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r i I Councilor Hansen said the City has agreed to take over maintenance of Alton Baker Park from Lane County this summer for $14,000. He said the -.. flower beds in the park have not been weeded and the grass is brown. He said people cannot view the park with pride. He said the City should not take over maintenance of the park unless it can make the park attractive. He suggested the council review what can be accomplished with $14,000. Councilor Rutan said the Joint Parks Committee has discussed Alton Baker Park. He said City and Lane County officials agreed on the financial arrangements for maintaining the park only about a week ago. Prior to that, no maintenance was done. He said the Joint Parks Committee was told the City can adequately maintain the Showcase Garden in the park for $14,000. Councilor Schue said she also has been concerned about the park. She said the park will be more attractive if the City maintains it. Councilor Bascom said the George Owens Rose Garden also needs weeding. She said it should be addressed in the budget process next year. Mayor ,Obie arrived at 12:12 p.m. and presided for the rest of the meeting. II. GLENWOOD REFINEMENT PLAN, PHASE I City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the item. Terry Jones of the Planning Department gave the staff report. She sa i d the Gl enwood Juri~dictional Study in 1984 resulted in a decision that Eugene should e provide urban services to Glenwood and that the area should eventually be annexed to Eugene. The Study directed that a refinement plan for the area be deve loped. She said Phase I of the Glenwood Refinement Plan was prepared by a planning team with area resident and business representatives. The Lane County Planning Commission, the Lane County Board of Commissioners, and the Eugene Planning Commission have reviewed the refinement plan. Ms. Jones said the Glenwood Refinement Plan was divided into two phases because the areas are quite different. She said Phase I is only 65 acres and can be served with existing sanitary sewers. She reviewed the property ownership in Phase I and said there are both industrial and residential uses. She said some properties in Phase I are within the City limits and the owners of some other properties would like to annex them so they can be developed industrially. The properties in Phase II cannot be served with existing sewers. Ms. Jones said the Metropolitan Area General Plan designates the Glenwood area for industrial use and the refi nement plan addresses how the transition from the existing industrial/residential mix to industrial uses will be made. She reviewed the format of the refinement plan and said the transportation element is the most controversial element of the plan. She said the only existing access to Glenwood is via Glenwood e MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 9, 1986 Page 2