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MCKINNEY Lydia S <br /> <br />From: Wil Schwall [wilshwal@efn.org] <br />Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 12:52 PM <br />To: Lydia. S.McKinney@Ci. Eugene.or. us <br />Subject: Regarding RA 04-1 and Z 04-4 <br /> <br />To: Members of the Eugene City Council and Staff <br />Re: This is regarding RA 04-1 and Z0 4-4 <br /> <br />Dear Members of the City council and Staff, <br /> <br /> It has come to my attention that a request has been made to make changes in the Laurel <br />Hill Neighborhood Refinement Plan. As a member of the committee that worked on the plan <br />and a property owner in the Laurel Hill neighborhood, this is of interest to me. <br /> A request has been made to alter the Plan in order to rezone land for commercial use. <br />The Plan states that no additional commercial zoning should be created until a public need <br />has been demonstrated. A need for what? For additional commercially zoned land. As a <br />member of the committee that wrote the Refinement Plan I would state that this is clearly <br />what was meant. The language seems clear to me and I would hope it would be to others. <br />Also in the Refinement Plan was the creation of a large Commercial Node right next to the <br />land parcel in question. This node has not been developed yet, so how could there be a <br />need for additional commercially zoned land? The Plan anticipated growth and developement <br />in this area by including the option to rezone land for commercial purposes when more is <br />needed. This has clearly not happened yet. <br /> Whether the land parcel in question is appropriate for a particular kind of <br />developement is really secondary because the primary criterion, the need for additional <br />commercial land, has not been demonstrated. There is no need to alter the Refinement Plan <br />at this point. <br /> Thank you very much for your attention in this matter. <br /> <br />Respectfully, <br />William Schwall <br /> <br /> <br />