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Goal 5: Create a safe, accessible, and attractive park environment. <br />Issues: Public safety and fire protection are neighborhood concerns. <br />Visibility and exposure along the bikepath and in the park must be addressed. <br />Over-design, built facilities, and use of appropriate materials are concerns. <br />The park should be accessible to both the disabled and metro community. <br />5.5 Management Policies <br />These draft policies for Rasor Park provide direction for implementing the broad management <br />goals of the master plan. <br />Natural Resource Management <br />Restoring the savanna-prairie and riparian forest is a key management priority, to achieve <br />biological richness and native diversity within this open space node on the Willamette River. <br />Active and diligent management will be required, demonstrating and testing ecosystem <br />management practices to restore, rehabilitate, and enhance the park and rivers edge, including <br />control of invasive vegetation. Routine monitoring and assessment will be required to achieve <br />management goals. Opportunities for public education and interpretation will be actively <br />promoted to tell the story of the park's natural history, restoration management programs and <br />practices, and the city's clean water and salmon restoration programs. Physical and visual access <br />will be provided to the river with appropriate interpretive displays and information. <br />Recreation and Park Use <br />Desired park uses are low-impact, passive recreation activities that are compatible with a natural <br />park setting and are river-dependent. Rasor Park will emphasize activities such as wallcing, <br />biking, nature enjoyment and appreciation, and multiple uses to include flying kites, frizbee, <br />picnicking, and exercising and playing with dogs (on-leash). These activities will be <br />accommodated by an all-weather circulation system to accommodate persons with disabilities, <br />allocating a portion of the park for mowed grass, and creating a small place for community <br />gatherings such as school groups. Large, community. events are not compatible with the park <br />vision and purpose. <br />Edge Protection <br />Monitoring and protecting the park/urban edge will be essential to maintain integrity of the park <br />and prevent encroachment. If key properties cannot be acquired, every effort will be made to <br />assure that development proposals are compatible with the park. To help protect park values, <br />adjacent intensive uses will be screened and buffered. <br />Safety and Security <br />Emphasis will be placed on providing a safe and secure park environment, with special attention <br />to preserving good visibility and exposure throughout the site and along the bikepath. <br />Restoration strategies and actions will include a palette of trees, shrubs and forbs that makes <br />Rasor Park Master Plan 21 City of Eugene, Parks Planning <br />