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* An article on the workshop was Included m the City Council Newsletter, and the C~ty Manager's Office pubhc meetings calendar. * A news release was made to local newspaper, radio, and television stations the week prior to the workshop. Seven (7) people attend th~s workshop. Dtscussion GENERAL The recent history of the park s~te was d~scussed with regard to how and why ~t was reconfigured to not allo~v a new arterml street to b~sect ~t. This was done m concert with the adjacent landowner's subd~ws~on application and has resulted in the mutual benefit to the developer as well as the future park s~te. The general concept of a neighborhood park was d~scussed. According to the 1989 Eugene Parks and Recreation Plan, a neighborhood parks should be w~thm walking distance and thus serve approximately a half-mile walking radius. A typmal neighborhood park ~s normally between 3 and 5 acres m size, however Candlelight ~s approximately 11.2 acres, it was explained because of the larger size, the ab~hty to accommodate more uses, including play fields~ may cause a consideration to prowde some limited on site parking, especially ~f ~t was accessible parking. The purpose of a neighborhood park is to: _ Provide a location for neighborhood social, recreatmnal and fitness actlvtt~es. _ Provide significant open space and ~dentlty for specific neighborhoods. Typically, the kinds of facfi~ttes and features ~ncluded ~n a neighborhood park are: _ Playgrounds _ Sports field(sI w~thout hghtlng _ Restrooms and storage areas Hard sm'faced court areas _ Open lawn areas for ~nformal play Picnic areas _ Other features dependent on such th~ngs as natural amemtms, buffering reqmrements, wews, utility easements, etc. _ Parking areas - only when on-street parking ts too hmlted. It was explained that larger or more ~ntens~vely used facilities were generally not developed m neighborhood parks, but ~n larger commumty and metropohtan parks. ACCESS, CIRCULATION, PARKING Royal Avenue ~s considered a slgmficant barrier to people crossing from the south to use the park. It was explmned that the C~ty ~s pursmng acqms~tlon ora small neighborhood park on the south s~de of Royal to serve these residents. Even so, ~t concerned people that Royal's traffic moved so fast, and k~ds using the park s~te close to Royal would be exposed to this traffic danger. People seemed to agn'ee that the active k~d use areas should be placed away from the Royal frontage. Although no one in attendance was from the adjacent Daneland Mobile Home Park, it was explained that the C~ty beheved making an accessible route between the park and the Daneland residents was ~mportant. Currently a perimeter fence encloses the mobile home park. Th~s fence would need to be modified and ~t was not known ~fthe Daneland Park managers would be agreeable to allowing this access. D~rect contact may be necessary to detem~ne their ~nterest m accessing the neighborhood park. One of the attendees