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.natural Resources: East Alton Baker Park will provide valuable habitats in which a diversity of native plant and wildlife species can prosper. Recreation, Cultural and Environmental Education; East Alton Baker Park will be a place within the urban area where people can~nd quiet and solitude in nature. Access and circulation: East Alton Baker Park will link the Eugene and Springfield communities and the areas north and south of the YYillamette River by providing safe, e~cient and accessible corridors for non-motorized transportation. Park Stewardship and Public Safety; The management of East Alton Baker Park will engage interested citizens and groups in successful park stewardship including planning, restoration, and maintenance. The East Alton Baker Park Plan contains a small graphic plan and text which collectively describe and specify implementation actions and management strategies according to these goals. The West Alton Baker Park Development Plan, which is entirely graphic, contains greater detail resolution than the East Alton Baker Park Plan, following closely the original design concepts of the 1986 Alton Baker Park Master Plan. The path circulation system, scale and arrangement of proposed improvements is of sufficient detail to allow design details and working drawings to be the next step for those areas where construction is proposed. While the West Alton Baker Park Plan has been responsive to activities and intensity that requires park development, there has been sensitivity for the need to preserve and enhance the natural resource assets. C~NCLUSI~N The above Endings show that the repeal of the 1956 Alton Baker Park Master Plan is consistent with both the Oregon Statewide Planning Goals and the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan. Collectively, the new East Alton Baker Park Plan and West Alton Baker Park Development Plan focus on the unique and signif cant assets of the park, and have them incorporated into the respective plans. The riparian corridor in the West Alton Baker Park Development Plan is greater than that shown in the 19$6 Alton Baker Park Master Plan. The East Alton Baker Park Plan stresses the importance of eliminating motor vehicle access and enhancing the natural aspects, particularly on the open area that is a former sanitary land f Il site. The emphasis in the East Alton Baker Park Plan is for passive recreation, excluding motor vehicle traffic, and enhancing the natural elements of the park, all of which help create that place of solitude within the urban area, a place where many people feel that their lives are enriched by experiencing the space. The East and West Alton Baker Park Plans carry the general direction and concepts of the 1986 Alton Baker Master Plan to a greater level of detail. The repeal of the 1986 Alton Baker Park Master Plan will not create a planning void. The new 1996 East Alton Baker Park Plan and 1997 West Alton Baker Park Development Plan will assure that Alton Baker Park development and management is done incompliance with the Statewide Planning Goals and the Metro Plan. 8