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e 89~ I e 1 'e' I e I e 17 - ,,- I: L I, I: I' I: ~ ~~-~~ - ._-~ ~~ -~~ ~----- ~ -, ---~ --T "THE EUGENE RECREATION COMMISSION AT ITS REGULAR MEETING HELD MARCH 30TH RECEIVED I AND DISCUSSED A SPECIAL REPORT FROM THE PLANNING COMMITTEE OF THE COMMISSION PERTAIN- ING TO THE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF PARK AND PLAYGROUND FACILITIES ON A PORTION OF THE AIRPARK AREA ADJACENT TO 18TH AND CHAMBERS STREET. IT WAS NOTED IN THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT THAT THERE ARE NO RECREATION AREAS OR FACILITIES AVAILABLE TO THE CHILDREN LIVING IN THE AREA FROM WILLAMETTE STREET TO CHAMBERS AND FROM 13TH AVENUE TO 3RD AVENUE. ALSO, THERE IS AN EVIDENT NEED FOR BASEBALL FIELDS ANa SOFTBALL FIELDS IN THIS AREA. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED AREAS IN EUGENE, AND THE NEED FOR RECREATION FACILITIES IS EVIDENT. AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION AND CONSIDE~ATION, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH IT FEELS WOULD' NOT ONLY PROVIDE FOR THE NECESSARY RECREATION FACILITIES NEEDED IN THIS AREA, BUT SUCH A PLAN IF ADOPTED WOULD BE A GREAT SAVING TO THE TAXPAYERS OF EUGENE. I. THAT THE CITY COUNCIL TAKE WHATEVER STEPS ARE N~CESSARY TO ACQUiRE THE OLD LINCOLN SCHOOL SITE LOCATED AT 10TH AND MONROE STREET, AND FUNDS FROM THE TEN YEAR PARK DEVELOP- MENT PROGRAM BE USED TO DEVELOP THI S AREA AS A NE I GHBORHOOD PLAYGROUND. J TIS FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THIS PROJECT BE GIVEN IMMEDIATE CONSIDER.ATION AND THE ARE.A BE ACQUIRED AND DEVELOPED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE~ 2. RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DEDICATE AND DEVELOP A PARK AREA NOT LESS THAN TEN ACRES IN SIZE IN THE AIRPARK AREA NORTH OF 18TH AVENUE AND EAST OF CHAMBERS STREET. 3. THE RECREATION COMMISSION NOT ONLY APPROVES, BUT WISHES TO ~O ON RECORD AS ~PPROVING AND COMMENDING THE EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AND SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 FOR THEIR RECENT ACTION TAKEN TO' JOIN~LY STUDY A PROPOSED PLAN TO DEVELOP AND OPERATE JOINTLY SCHOOL AND PARK ... ". AND RECREATION AREAS AND FACILITIES IN TH~ AIRPARK AREA NORTH OF 18TH AVENUE AND EAST OF CHAMBERS STREET THE AIRPARK HOUSING PROJECT AT 13TH AND CHAMBERS AND THE OLD LINCOLN SCHOOL SITE. SUCH A PLAN IS NOT ONLY IN DIRECT ACCORD WITH ITEMS I AND 2 OF THIS REPORT, BUT IS ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF THE TEN YEAR PARK DEVELOPM~~T PROGRAM STUDIES AS CARRIED OUT BY THE EUGENE RECREATION COMMISSION AND THE EUGENE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION. THE EUGENE RECREATION COMMISSION OFFERS ITS ASSIST~NCE TO THE CITY OF EUGENE IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE IN THE PLANNING FOR PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES IN THIS SECTION OF EUGENE." IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY OWEN THAT THE COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED IN A FILE ON THE SUBJECT. MOTION CARRIED. COMMUNICATION FROM CHARLES DREW - CAA - RE: EUGENE AIRPARK WAS