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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Work Session: Santa Clara Community Park Update Meeting Date: May 18, 2005 Agenda Item Number: B Department: Public Works Staff Contact: Andrea G. Riner www. cl. eugene, or. us Contact Telephone Number: 682-4909 ISSUE STATEMENT This is an update to City Council on the Santa Clara Community Park land acquisition project. The update includes findings from the recent telephone survey and the property appraisals requested for the Santa Clara and Laurel Hill Valley sites. BACKGROUND Funding for the acquisition of land to provide a community park for Santa Clara was included in the 1998 Parks and Open Space bond measure. Since that time, a preferred site has been identified and property negotiations with the site owners, the McDougals, have proceeded. The land acquisition strategy includes a revision of the City's Urban Growth Boundary to move 197 acres of land in Santa Clara into the UGB and move 120 acres in the Laurel Hill Valley outside of the UGB. The difference, 77 acres in Santa Clara, would be donated to the City for parkland. In addition, the City would acquire 100 of the 120 acres in Laurel Hill to complete the Ridgeline Trail between Hendricks Park, Laurelwood Golf Course, and Moon Mountain, for a price of $950,000. An additional 30 acres of Ridgeline open space would be donated by the property owners to connect the site south to 30th Avenue and other public open space. Following City Council approval to initiate the Metro Plan amendment, a series of public workshops were held in Santa Clara to further communicate the goals of the project, identify concerns and issues, and develop a conceptual site plan aimed at addressing those concerns. Initial public involvement had been conducted via a community advisory committee convened for three meetings in the summer of 2003. Due to the level of concern raised by those who attended the more recent workshops, a survey was conducted to provide a better understanding of the level of public support or concern about the project and related issues. A summary of the results of this survey, including staff analysis, is included as Attachment A. The full survey report will be made available in the Council Office, and will be placed on the Parks and Open Space web site on or before May 18. In addition to the telephone survey, the council identified the need for additional information about current property values and requested that appraisals of both the Santa Clara property and the Laurel Hill Property be conducted. The appraisals for the Santa Clara site include an evaluation of the 77-acre donation site as well as a discreet 40-acre piece that would not be acquired as part of an associated development or land swap. A summary of the results of the appraisals are included in Attachment B. L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M050518\S050518B.doc