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Section 3 TRAILS PLAN PUBLIC OUTREACH PROCESS 3.1 Overview of Outreach Process The City hosted a total of three interactive Trails Plan workshops to present materials and solicit input and feedback during this planning process. Workshops were held on January 14, 2014, February 26, 2015, and July 28, 2015 and were attended by approximately 250 people. Additional outreach was conducted to various interest groups on request and Eugene Trails Plan maps were displayed at other related events such as the Ridgeline Celebration held on National Trails Day. 3.2 Public Surveys and Results Two public surveys were conducted during the planning process to help gauge current trail use and to record public interests, concerns, and priorities related to the existing and future trail system. Data from these surveys was integrated into the Plan and was particularly helpful for determining facility needs and priorities. The full results from both surveys can be found in Appendix Band Appendix C. Eugene Trails Plan Survey #1: The initial survey was designed to solicit general information about level of use, mix of users, general likes and dislikes related to the current system, and issues or user conflicts. This survey included many opportunities for open ended responses under each category. The results were carefully reviewed by City staff and were useful in providing important direction on the overall Plan content. The survey, which was open _ during the months of January and February of 2014 received a total of 528 responses. Full results from this survey are found in Appendix B. Eugene Trails Plan Survey #2: A second survey was conducted later on in the planning process and included a statistically valid random sample. The survey was created by Professor Kreg Lindberg of Oregon State University and was designed to be consistent with the categories used in a recent statewide trails survey done for the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. This survey was open in January and February of 2015. This survey included a "scientific" sample, in which the survey was mailed to a randomly selected group of 1,250 Eugene residents. This scientific sample provided a total of 165 responses. The same survey instrument was also available to the general public via the City's web site and the data collected was tallied separately as a "convenience" sample . A total of 559 additional responses were collected from the convenience sample. In particular, this survey instrument helped quantify issues, perceived user conflicts, and priority needs. Full results from this survey are found in Appendix C. 3.3 Statewide Recreational Use and Trends The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) is responsible for updating the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) approximately twice per decade. The SCORP is used to guide how OPRD allocates outdoor recreation funding and includes extensive survey data related to Eugene Trails Plan -2018 Page 19