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e annexation have much in common with existing WNQP residents--all have made a conscious choice to live downtown and are committed to the area. She added that the possible closure of Lincoln Community School, which served as a focal point for the area, heightens the need for a neighborhood group. Nancy Clogston, 971 Lawrence Street, No.5, said that she wanted to be included in the WNQP in order to join with that group in addressing concerns in the area and overseeing changes which are made. She felt that working with an organized group is the best way to effect change, to preserve livability, and to maintain a safe, clean, healthy, and pleasant environment for residents and businesses. Jon Pincus, 1054 West 8th Avenue, read a statement from the Board of Directors of the Community Center for the Performing Arts which indicated that the board had voted unanimously to support the proposal to expand the boundaries of WNQP to allow residents of the area to work together to solve problems affecting the residential and business community. Mr. Pincus then read a statement to the City Council from Lenny Goldberg, owner of Diana's Records and Tapes, 348 West 8th Avenue. Mr. Goldberg said that as a business person in the area proposed for annexation to WNQP, he was very much in favor of the annexation. e Mr. Pincus then read a statement from Candy Crosley, 372 West 10th Avenue, who said she is a resident of WNQP and owns a business at 380 West 10th Avenue, in the area being considered. She supported inclusion of the area in the WNQP. Mr. Pincus then spoke for himself. He said that the downtown west side is an area of unique opportunity for business people and residents and that both groups must work together to participate jointly in decisions affecting the area. John Eden, 409 West Broadway, said that he lives in the subject area and that he and other adults in his household want to be part of WNQP. He thought it was important to note that most of those supporting annexation live in the area and that most of those in opposition do not. Stephen Wood, 971 West 10th Avenue, said that he used to live in the area being considered for annexation to WNQP. He indicated that from 1976 to 1979, he had chaired the Neighborhood Advisory Group for the WNQP Neighborhood Improvement Program. One project funded through the NIP was a planning project aimed at resolving differences in the subject area between 1948 zoning, the Metropolitan Area General Plan designation, and existing uses in the area. Considerable compromise had been reached during this process, but because planning is an ongoing process, a forum is needed to keep the dialogue going on between busi- nesses, residents, and all parties in the area with different ideas on what should take place. Mr. Wood felt that a neighborhood organization is one of the best ways to provide this forum for debate and that it was therefore important to include the subject area within the boundaries of WNQP to allow the dialogue to continue. . MINUTE$--Eugene City Council May 11, 1981 Page 13