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. -' ; PLANNING DEPARTMENT . 777 PEARL ST. . EUGENE. OREGON 97401 . 511~rfe;t? ~ M E M 0 RAN DUM ~H~; J6'FF~CS'> ID .ll .4 $ 07/22/88 TO: Lane County Heari~Qs Offi c ia 1 FROM: Eugene Planning Department ,SUBJECT: Bike@ath Dedicationror River Ridge Golf Course On July 6. 1988. the City of Eugene (Planning Department and Transportation Division) drafted amemoranduin to the lane County Hearings Official in re.. sponse to an application to Lane County for approval of an IS-hole gQlf course. The response indicated that, inordar to comply with TransPlan and the Willamette Greenwaycriter1a contained in the lane. Code Section 16.254(a){ii), the City recommended that Lane County require the applicant to dedicate a bikeway along the east bank of the Willamette RiVer. At the public hearing which was held to review this golf course request (00 July 6, 19a5), Lane County Planning staff incorporated the City's memorandum and' recommendation into the record. However. due to a number of unresolved details regarding this recommendation. the Hearings Official left the public record open until JUly 28. 1988 so that the City. County. and applicant could attempt to reach agreement and resolution on the proposed bikeway. Since the July 6, 1985 hearing date, the City of Eugene has had the opportunity to review its recommendation for a bikeway and, based upon the following analy.. sis and findings. is retracting its initial recommendation for an east bank bikepath: . The initial memo referred to the Bicycle System Map in TransPlan and text contained on Pagel8. The Bicycle System Map ,does indicate a bikeway (referred to as an "independent path"....Route'223 1n TransPlan) extending from Beltl1ne Road. through the subject property, north to the confluence of. the Wi11amette and McKenzie Rivers, and east to Armitage Park. TransPlan depicts a generalized bicycle route from Eugene's urban fringe to the outlying rural lands in Lane County. At this time, a specifiC bicycle route has not yet been deSigned for the area of this request. This being the case, it would be difficult to require a bikeway dedication along the river since the exact location of the path is unknown. As a further complication. the Metropolitan Area General Plan Oiagram designates the area to the north and south of the subject property for Sand and gravel use. Currently, both these areas (to the north and south of the site) are being actively used for sand and gravel opera- tions and extraction. Given the eXisting land use.and designatiooof these properties (to the north and south of the proposed golf course). it is not possible at this tim~ to foresee how a bicycle path along the east bank of the subject property would connect to any e.xi st i 09. or future system. The closest existing bicycle easement to the subject property is within the City limits of Eugene, just north of the Owasso Bridge. (Thhpath has not yet been improved to this point but the City has acquired the necessary ded1cation).