In anticipation of the need for a community park to serve this neighborhood, the City has made <br />efforts to purchase land in the appropriate area for several years. The western portion of the <br />study area includes Site "P4.1" (191.0 acres), "P4.2" (50.8 acres), and "P4.3" (41.8 acres), which <br />are privately owned tax lots that have been unavailable for City ownership, are not adjacent to a <br />planned or existing school facility, and lack noteworthy natural features. These sites lack <br />sufficient geographic attributes for park development, and are dismissed from further <br />consideration. <br />Site "P4.4" (16.3 acres of fourth priority land combined with the 18.9 acres of second priority <br />identified above) is especially well suited for future park siting due to its geographic attributes. <br />As such, the City pursued and successfully purchased this site, which is adjacent to Madison <br />Middle School, and contains a branch of the East Santa Clara Waterway, a natural feature <br />previously identified as being of particular interest with regard to park acquisition. <br />Site "P4.5" is composed of seven (7) tax lots totaling 71.2 acres that is owned by Delta Property <br />Company. These tax lots are part of a larger property that includes a significant gravel mining <br />operation, and is unavailable for City ownership. While this site a large water body that could <br />serve as a substantial natural feature, its lack of adjacency to a school facility and unavailability <br />for City ownership make it inappropriate for a park expansion at this time. Site "P4.5" is <br />therefore dismissed from further <br />consideration. <br />Summary <br />After dismissing candidate land <br />without appropriate site <br />characteristics, 16.3 acres of <br />fourth priority land, in conjunction <br />with Madison Middle School and <br />18.9 acres of second priority land <br />identified above, meets all of the <br />required site characteristics for <br />the park expansion. This site has <br />excellent accessibility via two <br />collector streets, both of which <br />run directly through an urban <br />residential neighborhood to which <br />the site is adjacent. The land is <br />owned by the City and therefore <br />available for development. It is <br />also adjacent to an existing school <br />facility, and an includes both the <br />main channel and a branch of the <br />East Santa Clara Waterway, a <br />significant natural feature and <br />Goal 5 protected resource in this <br />neighborhood. <br />City of Eugene Urban Growth Boundary Study <br />` W Park Land Evaluation - River RoadfSanta Clara <br />Site Selected for Park Expansion <br />Appendix C to Findings May 2017 Page 39 <br />_ Land Inside UGB <br />Major Streets <br />V Oter Bodies <br />O Other Land 1Nhhm Park Expans= Studyhrea E~5`~rc <br />Madison Middle Schod <br />L~ Tax Lots Selected for Park Expansion <br />