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e e e in which additional parks and recreation space was needed. She added that that portion of the city was felt to have substantial open space resources in Alton Baker Park and recreation resources in Autzen Stadium. Ms. Decker said her answer at the Intergovernmental Commission meeting had been an attempt to clarify process, and she had not thought it likely that the council would reconsider the entire project. Ms. Decker said the Planning Commission also had noted some of the same concerns discussed by Ms. Vaughn about recreational facilities. She said the commission had noted recreational considerations in the Riverfront Park Tax Increment District and had stated that financial analysis for that district should include the potential for relocation of existing soccer fields. She said staff had advised the commission that the issue was not one of open space, but was an internal recreational issue of the University. She said staff felt that the Land Conservation and Development Commission and LUBA were not raising the issue of recreational needs, but of open space, open space inventories, and Metro Plan designations, so those were the issues addressed in supplemental findings. Steve Gordon of the Lane Council of Governments said a series of working papers, including those cited by Mr. Urquhart, had been included in the Metro Plan update. He said the State had found the intents of Goals 5, 8, and 15 to have been met during the acknowledgment process. He also said the Parks working paper was not intended as a master plan. Mr. Gordon said a policy in the comprehensive plan called for a coordinated approach in developing a park master plan for the metropolitan area. He said that coordinated approach had been undertaken in Eugene's Park and Recreation Master Plan and in similar plans done by Willamalane and by Lane County. Mr. Gordon told councilors the findings indicated that the Eugene Master Plan included the Riverfront site in the park and open space inventory and that the space was not designated for future public acquisition. Mr. Gordon said the wildlife cited in testimony rarely used the site under consideration, except for the river and the riparian strip. He added that he believed the Riverfront Park Plan called for protection of that strip. Mr. Holmer asked whether the 1982 University plan referred to by Sandra Vaughn represented the current University position. Ms. Decker said the North Campus Plan had been considered by the Campus Planning Committee, and City of Eugene staff had participated in those discussions. She said the North Campus Plan had considered only University needs and had not considered metropolitan or city-wide needs for University-owned property. Ms. Decker also said the Riverfront Park Study had included representatives of the University Planning Office and of the City of Eugene, and she said University representatives had concurred with recommendations of the Riverfront Park Study and had joined with the City in its response to LUBA's most recent appeal. She said Univer- sity representatives now were amending the North Campus Plan to make it con- sistent with the Riverfront Park Study, a process she said probably would involve the University community, the City, the Riverfront Park Commission, the developer, and the council. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 28, 1986 Page 9