another aspect of this issue of  making the park less "user-friendly" to the street folks is the taking back that park to be used for community functions.  the whatever it is now called eugene celebration...the art in the vineyard..i' m not sure if the latino fest still happens there.  those events would benefit greatly by the exposure and locale.  art in the vineyard, especially, would come back to life.  alton baker park ?- frankly  I can't think of a worse event venue - the loopiest of eugene's loopy street system, hidden, tucked away locale, goose stool everywhere and no coburg rd or MLK visibility.  the wash jeff park ( actual name? google time)  is central to what has become the hip heartbeat of the city.... it's large,  accessible, bright, easy to find, and nice...except for the street people squatting there and using it for a toilet and dump site.
  I compare the 1980s NYC subway mess to this.  if NYC can take back control of the subways,  we can clean up  and "own" that park.