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Bethel Park Master Plan Update Process Complete <br />Parks Planning, Recreation, Transportation Planning and Library staff were all on-hand on Wednesday evening, Jan. <br />25, to host a final open house workshop for the Bethel Community Park Master Plan update process. The public <br />process to incorporate a larger community center into the park master plan began in May 2011. Neighborhood <br />concerns focused on additional traffic, bike and pedestrian safety, <br />parking, preservation of existing open space, and inclusion of park <br />amenities shown on the current master plan. Many neighbors <br />were also very supportive of the effort to bring a new community <br />center to Bethel Park. <br /> <br />The process was initiated by an offer from the Eugene Family <br />YMCA to construct a new community center in Bethel Park and <br />operate it in partnership with the City of Eugene Recreation <br />Services Division. While the original park master plan showed a <br />10,000-square-foot community center, the proposed facility is <br />approximately 60,000 square feet and would necessarily include <br />several hundred new parking spaces. Building amenities would <br />likely include athletic and gym facilities, a branch library, and a <br />phase-two aquatic center. The revised master plan shows the <br />larger community center, future outdoor tennis, basketball and <br />City staff meets with neighbors at Meadowview School <br />sand volleyball courts, bike and pedestrian paths through the <br />park, a new spray-play adjacent to the existing playground, and 300 additional parking spaces to support the future <br />facilities. These changes to the park plan will also require a land use approval process before construction can begin. <br />Parks Planning staff will take the new plan forward through a conditional use permit process which will likely take an <br />additional six to nine months. <br /> <br />For more information, please contact Landscape Architect Emily Proudfoot in Parks and Open Space at 541-682-4915 <br />or emily.a.proudfoot@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 <br />February 2, 2012 <br />