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he would return to two more Public Forums to further discuss and summarize his ideas on this topic as well as to suggest what next steps the council might want to consider. Glen Love, 393 Ful Vue Drive, averred that everyone realized that the McKenzie River was a priceless resource. He said what might not be so widely recognized was that the river was what it was because of the ancient forests in its watershed. He stated that these forests were the ultimate source of that ;;peerless" water because they protected and filtered the water. He asserted the trees helped to protect the river from floods and erosion and fostered healthy fish populations. He quoted writer John Fowles, who said old growth forests were the ;;last green churches and chapels outside the walled civilization and culture we have made with our tools." He urged protection of the old growth forest. Roxie Cuellar, 2053 Laura Street, Springfield, representing the Lane County Home Builders Association (LCHBA), spoke regarding the ordinance creating the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC) as an intergovernmental entity. She said the LCHBA would withdraw its objections to the ordinance as it stood if the intergovernmental agreement (IGA) specified that a change in the numbers would require that the cities have a final say in them. She reiterated that any change in the numbers would change the methodology for computing them. She said, given that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would not be loosening the rules on treatment, the MWMC capital project list as proposed could increase by $90 million. She shared the LCHBA's hope that the list would deal with the ~real source of the problem." She averred the problems were not just due to growth-related issues and new Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) rules, but rather to problems with inflow and infiltration (I&I) and asserted that nothing in the proposals seemed to address this. She asked where the responsibility of individual home owners lay in this respect and wondered if private lines should be checked. She underscored the need to take care of the broken places in the lines over building new ones. Tom Snyder, 1143 Monroe Street, explained that he lived near the Monroe Street Cafe. He said the caf~ had changed ownership 18 months earlier bringing with it a change in the style of service and how the caf~ was managed. He stated that the establishment had become a bar and now neighbors were experiencing difficulty with noise levels from patrons and live music. He noted that the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) did not have an agreement with this particular establishment because the agreement with the previous establishment was passed on with the sale. He said the agreement was about to expire and asked the City to intervene on behalf of the neighborhood to help the establishment become a better neighbor. He played a tape of people yelling at the bar that he allegedly made on his front porch at 11:45 p.m. He added that dogs tied up in front of the caf~ had menaced him. Kathy Saranpa, 3015 Friendly Street, chair of the Crest Drive Citizens Association (CDCA), related that at a work session in January, councilors expressed awareness of %ngoing problems with trust and communication" between her neighborhood and City planning staff. She said neighbors in attendance were feeling ~fresh outrage" because a local improvement district (LID) had been proposed for Crest Drive and Storey Boulevard. She stated that after the council directed staff to work on context-sensitive design and to maintain better contact with the neighborhood, the residents felt better about the situation. She reported that the first communication she received regarding the street classifications arrived on May 17, initiated by her after she realized the issue had been placed on the council agenda for June 29. She said Principal Engineer Mark Schoening agreed to come to the next neighborhood meeting. She hoped he could address neighborhood concerns. She stressed that the CDCA wanted the neighborhood streets to be classified as local, adding that the neighbors wished to see specifications for context-sensitive design in writing. She MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 23, 2005 Page 3 Regular Session