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<br />Arden Munkres, 2104 Dewey Street, chairman of the Active Bethel <br />Citizens, reported the increase of mobile home parks in the Bethel- <br />Danebo in the last few years and said that this was a concern of <br />the citizens in the area. He said mobile home parks have the same <br />impact on a neighborhood as a freeway; that it breaks the normal <br />flow of the neighborhood by being fenced in and dividing the neigh- <br />borhood. He indicated that a large majority of these parks have <br />ended up in the Bethel area, and he, as well as other Bethel-Danebo <br />citizens, felt there is a need for the City to spread the mobile <br />home parks around the entire city, so not just one area ends up <br />with all the parks. He felt an additional amendment should be <br />added to include an environmental impact statement. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Sharon Posner, 2473 Columbia Street, League of Women Voters of <br />Central Lane County, said the League supported the proposed <br />amendment in that it would provide more housing options for the <br />citizens of the community. She said in the study done by the <br />League that League members had recognized attitudes toward mobile <br />home parks had been based on misconceptions, rather than on facts; <br />that mobile home parks and subdivisions are not low-income hous- <br />ing, but do provide lower cost housing for many people. She said <br />mobile home parks and subdivisions are kept or unkept in the same <br />proportion as other neighborhoods. The impact of mobile home <br />parks and subdivisions on schools and other services would be no <br />greater than other housing developments. Mobile home parks and <br />subdivisions would not result in a substantial loss of a tax base. <br />She said the League's prime concern was that the City find the <br />best means of housing options for its citizens. The League there- <br />fore supported and urged adoption of the proposed amendment. <br /> <br />Donald J. Hatfield, 2189 Dewey Street, said he felt that the Briar- <br />wood Mobile Home Park development was very nice, but it was in <br />the wrong place, as it was splitting up a neighborhood. It creates <br />a neighborhood fenced within a neighborhood. He indicated that <br />people who would be affected by mobile home parks and subdivisions <br />need to have the right to say what effect it will .have on the <br />property surrounding the area. He also said he supported the two- <br />step process in the conditional use permit. He said he was not <br />against mobile home parks or mobile home owners, but he felt they <br />should be more on the edge of a neighborhood rather than right in <br />the middle. He also said it might be necessary to have people <br />taking care of their own property and that all screening around <br />a mobile home park be the same. He said he felt people would <br />rather live in stick-built homes, but could not afford them, and <br />therefore end up in mobile homes. <br /> <br />Robert Harrison, president of the Oregon Mobile Home Dealer's <br />Association, indicated his industry had been working for a con- <br />siderable time with the Planning Staff to work out a viable pro- <br />gram for mobile parks and subdivisions in Eugene. He said of <br />the eight to ten proposed mobile home parks in the last few years, <br />only one has been built. He supported simplified the process <br />for the builder to get a permit through to develop a mobile home <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2/14/77--10 <br /> <br />8~ <br />