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'■HM DUCK DAYS 2(H)4 • Monday, March 1 • Friday, March 19 Friday, March 26 * Monday, April 12 • Friday, April 16 Please call 346-1274 or email am bass @ darkwing .uo regon.edu for information and training dates Residents bring proposals to city open-spaces meeting Eugeneans showed up Saturday to submit ideas about developing parks and recreational areas By Parker Howell News Reporter Eugene residents convened at a de sign forum Saturday to identify com munity needs and form a future vi sion about parks, recreation and open spaces in the city. The meeting, designed to collect neighborhood-specific feedback about planning and creating new parks and recreational opportunities, took place at Churchill High School. City parks and recreation staff gathered the input as the latest step in the Eugene Parks, Recreation and Open Space Comprehensive Plan. Staff members will compile and present findings from the forum to the 13-member PROS Mayor's Com mittee during its May meeting, Parks and Open Space Planning Manager Andrea Riner said. Riner said the city has already in volved nearly 3,000 residents in the planning process. She said a door-to door survey of more than 400 resi dents showed about 95 percent of Eu gene citizens "strongly believe parks and recreation services and open spaces are important to Eugene's quality of life." Riner said the city's goal is to make use of current facilities. "Our top priority for all people we talk to is to improve our existing parks," she said. Ward 8 City Councilor Nancy Nathanson, PROS Mayor's Committee chairwoman, said the forum will bene fit future residents and current citizens. "We're planning for the future of Eugene parks for today and for the next generation," Nathanson said. Nathanson said she would person ally like to see more neighborhood parks, greenways and bikepaths. She also wants every region in Eugene to have a community center and pool. Plans resulting from the forum will determine how the city will use nor mal revenues, along with money from potential future bond measures, Nathanson said. Residents interested in the City Central region, which covers much of the downtown region and the Univer sity campus, suggested several ideas, including the possibility of monthly park walks and converting school parks to city parks as schools close. The group talked about a new down town pool that would serve as a safer alternative to swimming in the Willamette River, and it discussed cre ating new skateparks in the area. Senior Caroline O'Leary said West University Neighborhood residents would like the West University park, which is currently closed, to be re opened and moved to a more visible location. Outdoor Program Trip Facility Manager Ed Fredette discussed his plan to transform the Alton Baker Ca noe Canal into habitat for endan gered aquatic species and a paddling and board-sports park. His Habitat Restoration and Recreation Develop ment Proposal for the canal, which he developed as his master's thesis at the University, would create more suit able habitat for several endangered species that once thrived in the area. Fredette also said the area would be a unique and safe area for kayakers and other water-sports enthusiasts to en joy their activities. Because the benefits would be two fold, finding funding and support will not be a problem, Fredette said "I have no doubt in my mind at all that this project will happen," Fre dette said. Fredette said he attended the meet ing to get his project on the master plan for parks. "It's very sexy, it's very glamorous — it's Eugene," Fredette said. Assistant Landscape Architecture Professor Liska Chan attended the meeting to promote her idea for con verting the Eugene rail yard into a city park or open space. Chan said her plan would ask the city to zone the yard, which remains unzoned, as an open space. Zoning would result in higher cleanup standards. She said the park would benefit neighbors in a low-income area with few parks. Fredette said the results of the planning meeting will ultimately benefit students. "The reason a lot of people came to the UO is because of the outdoor recreation opportunities in the area. They come because they like to be outside," he said. Carolyn Weiss, park planner for Eugene, agreed that creating a plan is important. "We're trying to create a vision for the next 20 years," she said. "If we don't make a vision now, we'll lose it because we're growing so fast." University graduate Tlilsi Wallace said the forum was a unique opportunity. "It's very valuable that the city is constantly revisioning and improv ing on the resources that it already has," she said. "If students ever come to these events, they would see that Eugene has a very innova tive planning process." Contact the cHy/state politics reporter at parkerhowell@dailyemerald.com. CAMPUS Tuesday Conflict Resolution brown bag entitled “An Introduction to UO Law School’s New Master’s Degree in Conflict Resolution,” featuring Jane Gordon, law associate dean of student affairs and Appropriate Dispute Resolution Program director, Board Room, EMU, 12:15-1:30 p.m. Morse Center panel discussion entitled “The Invasion - One Year After: Continuing Challenges to the Quest for Stability and Security," Room 175, Knight Law Center, 4-6 p.m. Landscape and Meaning Lecture entitled “The Death of the Future,” featuring David Lowenthal, University College of London professor emeritus, Room 115, Lawrence Hall, 7 p.m. We've got spi advertise. get results, call 346-3712. 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