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" , . June 8, 1977 EUbenc City Council Her.lher s: \~ know that it won't do us any gooJ to protest the assessment on our property for improving tbe south \,allalTlette street, since you already decided to make us pay for it. ~everthless I would like to point out how unfair it is to us. The follot,/ing are a fe~v points ~lhich come to our minu: 1. There are nany houses (about 50) on our Coachman loop \.1ho all use the "inproved" Hillar.1ette street. \.'11y nake four houses on Coach~an loop bear the entire burden? 2. He do not mind paying sone r::oney to help paving the street. But there should be some kind of linit on the amount. After all $3248 is a lot of money. Only those who have to pay knows the pain. I attended the City Council meet- inG when it decided to pave the Uillarnette street and was greatly distressed by the insensitivity shown by the council members ~]hen it comes to the t:;atter of spending someoneelses' money. 3. If anything, the widened road decreased our property value. I really do not mind if we are assessed on the basis of increased property value caused by the paveI'lent, even \.;rhen it was not my desire to pave the road. I am e perfectly \-Tilling to pay the difference bett.;reen the assessed values before and after the "impr:oveT!lentlll. \'fuen I am saddled with $3248 assessment and possibly decreased property value and with no legal recourse, I am beginning to understand ,,,hy many American people are fed up ,vith their insensitive governments which tread on little people. The worst part of all this is that there i~not a damn thing we can do legal1y~orrect this situation. , --4... 4. The unfairness of~Eugene's City ordinance regarding method of payment for road improvement baffles anyone hit unaware. Abutting property owners are forced to suhsidize anyone using the "improved" road, especially the real estate developers ~-lho are primarily responsible for the increased volume of traffic. 'J. 'f-- Jr. r. Ie, ~ 1 t, ,." ) -'1 ~ 5. Ever since the street was improved ,t;'h~~~ many' sleepness nights. Some motorists zoom up and down -as the road ,is a race track. Some kids use it to practice their skateboards at mid-nights even during ~'leek days. Do you have any suggestions to correct this situation? Finally we know that you are all too busy to have time to bother with such little matter as this \rllich do not concern you personally. But ~"e still wish that there are some one who cares enough to study the whole situation. We are victims of unjust and outdated rules and it is too late for us. We ask you not to perpetuate this injustice to someones who ~ay be unfortunate enough to be in the same predicament as we are. We ask no more. \-Ie do believe in rules. But we also believe in changes when it is needed. e R ,. .n j ". ; \ I ,-- 0 Sincerely" ').,. c{{ \ "- I, . r -, V t \- '.~, ,~;. t _ ~~~~- ~ (-_"\C-~u. - ~r-"_-----'~ '/ : j Chulsoon a Yee Yu Khang- , 1......:,\: 10 1977 30 Coachman Drive Eugene, Oregon 97405 DEPT U,- , -.lE:!..:C 'wVUHKS CITY OF t:UGENE 507