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MCKINNEY L~/dia S <br /> <br />From: Majeska Seese-Green [majeska@efn.org] <br />Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 1:47 PM <br />To: lydia.s.mckinney@ci.eugene.or, us <br />Cc: NLC <br />Subject: Re: Proposed changes to Laurel Hill Refinement Plan <br /> <br />To whom it may concern: <br /> <br />On behalf of the Executive Committee (the board) of Whiteaker Community Council, I am <br />writing in opposition to the request by developers Furtick and Larson for a change in <br />zoning for their property in Laurel Hill neighborhood, and in support of Laurel Hill <br />Valley Citizens as this neighborhood association seeks to defend its City-adopted <br />Neighborhood Refinement Plan. <br /> <br />We urge the City Council to reject this attempt by Furtick and Larson to get the zoning <br />change they have applied for (with such flimsy arguments about the "public need"). We <br />also find it very disturbing that City staff and the Planning Commission recommend this <br />change. <br /> <br />Approval of this application would not only violate the long-standing Laurel Hill Plan, <br />but also it would set a precedent for undermining and quickly modifying any and all of the <br />City's Neighborhood Refinement Plans. This is not in the best interests of our City. <br /> <br />Such approval and precedent would go against the values of our City and City Council, <br />which -- if I am not mistaken -- support land use decisions that are much more careful and <br />community-based than this one would be. We don't want this to happen in Laurel Hill or <br />any other neighborhood in Eugene. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br />Majeska Seese-Green <br />President, Whiteaker Community Council <br /> <br /> <br />