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Nancy Ellen Locke <br />, Friendly Area Neighborhood Association Executive Committee, asked the council to <br />include funding for a spray pool in Washington Park in the CIP. She recalled that the wading pool was shut <br />down for health and safety reasons and the neighborhood repeatedly told the project was “on the list.” It did <br />not seem fair to be postponed for so many years. She said the park was very important to the neighborhood, <br />and the trash accumulating there was an eyesore. <br /> <br />Kevin Matthews <br />, President of the Southeast Neighbors and Friends of Eugene (FOE), said he would like <br />the council to amend the CIP with the staff text reducing the scope and budget of the Dillard Road project to <br />a project development project in the amount of $400,000 in fiscal year 2013. He noted the work done on <br />Dillard Road by the Southeast Neighbors in opposition to a proposed development that involved Lidarscan- <br />ning, a technology which reveals geological faults, and that indicated it was premature to plan a road project <br />in light of geologic hazards and while the fate of the natural area was in doubt. <br /> <br />th <br />Jeanne Marie Moore <br />, #5 East 24 Avenue, requested funding for a spray pool in Washington Park. She <br />supported the request because the water could be recycled and the park was important to the neighborhood. <br /> <br />Zachary Vishanoff <br />, of Patterson Street, spoke of the importance of saving Civic Stadium from redevelop- <br />ment. <br /> <br />There being no further requests to speak, Mayor Piercy closed the public hearing. <br /> <br /> <br />2. PUBLIC HEARING: An Ordinance Providing for Withdrawal of Territories from the River <br />Road Water District and River Road Park and Recreation District, and from the Santa Clara <br />Water District <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy opened the public hearing. There being no requests to speak, she closed the public hearing. <br /> <br /> <br />3. PUBLIC HEARING: An Ordinance Amending the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area <br />General Plan Land Use Diagram and the Jefferson/Far West Refinement Plan Land Use Diagram <br />and Text; Amending Section 9.9580 of the Eugene Code, 1971; Adopting a Severability Clause; <br />Providing an Effective Date; and Providing a Sunset Date (Jefferson/Far West, MA 06-05, RA 06- <br />03, CA 06-01) <br /> <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy opened the public hearing. <br /> <br />th <br />Renee Kane <br />, 254 West 14 Avenue, co-chair of the Jefferson/Westside Neighbors, called the council’s <br />attention to the resolution passed by the neighborhood organization and the petitions signed by area residents <br />submitted in support of the amendments before the council. Ms. Kane briefly discussed the past planning <br />process that led to the establishment of Area 15 and asked that it remain intact. She said there were many <br />families with children living in the area, and if the neighborhood was to have true diversity, such families <br />were necessary and must be accommodated. Triplexes and multiplexes shoehorned into backyards did not <br />foster families or support the character of the neighborhood. Ms. Kane suggested there was also the danger <br />of flooding to consider, and reduction of pervious surface through more development would see a rise in <br />water volume in the Amazon Creek. She said neighbors were ready to work on ways to support infill in the <br />neighborhood. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council February 20, 2007 Page 2 <br /> Public Hearing <br />