Charnel Mulligan Park Third Public meeting! 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, May 23rd Washington Park Community Center 2025 Washington Street

Current Status 
The second Web Survey closed on April 28th. Results will be presented at the third public meeting, along with draft renovation concepts.

Third Public Meeting Thursday, May 23, 6:30 - 8:00 pm!
The third public workshop has been scheduled for Thursday, May 23rd, in the Washington Park Community Center, 2025 Washington St, Eugene. The meeting will go from at 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Reminder postcards will be mailed out a week or so in advance. Hope to see you there.

Second Web Survey
(Results coming soon)
Copy of Survey #2

Second Public Meeting
The second public workshop was held on February 12, 2013, 7:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St. At the request of the Jefferson Westside Neighborhood Association (JWN), the meeting immediately followed a short JWN meeting. Staff gave a short recap of the project and then presented results of the first web survey (available below). Sergeant Larry Crompton of the Eugene Police Department (EPD) Bike Patrol next discussed the EPD's activity in the park, bike patrols, the coming Park Watch program, and EPD's view of the changes that would best alleviate the numerous behavioral problems found daily in the park. His recommendations included removing the shelter, making all locations completely visible from the street, and closing the back alley access to 16th.
Second Public Workshop Powerpoint Presentation


First Web Survey
Summary and Detailed Results
Non Web Survey Feedback as of 2/11/13
Copy of Survey #1

First Public Meeting
The public involvement process began with the first public workshop held on December 4th, 2012 at the Washington Park Community Center. About 50 community members were in attendance for a powerpoint presentation by City Staff followed by a question and answer period. A web based survey was announced, and attendees were encouraged to use the web survey to provide feedback.
First Public Workshop PowerPoint Presentation


Project Overview
Charnel Mulligan Park is a one acre developed neighborhood park located northwest of the intersection of Charnelton Street and West 17th Avenue, in the Jefferson Westside Neighborhood. The land was obtained in a three-way trade between EWEB, Lane County and the City in 1980. The park was developed in 1983 using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds according to a design by Cameron and Associates.

The park design is approaching its 30-year anniversary, and is due for renovation. Additionally, serious behavioral problems are commonly occuring in the park which has necessitated increased police patrols. Although changes in the physical design of the park cannot solve these problems, they can have a postivie effect both by discouraging inappropriate use, and encouraging postive activities in the park . Some of the design problems identified to date include:

• Shelter as a location that is drawing users who abuse the site and threaten other park users
• Lack of visibility through the site, especially behind the berms on the north and west sides of the park
• Old and less-functional play equipment
• Poor site circulation for pedestrians and bikes

The POS Division plans to apply again for CDBG funds to supplement the existing POS budgeted funds. Although it was originally thought that CDBG funds would be applied for in February of 2013, the decision has been made to postpone the application until the following cycle in 2014. This decision was based both on feedback given at the first public workshop as well as further information about the CDBG application process.


Background Material
2011 Aerial Map
1982 Concept Plan
Charnel Mulligan Park Context Map


Resource Material Provided by Community Members
Charnel Mulligan Park Group Notes
A local group of interested neighbors has been meeting to discuss potential solutions to various problems they have been experiencing in Charnel Mulligan Park. They have been in communication with City staff, and at the request of the Parks and Open Space Division have written up their notes to be shared with the general public. If you have questions about these notes, please feel free to contact Tom Happy.

The following guide is published by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services: Dealing With Crime and Disorder in Urban Parks

The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), an organization in the United Kingdom, has published a study titled Decent Parks? Decent behaviour? The link between the quality of parks and user behaviour.

NatureGrounds: Putting Nature Into Play is a website run by PlayCore a commercial play equipment company, which contains a guidebook for development of naturalized playgrounds, as well as case studies and numerous links to additional playground resources.

Time Magazine Article "How Wifi Is Reinventing Our City Parks

For More Information
Project manager, Philip Richardson, Landscape Architect at 541-682-4906.

Please send Philip an email if you would like to be put on our Interested Parties mailing list to be kept abreast of project updates!