Item B: Ordinance Concerning Goal 5 Natural Resources Study

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-----Original Message----- From: Anita Glantz [mailto:lunamobile@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 3:52 PM To: *Eugene Mayor and City Council; TAYLOR Dennis M Subject: East Amazon Headwater Forest Preservation Dear Mayor Piercy and City Council Members, I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of Eugene and a neighbor of the two Amazon Headwaters properties that face imminent development. My property at 5055 Nectar Way adjoins the East Fork Headwaters Forest. I urge to you please support the motion that Betty Taylor will be proposing at this Monday night's Council meeting, to impose a temporary moratorium on development applications on properties with a natural resource rating of 66 or greater that are included in the Goal 5 study. By passing this motion, you will ensure that the irreplaceable natural resources that Goal 5 was designed to protect will not be denuded by hasty development, speeded along perhaps by a desire to circumvent GoalS regulations. By passing this motion, you will assure that the City of Eugene, with the assistance of our neighborhood organization and several interested national environmental groups, will have an opportunity to acquire these lands for the good of all Eugene, for our water quality, for storm run-off prevention, for Ridgeline Trail access, for the protection of endangered plant and animal species, and for the priceless qualities that pristine forests within the city limits provide for all generations to come. As someone who has first-hand knowledge of the tremendous beauty and natural value of the Amazon Headwaters Forest lands, I ask you to please support our preservation efforts by passing this temporary development moratorium on Monday, September 26th. Thank you for all your efforts, Anita D. Glantz Ben Glantz Robert Dashnaw Sequoia Dashnaw 5055 Nectar Way Eugene, OR 97405