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natural Resources: East Alton Baker Park will provide valuable habr'tats in which a diversity of native plant and wildlife species can prosper. Recreation, Cultural and Environmental Education: East Altars 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 Sprin field communities and the areas north and south of the Willamette River by providing safe, efficient and accessible corridors for non-motorized transportation. Park Stewardslrip and Public Safety: ~'he 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 collective) . y describe and specify implementation act~ans and management strategies accordin to these oafs. g g The west Alton Baker Park Development Plan, which is entirely graphic, contains realer detail g resolution than the East Alton Baker Park Plan, following closely the original desi n conce is of g p the ~ 986 Alton Baker Park Master Plan. The path circulation system, scale and arran ement of . g proposed improvements ~s of suff dent detail to allow design details and working drawin s to be . g the next step for those areas where construction ~s proposed. while the west Alton Baker Park Plan has been responsive to activities and intensi that re uires ark develo ment tY q p p ,there has been sensitivity for the need to preserve and enhance the natural resource assets. CGNCLUSIDN The above f ndings show that the repeal of the 1986 Alton Baker Park Master Plan is consi stmt v~nth both the aregon Statewide Planning Goals and the Eugene-Springfield Metro olitan Area p General Plan. Collectively, the new East Alton Baker Park Plan and west Alton Baker Park Development Plan focus on the unique and signi~.cant assets of the park, and have them incorporated into the respective plans. The riparian corridor in the'UL~est Alton Baker Park Development Plan is greater than that shown in the 1986 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 sari landfill site. The emphasis in the East Alton Baker Park Plan is for passive recreation, excludin motor . g vehicle traffic, and enhancing the natural elements of the park, all of which hel create that lace . P p of solitude vv~tlun, the urban area, a place where many people feel that their lives are enriched b y exper~encmg the space.. The East and Vest Alton Baker Park Plans carry the general direction and conce is of the 1986 P Alton Baker Master Plan to a greater level of detail. The repeal of the 1986 Alton Baker Park Master Phan will not create a planning void. The new 1996 East Aron Baker Park Plan and 1997 west Alton Baker Park Development Plan will assure that Alton Baker Park develo meat and . p management ~s done incompliance with the Statewide planning Goals and the Metro Plan. 8