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5.3 Project Prioritization <br />5.3.1 Prioritization Criteria <br />The following criteria were factored into the priorities among the projects: <br />Figure 5-5: Prioritization Criteria <br />Criteria Key Factors <br />o Accesses key viewpoints , vistas , a range of vegetation communities, water, and <br />Provides an unique and special features <br />Outstanding User o Creates loop options of various lengths <br />Experience o Provides varying degrees of difficulty <br />o Reduces system crowding and potential conflict between user types <br />o Improves user safety <br />Minimizes o Avoids impacts to sensitive habitats, plants, and animals <br />o Siting minimizes implementation and construction costs Negative Impacts o Siting and design minimizes cost of ongoing maintenance and management <br />o Siting minimizes negative impacts to adjacent private properties <br />0 Connects existing trail segments <br />Increases 0 Extends existing trail network <br />Connectivity 0 Connects to the hard -surface bike/pedestrian system <br />0 Is accessible from public transit <br />0 Connects to regional trails and open space network <br />0 Connects to local neighborhoods, schools, or parks <br />0 Serves an underserved area <br />Increases Equity 0 Serves one or more underserved trail user groups <br />0 Provides access to users with limited mob i lity <br />0 Incorporates a variety of skill/challenge levels <br />0 General Public <br />Broad Support 0 User groups <br />Demonstrated 0 City staff <br />0 High projected usage <br />0 Builds volunteer engagement and stewardship <br />Cost and 0 Located on land already owned by the City <br />Feasibility 0 Ease and cost of construction <br />0 Long-term maintenance and management implications <br />5.3.2 Public Input on Priorities <br />At a public workshop held on February 26, 2015, approximately one hundred participants were asked to <br />review the Existing and Proposed Trails Maps and provide feedback. Participants reviewed proposed <br />trails, identified additional potential trails that were not on the draft map, and provided input on project <br />priorities. At the end of the workshop, each participant was given five colored dots and asked to place <br />them on the map next to the five projects they felt should be the highest priority for implementation. <br />This data was tabulated and used as one factor for helping to inform the prioritization process (see <br />Prioritization Criteria in Figure 5-5). The top ten ranked projects from this dotting exercise, in order of <br />preference, were: <br />• Project 19: Suzanne Arlie Park Ridgeline Trail segment <br />• Project 18: Suzanne Arlie Park other trails <br />• Project 6a: Shared-Use Compatibility Study Ridgeline Trail from Blanton to Willamette <br />Eugene Trails Plan -2018 Page 35