Accessibility <br />• Dismissal of Land that is not Accessible by an Existing or Planned Arterial or Collector <br />Street <br />The two "existing or planned arterial or collector streets" (identified on the map as "major <br />streets") adjacent to the two areas of remaining candidate land are: River Loop 2 (until it <br />changes classification at the edge of the current UGB) and Beacon Drive (until it changes <br />classification at its intersection with Scenic Drive). Both are existing neighborhood collectors. All <br />of the second priority land that is not accessible from Beacon Drive east of Scenic Drive (29.2 <br />acres), or is not accessible from River Loop 2 east of the western edge of the current UGB (110.9 <br />acres), is therefore dismissed from further consideration. <br />Geographic Attributes <br />• Dismissal of Land Lacking Sufficient Attributes Necessary for Park Development: <br />Availability for City Ownership for Purposes of Park Development, Adjacency to a <br />Planned or Existing School Site, and Presence of Substantial Natural Features <br />Of the remaining second priority land, none of the sites north of Beacon Drive are available for <br />City ownership, nor adjacent to a planned or existing school site. Additionally, none of the sites <br />possess substantial natural features. Given this absence of any of the geographic attributes <br />necessary for park development, this 89.7 acre area is dismissed from further consideration. <br />Two second priority sites are accessible from River Loop 2. The smaller of the two sites is located <br />on the north side of River Loop 2. It is a single 3.0 acre tax lot that is not available for City <br />ownership, and is not adjacent to a planned or existing school site. It is crossed by a tributary of <br />the East Santa Clara Waterway, an identified Goal 5 resource, and stream that was noted as <br />being of particular interest with regard to park acquisition.9 While this natural feature is one <br />geographic attribute that potentially lends itself to park development, this site lacks both the <br />essential characteristic of availability for City ownership and adjacency to a school, and is <br />therefore dismissed from further consideration. The second site is composed of four tax lots, <br />totaling 20.4 acres, located on the south side of River Loop 2. In response to the need for a <br />community park in this area, and this being the most fitting site, the City of Eugene has pursued <br />and successfully purchased this site. This site is adjacent to Madison Middle school, and the East <br />Santa Clara Waterway runs along its western edge. Other than being short of the 40-acre <br />minimum (even in association with the adjacent school), this site meets all identified site <br />characteristics and is highly desirable for park development. This area of second priority land <br />will therefore be reconsidered as part of the park expansion in association with adjacent fourth <br />priority land. <br />Summary <br />The four tax lots just north of Madison Middle School create the only second priority site that <br />meets the site characteristics (other than size) for a community park. Although it does not meet <br />9 The identification of the East Santa Clara Waterway as a desirable natural feature in a community park was made <br />in a work session with the Eugene City Council on November 27, 2006. <br />Appendix C to Findings May 2017 Page 33 <br />