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Meeting Report 2nd Public W°rksh°p April 14, 2004, 7.00 - 9:00 PM Peterson Barn, 870 Bertzen Street, Eugene Fac~htaror: John Weber, Landscape Architect Eugene Parks and Open Space Planning Other C~ty Staff: Emily Proudfoot, Landscape Architect Jack Long, Open Waterways Supervisor Back,round Originally acqmred ~n 1977, the undeveloped Candlelight Park property was reconfigured early ~n 2003 to accommodate new streets and a surrounding new subdivision. For the past 10 years the site has been used informally as a dog off leash area. The site has approx~nmtely ½ acre of marginal wetland that plans are to mitigate by purchasing credits m the West Eugene Wetland Mitigatmn Bank. On October 29~ 2003 the initial public meeting was held for the sm'rounding neighbors to discuss and brainstorm ideas concerning the future pen&ng development of the park s~te. Four major issues came out of the first workshop. They were: 1. Mmntmn an existing open waterway on the s~te and develop it ~nto a feature that provides wildlife habitat through the use of native trees and shrubs, 2. Maintain a portion of the park to continue to be used as a dog off leash area. 3. Provide a mult~ purpose open turf area that can be used for field sports and informal play. 4, Develop an active neighborhood gathering area that would include the playground, shelter space in a plaza hke layout. 2"a Workshop The second workshop was advertised to the area residents by: A postcard invitation was mmled to over 1,400 area residents w~thin ½ mile of the park s~te. Invitations were also sent to other stakeholders ~nclu&ng special interest groups. The draft plan and the report from the first ~vorkshop were posted on the Cxty's Park webslte. Notice of the upcoming workshop was included in the C~ty Councd's Newsletter and Public Meetings Calendar. * A news release was made to local newspaper, radio~ and television stations. In additmn to the city staffpresent~ there were seven (7) people in attendance. The second workshop focused on a draf~ development plan for the park that was prepared using the comments and interests received during the first workshop as a guide. Sound park plmm~ng principles on access~ safety, functionality, maintenance, and sustainabdity were also employed in developing the draft plan. The plan represents a compromise of somewhat competing interests in the ne~ghborhoo& as so often is the case with public projects. In an attempt to provide this balance in uses~ the broad scope of present and future neighborhood recreational needs were kept in mind.