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~J. ~an Office "'~z, Fumkm'e & OEflce Suppli~ .... . 7/30/2004 . · Al~an ~ Furniture ' ~ofice of Remons~ce 333 River Ave. Eugene, OR 974~ ~1-686-3037 C[~ ofEug~o ~o Wor~ Dcp~cnt A~ ~chcUe ~ / ~o~ ~.mimz Dear.Planning Comm~ee for River Avenue road Improvement; 2~ ~t Al~an offi~ ~m~um be~me a ~nant at 333 River Avenue in November Eugonc, O~egon 97401 of 2003. This ~mmercial Io~fion provides our customem ~ go~ ' ' accessibil~ and gives us ~e visibil~ we need to be su~l. We are a tenant of the Meeker family, o~em of Clemens Madna Io~t~ adja~nt to our building. ~en we Iook~ at ~is Io~fion in July 2003, ~e real es~te broker no~ us of ~e planned improvement on R~er Avenue and ~e $17,000.00 ~st I~v~o~ ~ ~;~ ~, do hereby rcmo~c ~ ~o Ci~ of that ~e new tenant would incur. Now we are told by ~e ci~ planning ~at ~is Eugene project ~ 3693 w~ch pm~s~s ~ fo~ ~ ~ ~rov~t D~ct on ~v~ odginal estimate has ~pl~ in o~er to ac~mmodate a la~e bike lane, lighting Avenue ~ Eugene Orcgo~ ~c m~ ~provcmcnt proj~t ~ c~cndy ~ ~ ~ivc and pedes~an thoroughfare. These improvemen~ will cause our rent to increase ~d ~-w~ I hereby ~ ~ I ~ ~c'o~er of~c ~ ~d sot fo~ ~low which will for~ us to increase our re~il pd~s. ~d I o~osc ~ ~roj~L , - · -," ", The elaborate add~ons to ~e odginal plan seem ex.salve and · unne~ssa~. Many small businesses like oum have s~ered ~e ~llout of 9/11, and have su~iv~ by c~ng'~s~ to a minimum. ~ ~e c~ in a budget sho~all I expe~ the ci~ to m~gn~e and consider the fa~ ~at ~e businesses 0~ N~c ~1~0 ~t) 0~ N~c ~1~ ~t) on River Avenue are in a budget sho~all as well. This is not ~e ~me for ex.salve planning, but for ~m~l planning and maximum e~ciency Ewe am to for the improvements. River Avenue businesses east of ~e Post Offi~ will ~ ~. [/'~' ~ ~ ~ ~-' pay Euffene. not benef~ from having a bike lane. Our clientele drives to us or ~lls us to ' - - pumhase furniture. ~e furniture is eider picked up by the customer or we deliver Propo~ Ad~ss the order. Please see ~e intelligent decision in making the ne~ssa~ improvements not the ex.salve improvements. ~o~ ~be~ T~ lot N~r ~o~) Sin~rely, David Airman ~esFdent Peter Davis General Manager ~O~rSi~"' ~ - ~) . '-~ '- O~&Si~. ~) River Avenue Exhibit A