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th <br />Rob McKenzie <br />, 4998 West 44 Avenue, president of the Whitewater Club at South Eugene High School <br />(SEHS), averred that river sports were a great interest for kids. He stated that the Riverhouse was offering <br />kayaking lessons for young people. He related that the Whitewater Club collected 114 signatures in favor <br />of the creation of a whitewater park and canal restoration. He presented the petition to the council. <br /> <br />Scott Taylor <br />, 1689 Charnelton Street, voiced his support for the acquisition of park lands. He wanted the <br />Ridgeline Trail to be extended. He supported the development of a mountain bike skills park. He felt that <br />most park needs were being met, but this one was not. He said the City was “missing the boat” on this <br />issue. <br /> <br />Mike Dials <br />, 2395 Palmer Avenue, spoke in support of the acquisition of land for mountain bike trails. He <br />noted BMX biking and skateboarding started with little public acceptance and now was widespread. He <br />said mountain bikers should have their “place to play.” He underscored that they were a viable part of the <br />community. <br /> <br />Anthony Beck <br />, 309 Clark Street, commented that British Columbia was the “Mecca” and birthplace of the <br />Free Ride mountain bike movement. He said some of the school systems in the Vancouver area had <br />mountain biking as part of their curriculum. He listed two areas in Oregon that offered the opportunity to <br />participate in this type of sport. He averred that the creators of those areas modeled cooperation with land <br />managers and worked to understand liability issues and how to build structures properly so that the work <br />would result in trails that were environmentally sustainable. He related that he and others presented a <br />proposal to do this type of work to the Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces Division a week earlier. He <br />reiterated that there were “plenty of mountain bikers” who were willing to help with the design and building <br />of such a facility. He noted that two years earlier, a Free Ride competition had been held at the Lane <br />County Fair and it drew over 100 riders representing a wide range of ages and abilities and from both the <br />local area and other places, including Washington and California. <br /> <br />Diane Shock <br />, 5509 Barger Drive, thanked the City Council for acknowledging the need to make the <br />Golden Gardens Park safe and for considering an allocation of money toward that end. She urged the <br />council to include in the bond measure acquisition of additional land around the ponds to allow the ponds <br />edges to be sloped. She said additional acreage needed to be secured while the surrounding land was <br />undeveloped and still available. She asked that an emergency call box be installed there. She stressed the <br />importance of moving the project to a Priority 1 and of fast-tracking the process. She added that the <br />development of Golden Gardens Park would also offer a “delightful mix” of the high priority attributes that <br />fit within the Rivers to Ridges study principles of recreation, education, habitat and wetlands, as well as <br />matching the objectives of the PROS plan for the expansion of outdoor activities, the promotion of <br />environmental awareness, and education and stewardship. She said it would encourage exercise as well. <br /> <br />Julia Pommert <br />, 2740 Almaden Street, supported adding more recreation into the PROS measure. She <br />recognized that the original focus was on acquiring open space, but she felt in talking to people in the <br />community they indicated concern that the space would be purchased and not developed. She averred that <br />if people felt there was something in the bond measure for them, they were more likely to support it. <br /> <br />David Hinkley <br />, 1340 Lawrence Street, #1, supported development of the Jefferson Area Greenway south <br />of the Amazon Canal into a park. He said thanks to the assistance and support of the Lane County <br />Fairgrounds, the neighborhood, fairgrounds, and a number of other stakeholders had come up with a <br />conceptual plan for the park. He related that the plan had been pitched to the City five years earlier but the <br />City, minority property owner in that area, wanted to go through a prioritization process and had no <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council April 10, 2006 Page 17 <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> <br />
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