Attachment 1 <br />(3) The possibility that public recreation use might disturb adjacent property shall be considered <br />and minimized to the greatest extent practicable; <br />(4) The public parks established by section 8a of Chapter 558, 1973 Oregon Laws, shall be set forth <br />in Oregon Laws, shall be set forth on the appropriate comprehensive plans and zoning <br />established which will permit their development, use and maintenance, <br />The City Council finds that much of the land within the Willamette River Greenway boundary is in public <br />ownership as public parks, such as Skinner's Butte Park and Alton Baker Park. Over the years, Eugene has <br />cooperated with Springfield and Lane County in the development of a bicycle-pedestrian trail system that <br />extends along the Greenway from south of Springfield to north of Eugene and into the River Road area. This <br />system includes five bike bridges across the river. The Willamette River Greenway Code Amendments do not <br />change any existing public ownership or status of land devoted to recreational uses, as allowed through the <br />City's existing zoning or related standards for park, recreation or open space facilities. The Code Amendments <br />also do not include the establishment or change the status of any parks as referenced under this provision, nor <br />any specific development of park recreation use that might disturb adjacent property that would require further <br />consideration or to be minimized. <br />c. Access --Adequate public access to the river shall be provided for, with emphasis on urban and <br />urbanizable areas; <br />As noted above, Eugene has cooperated with Springfield and Lane County in the development of a bicycle- <br />pedestrian trail system that extends along the Greenway from south of Springfield to north of Eugene and into <br />the River Road area. This system includes five bike bridges across the river. The City Council finds that the many <br />public access points to the Willamette River and the portion of the Willamette Greenway located within the City <br />of Eugene are shown on the map titled Willamette Greenway Public Access Points, which is adopted and <br />incorporated in support of these findings (see Attachment B). The Willamette River Greenway Code <br />Amendments include access standards in the new clear and objective standards for the review of proposed <br />housing development, to ensure compliance with the requirements of Goal 15 by requiring pedestrian pathways <br />within development sites toward the river, and in some instances public accessways that will connect beyond <br />the development site to existing public ways that provide access to and along the river. <br />d. Fish and wildlife habitat Significant fish and wildlife habitats shall be protected, <br />The Willamette River is identified as a significant fish and wildlife habitat resource according to the Metro Plan's <br />Natural Assets and Constraints Working Papers (April 12, 1978) as well as through the City's more recent Goal 5 <br />inventory and related protection measures adopted in 2005 (see Ordinance No. 20351). The City Council finds <br />that the Greenway Setback established by these Code Amendments, along with the additional standards for tree <br />preservation and native landscape buffering, will protect significant fish and wildlife habitat as required by Goal <br />15 and will work in concert with the City's adopted Goal 5 protection measures to continue to protect significant <br />fish and wildlife habitats associated with the Willamette River. <br />Although both the Willamette Greenway Code Amendments and the City's adopted Goal 5 protection measures <br />codified as the /WR Water Resources Overlay Zone have the effect of protecting the significant fish and wildlife <br />habitat associated with the Willamette River, the intent and requirements of Goal 5 and the /WR Water <br />Resources Conservation Overlay Zone on the one hand, and Goal 15 and the City's Willamette River Greenway <br />regulations on the other hand, are fundamentally different. Goal 5 is focused on protection of the Willamette <br />River and its riparian areas as a water resource. Goal 15, on the other hand, is focused on the entire area within <br />the adopted Willamette River Greenway boundary (which in many areas extends much further from the river <br />than the adjacent riparian areas) in order to ensure that development is compatible with the Greenway. The <br />City Council finds that the City's Willamette River Greenway regulations (as amended by the Willamette River <br />Greenway Code Amendments) apply independently of the City's adopted Goal 5 protection measures, but taken <br />Page 19 of 125 14 <br />