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see it as part of the parks measure. Ms. Taylor maintained that the proposal changed the <br />measure's intent and the council should hold a public hearing on the proposal so the public could <br />express its opinion. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson, chair of the Mayor's Parks and Open Space Committee, responded to Ms. Taylor's <br />statement by saying that nothing had changed from the committee's recommendation. The <br />committee had discussed youth sports complexes as a major element of the package, which <br />included neighborhood parks, open space, and playing fields. Ms. Nathanson said that youth sports <br />complexes were more than just playing fields. She said that the proposal was not a proposal to <br />give money to the school districts to construct stadiums. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson asked how multiple use of the athletic fields would actually occur. Who would play <br />on the fields, and how would they be scheduled? Mr. Johnson said that the school district had <br />offered to establish a user committee that would include nonprofits that use the fields, the City, and <br />the school district to help guide the use of the fields. The school district was considering giving up <br />control of the sites so the user committee could establish policies for use of the fields. He said that <br />the major advantage to the City from cooperation with the district was the community use of the <br />artificial turf surfaces, which would multiply the number of teams that could be accommodated <br />within the community. Ms. Nathanson asked if the fields would be available to adult teams. Mr. <br />Johnson said yes. <br /> <br />Ms. Andersen said that the City was not aware when it prepared the ballot measure that the school <br />district would be looking at a four-field concept and have $3.5 million to work with. She believed <br />the park-like settings of the youth sports complexes would encourage even more community use of <br />school areas than currently occurred. Ms. Andersen said that during the neighborhood charette <br />process, concerns were raised about the impact from more activities on the neighborhoods, and <br />staff tried to address those concerns through the site designs. Further site development would <br />require more public input. <br /> <br />Mr. Farr liked the youth sports complex concept. He said that it was a way the City could leverage <br />public money to get more than it could as a single entity. He suggested that the more available the <br />complexes were to the public, the more acceptable they would be to the neighborhoods. <br /> <br />Mr. Farr said that school-aged youth tend to fall into two groups: those that participate in athletics, <br />and those who participate in more artistic forms of expressions. He said that the youth sports <br />complexes appeared to be focused solely on the athletic youth. He suggested that the City needed <br />to do what it could to appeal to all youth. Mr. Farr said that the steps at Petersen Barn are <br />occasionally used as an amphitheater for impromptu performances and talent shows, and he would <br />like to see such a concept incorporated into the proposed youth sports complexes to broaden their <br />appeal to other youth and community theater groups. <br /> <br />Mr. Farr said it was his experience as a soccer player that the community's sports fields are <br />generally pretty degraded. He said that the artificial turf was an important part of the design. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner expressed the hope that the intergovernmental agreements entered into by the City <br />and school districts include the guarantee of public access that the council expected from this type <br />of investment for more than a one-year period. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner did not think that the proposed sports complexes were actually easy to walk to for a <br />majority of community residents. He urged the City's continued support of developments that were <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 16, 1999 Page 6 <br /> 5:30 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br />
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