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specifically focussing on that objective. 5. Create new wetlands/reestablish old wetlands--by removing mounds created 30 - 35 years ago. Both locations shown for creation--south and southeast of the major ash forest--are opportunities to expand the largest block of wetland in the park. Enlarging an existing area is judged preferable to creating a new non-contiguous area. Some of this work may be done in conjunction with mitigation requirements for the park-and-ride facility. 6. Park entry plaza/29th Avenue terminus-- Landscape architectural treatment is desirable to create the park entrance and visually terminate the street. A more formal design with opportunities for ornamental floral display would be appropriate. 7. Amazon Parkway widening--necessary a short distance south of 24th Avenue to go with widening the parkway between 24th and 19th Avenues. This project, not scheduled, is included in the City's transportation plan to accommodate increases in southbound traffic to 24th Avenue, at which point a significant portion turns east or west. The lane alignments on the south side of 24th will have to adjust to the east, displacing the current approach to the jogging trail, and requiring a bridged approach to the trail about 200' - 300' upstream. 8. Century Ball Field--to be reoriented when rebuilt to better fit with other improvements and boundaries. The old backstop is deteriorating and needs replacement. The diamond will be downsized to a maximum 80 foot base path for youth baseball. It can also accommodate 70 foot baseball and 60 foot softball base paths. A new softball diamond, shown to the south of this field in earlier plans, is not included in this plan out of consideration for activities desiring large open spaces, such as kite flying events. 9. New multipurpose sports field--The area between the Century infield and Amazon Bike Path is large enough to accommodate one adult sized multipurpose athletic field, or two youth sized soccer fields. This area, regraded twice during the history of the park and semi-improved for athletic play, has potential for wetland restoration. Because of previous disturbance (graded twice during the history of the park), and because of surrounding development and usage by both park and school activities, this area is not judged to be a high value natural resource area, and therefore appropriate for continued and enhanced athletic fields. Athletic field lighting, once proposed for these fields as a replacement of lighted fields at Chanced Park, is not a part of the final proposal. Staff feel that the cost of adding lights to the proposed fields, which can not be arranged for efficient 5