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2.1 Methodology The stakeholder outreach process included an extensive effort to engage the River Road community, including these workshops and public involvement methods. • Public Workshop #1 - February 15: attended by 105 participants who generated 112 comments recorded on index cards addressing Rasor Park's physical character, benefits and satisfactions, issues and concerns, desired uses and activities, and planning goals. 61 comments sheets were returned at the end of the workshop and were tabulated according to topic. • Community SurveX: 1100 surveys were mailed in the spring to residents living within 1/4 mile of the park (the primary service area for a neighborhood park). 172 surveys were returned (16%). The survey asked which uses were considered important for planning the park, activities that users currently participate in, how far respondents live from the park, and respondents' age. Results were compiled and tabulated. • Correspondence: Friends of Rasor Park distributed a postcard survey with six master plan themes; 71 postcards were returned. Additionally, there were a number of personal letters submitted by the public. • Personal Interviews: Personal interviews were conducted by the consultant with key stakeholders including steering committee members of Friends of Rasor Park, the organizer of the River Road Cruise-in, a former city park planner, city planning, park planning, and transportation staff. • Public Workshop #2 -June 28: attended by 80 participants who responded to the Framework Plan and proposed design concept, with 37 specific review comments returned at the end of the meeting and recorded by topic. • Public Workshop #3 -September 13: attended by 65 participants who responded to the revised design concept and 24 implementation strategies with 29 specific review comments returned at the end of the meeting and recorded by topic. 2.2 Stakeholder Participation Findings These findings represent analysis and distillation of the results of the public outreach efforts that formed an underlying planning theme for the project. It is emphasized that all of these themes remained consistent throughout the planning process, except for interest in continuing the River Road Cruise-in (a car show, which had become a major event in the park over the last decade). Notably, at the first workshop some support was expressed for the car show; however, this support did not continue through the second and last workshop. Rasor Park Master Plan 5 City of Eugene, Parks Planning