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Mr, Marshall reviewed the second memo, dated September 6, 1986, He requested an amendment to add the following item between pages 114 and 133: No, 108-- e acquire 2,19 acres for planned bicycle route no. SlOB, He also requested the addition of a proposal 13 on page 111, to acquire surplus County land, tax lot 1803092000301 for planned bicycle route SlOB, He apologized for the manner in which he presented his proposals, noting that the memo outlined his concerns about the lack of an efficient process for involving citizens, staff, public agencies, et c, in designing parks and recreational services and facilities as stated in the policy on page 75, He added that a statement on page 65 pointed out clearly that no defined public involvement process existed, Mr, Marshall said he had been trying since April of this year to bring his concerns before a regular forum, and every effort had been thwarted, He said the Joint Parks Committee offered no opportunities tD speak, He also noted that Neighborhood Needs Request forms had not been due until the end of April, after the Joint Parks Committee already had acted, Mr. Marshall added that the failure to include Neighborhood Needs Requests in the plan had occurred for three years in a row. He said the minutes of the Planning Commission meetings showed that he had tried to bring up the issue there but had been referred to the Joint Parks Committee because he had been told the issue was not germane to the process, Mayor Obie closed the public hearing. Mr. Drapela said staff felt actions that had occurred with respect to laurelwood constituted a master planning process, He said the PUD process had been approved by the City Council on June 25, and the proposed expansion of laurelwood would gD befDre the PUD hearings official on October 8. Mr. Drapela said staff felt it was appropriate that any subsequent, alternative e uses would examine other proposed uses should the golf course expansion not proceed. He said staff examined each park individually in terms of a master plan and made a referral to the Neighborhood involved, but because of the time and cost involved, a master plan could not be prepared for all parks in the city, He said the process approved by the City CDuncil included an additional public hearing before final approval was given. He said sta ff fe 1t the process was consistent with the plan and with statements in the plan, Mr, Hansen asked whether the Joint Parks Committee had held a public hearing on the plan. Mr, Drapela said a number of meetings had been held regarding the expansion of laurelwood Golf Course. He said the committee had referred the expansion proposal to a consultant, and a public session had been held at Laurelwood, He said an advertised public hearing had been held before the Planning Commission. Ms. Wooten asked whether the Joint Parks Committee provided an opportunity for citizens to address the committee regarding issues it was considering, She also asked whether the Joint Parks Committee had held a hearing or meeting in which members directly spoke to peop 1 e in the neighborhood about the laurelwood Master Plan program. Mr, Drapela said a citywide hearing had been held in about May 1985, He said he thought those present had been about evenly divided as to whether to proceed with expansion, e MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 8, 1986 Page 3