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in this Plan. Water Trails are designated routes on rivers or streams that are suitable for non -motorized boating -canoes, kayaks, stand -up paddle boards, and tubes . Eugene contains a short section of the federally designated Willamette River Water Trail, plus a number of other waterways that are often used for recreation. The Eugene Trails Plan will provide direction and help guide decision-making for the Eugene Parks and Open Space Division as we continue to work to improve our recreational trail system to better meet the needs of our growing community. Specifically, the plan is intended to help guide decisions that will : • Increase public support and use of the trail system • Increase trail system capacity • Reduce user conflicts • Improve connections between parks, natural areas , schools, and other open spaces • Improve our ability to sustainably maintain the system with limited resources • Leverage volunteer assistance, and develop improved partnerships with user groups The Plan is also intended to accomplish these goals in a way that responds uniquely and creatively to our local environmental and social conditions, and to do so over a planning horizon of approximately 20 years. About 67 separate trail related projects are proposed in the plan including construction of new trail segments, feasibility and compatibility studies, and projects requiring acquisition of land or easements. The intent of the Plan is that projects requiring acquisitions by the City be done solely on a willing seller basis, with voluntary participation by interested property owners. These 68 projects cover a very diverse and wide range of work, and the ability of the City to implement them is dependent on available resources of both staff and funding to plan, build, and maintain the work. It is unlikely that all projects will be realized over the Eugene Trails Plan's 20 -year planning horizon, so an important component of the plan is its prioritization scheme found in Section 5 . Page2 This excerpt (right) from an article printed in the Eugene City Guard on May 12J 1877 describes a trek to the Spencer Butte summit/ led by Professor Thomas Condon of the University of Oregon. . Picimi-At. m early ,hour 1ast 8'ttml&y, a.ca conUng to p-re'V;ious srrangemetits, Prof. C-0il• don, accompanied by hi1 Umi~.-.ity clas.9, started for the top of Spencer's butte:. Quite a 1.rui:,~ nu~ber. or ou.~ citizen:. 'in buggies,. h~s and. 1lumber-'fl'SOntt; bn honeb&elt arid ,bn foot, following in proeea.ion. 'The road being 1·~rY rough a.nd the hµl~ rather steeJl,' before ~c11- 'ing the bu\te all the male . 1>0rtion of \ho. com- pany, and quite A~large · "-aprinkling" of the fe- .'mal", enjuy~ tbe luxury of a good .long walk in the f~h mountain air. The Jo\Jl'ftey· to the bMe of the butte wu :made wi\hout aerloua &c- cident to · any one, and tho ~tnpany baited on ,1-I • ' • , the -8uthweat. 11oe, ,hitched ~be teams and tnnde ready-for a u1oni pun. a strqng -pull.'' and hot pull up to ·•he ~p. ln ;a .,hon time tlae ,; "'est •1de of t.he but.to wu· dotkd. '•here and . there with ped0;9tri.a.QB -of all i..ptj atruggling \l p , the •teep aacent.... Finally th~ summit '\\·as ~ached by all, excep\ one or two whose phy1dcnl wtrength rai,ed them. ·What A grand dt!W of magnifk~nt ~nery bunt .upon the vii,hm! We hardly ~1ink tbert1 is a.mJtlu:r spot iu Ore~on Y~s on the Pacific l'<>O.Ht -pr~dentilig tiUch ' . .:rnn<l and vroi~c.l sL-em:ry aa the top or Spt,•ncer Butte. Eugene Trails Plan -2018