SUBMI TTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: "I HAD HOPED TO WRITE TO YOU BEFORE THIS,RESPECTI~G OUR JOINT VISIT TO YOUR EUGENE AIRPARK AT THE TIME OF MY LAST TRIP TO EUGENE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. UPON MY RETURN TO SEATTLE, I HAD THE USUAL AMOUNT OF WORK WHICH HAD ACCUMULATED WHILE I WAS IN OREGON, AND THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY THE UNEXPECTED NECESSITY OF SPENDING ALMOST A WEEK IN Los ANGELES. AGAIN, UPON RETURNING FROM THAT TRIP J HAVE HAD THE PROBLEM OF TRYING TO CITCH UP ON THE WORK IN THE OFFICE. FROM A REVIEW OF PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE AND VARIOUS REFERENCES TO YOUR EUGENE AIRPARK AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY SHOULD TRY TO CONTINUE ITS EXISTENCE ON THE PRESENT SITE, CONSIDER ITS RELOCATION ON A POSSIBLE SITE ACRO?S THE RIVER, OR DISCONTINUE ITS OPERATION, SELL THE PROPERTY AND TRANSFER THE SMALL PLANE OPERATIONS NOW CONDUCTED OfF THAT STRIP TO YOUR LARGE AIR CARRIE~ MAHLON SWEET FI~LD, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH INfORMATION UPON WHICH TO BASE YOUR DECISION. THE PROJECTED GROWTH OF THE CITY AND THE ADJOINING URBAN AND SUBURBAN A~EAS, TOGETHER WITH PRESENTLY PROJECTED IMPROVEMENT OF THE DIRECT ACCESS FROM MAHLON SWEET FIELD TO THE HEART OF EUGENE AND CONNECTIONS TO SPRINGFIELD, ETC., WILL IN A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME OVERCOME THE PRESENT ADVANTAGE THAT THE AIRPARK HAS RESPECTING ACTUAL DISTANCE FROM THE CENTER OF THE CITY. ALSO, THERE ARE AS YOU STATE THE. FACTS THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON HAS OFFICIALLY OBJECTED TO THE POSSIBLE RELOCATION OF THE CITY AIRPARK ACROSS THE RIVER FROM THE UNIVERSITY, AND THAT EVEN IN THAT COMPARATIVELY UNDEVELOPED AREA THERE HAVE BEEN OBJECTIONS VOICED FROM THE fEW PEOPEE IN THE VICINITY -- ALTHOUGH NOT VERY NEAR -- WHO HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THEY COULD COME TO SOME HARM THROUGH THE LOCA- TION OF AN AIRPORT NEARBY. IN ADDITION THERE IS NOT VERY MUCH QUESTION BUT WHAT MAHLON SWEET FIELD COULD HANDLE FOR A LONG TIME TO COME ALL OF THE OPERATIONS THAT COULD .CONCEIVABLY BE CONDUCTED FROM .. . THE PRESENT CITY AIRPARK WITHOUT OVERCROWDING; AND, IN FACT, ADDITIONAL UTILIZATION OF MAHLON SWEET BY ANY TYPE OF AIRCRAFT WOULD APPEAR DESIRABLE ~T THIS TIME, AS ITS USE ALMOST SOLELY BY SCHEDULED AIR CARRIER -- ALTHOUGH A REAL SERVICE TO THE CITY BOTH IN PASSENGERS AND IN MAIL -- IS QUITE LIMITED. AS TO THE NUMBER OF OPERATIONS. FURTHER, THERE IS' WITHOUT ANY QUESTION LAND WITHIN THE APP~OACH TO THE ILS RUNWAY FROM THE NORTH IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PRESENT NORTH BOUNDARY OF MAHLON SWEET FIELD WHICH SHOULD BE ACQUIRED BY THE CITY OF EUGENE PRIOR TO ANY POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT WHICH WOULD MAKE ITS ACQUISITION MORE EXPENSIVE AND MIGHT OTHERWISE BECOME A SERIOUS DETRIMENT TO A FULL UTILIZATION OF THE PRESENT LENGTH RUNWAY, AND ALSO IT COULD BE EXPECTED THE PRESENT RUNWAY SHOULD BE EXTENDED IN LENGTH TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHANGING EQUIP- MENT IN THE FUTURE. ~