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• Provide soft-surface running and pedestrian trails parallel to the heavily used Willamette River path system where feasible to increase capacity and to help alleviate user conflicts. • Provide designated running trails throughout the community. These designated trails would be closed to bicycles in order to avoid user conflicts and to limit impacts to these specially surfaced trails. • Provide special -use trails for a variety of user groups with a range of skill levels and ages. Trail types could include: o Water Trails (see Section 5.5) o Single -Track Mountain Bike Trails (see Section 5.6) o Designated Runn i ng Trail (see Section 5.7) o Nature Play Trails (see Section 5.8) o Barrier-Free Trails (see Section 5.9) o Explorer Trails (see Section 5.10) o Equestrian Trails (see Section 5.11) • Utilize and maintain navigable waterways in and around Eugene for use as water trails with support facilities such as boat put-in/take-out areas, signage, life vest loan stations, and route maps. Future improvements could include removal of safety hazards and integration of a white-water skills area. The McKenzie River, the Main Stem, Coast Fork, and Middle Fork of the Willamette River are currently designated as segments of the Willamette River Water Trail and the Canoe Canal in Alton Baker Park is utilized by paddlers . Amazon Creek currently has limited use, but could potentially be utilized as an urban water trail in the future. I Principle #5: Identify and Acquire Land for Key Trail Corridors • Conduct detailed site analysis to determine preferred routes and alternative alignments for proposed new trail corridors and connector trails to help inform future land acquisition. • Work with land owners to secure necessary access easements or property to accommodate planned trails. Land and easements should be obtained through voluntary participation of property owners. • Work collaboratively with other regional open space providers and land trusts to accommodate proposed trails and to plan for connections to other nearby trails and paths. I Principle #6: Limit Negative Impacts • Carefully locate and align trails to limit direct negative impacts to sensitive natural areas and rare plant and animal populations and carefully align and cluster new trail networks that fall within larger natural area parks so that impacts to the highest quality habitat areas are minimized. • Where possible, locate and align trails and trailheads in a way that maximizes privacy of adjacent property owners and avoids direct sight lines of trails and related facilities from private homes. • Locate, design, and monitor trailheads and associated parking areas to maximize public safety and reduce parking conflicts with neighboring property owners. • In larger parks such as Spencer Butte and Suzanne Arlie, consider the use of park hosts to help monitor and reduce public safety issues and to provide information to trail users. • Block and eliminate undesignated trails to reduce natural resource impacts, avoid user confusion, and to protect public safety. • Utilize a cost effective and fiscally sound approach when expanding the trail network by: Page 24 Eugene Trails Plan -2018