens <br />Drive. <br />-There is high potential for intrusion into the park if a house is built on the vacant lot in Kungys <br />Estates, where several Oregon white oak trees exist as part of the oak woodland. <br />-Potential exists for building to occur on the vacant portion of the private lot along the southwest <br />edge of the park, reducing the open frontage along River Road by approximately 100 feet; <br />vehicles also park in this area on occasion. <br />-Noise from River Road impacts the park; however, a low berm provides some noise abatement. <br />Surrounding Land Use/Zoning <br />+Designation of this area for nodal development in TransPlan has the potential for creating a <br />more pedestrian, neighborhood-friendly area, and the new grill and bar and existing pie shop are <br />compatible with the park. <br />-While most of the area surrounding the park is zoned multi-family residential, General <br />Commercial zoning creates an intensity of use south of the park that is not very compatible. <br />Other <br />-There is no park sign, which suggests to the unknowing public that the site is a vacant lot and <br />not subject to park rules and regulations. <br />-There are no waste receptacles, which compounds the dog waste problem. <br />+A storm sewer (6 ft depth) extends along the southern boundary of the park, and may have <br />potential for a demonstration water quality project if creatively approached. <br />Rasor Park Master Plan 7 2 City of Eugene, Parks Planning <br />