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Message Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br /> HANSEN Alissa H <br /> <br /> From: MCKINNEY Lydia S <br /> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 3:40 PM <br /> To: HANSEN Alissa H; THOMAS Patricia S <br /> <br /> Subject: FW: RA 04-1 and Z 04-4 <br /> <br />..... Original Message ..... <br />From: Terry Froemming [mailto:Terry.froemming@paktech-opi.com] <br />Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 3:38 PM <br />To: lydia .s. mckinney@ci.eugene.or.us <br />Cc: nlc@eugeneneighbors.org <br />Subject: RA 04-1 and Z 04-4 <br /> <br />Lydia McKinney <br />City of Eugene <br />Re: RA 04-1 and Z 04-4 <br /> <br />The seriousness of rezoning a property designated in an existing neighborhood refinement plan is a serious <br />matter. Any such action to do so should be heavily weighted towards the consideration by affected neighborhood <br />associations and residents. Laurel Hill neighborhood refinement plan and its opposing neighborhood association <br />are being summarily over-ruled by a process that is not in the best interest of future land use development. As <br />the chair of the Harlow Neighbors Association I would strongly oppose this type of process. I would instead, be in <br />strong favor of a process where the City, Neighborhood Associations, residents and developers come to <br />agreements cooperatively. The process of a specific land owner, bypassing and negating <br />neighborhood refinement plans against the will of the effected neighborhood associations <br />and residents, would not only be disastrous and tragic, it is one that should only be considered only as a rare last <br />step. <br /> <br />If landowners and/or developers feel there is strong underlying public need for rezoning, refinement plans and <br />neighborhood associations, should still measure strongly into the equation. To do otherwise, is a process of <br />great travesty. While I would acknowledge that many of our City's refinement plans are dated, they once <br />were, and need to remain, an important visionary document guiding City and neighborhood development. If our <br />refinement plans are outdated, let's update them, but let us not take this dangerous, backdoor, approach <br />to negating them. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Terry Froemming <br />Harlow Neighbors Association - Chair <br /> <br /> 11/29/2004 <br /> <br /> <br />