Item B: Ordinance Concerning Goal 5 Natural Resources Study

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Wild-Venijt 2 going out, the confusion grew even worse. We received one mailing with the hearing notification blacked out on the envelope - the envelope contained a hearing notice. We received a different mailing that indicated a hearing notice was inside - it contained no such notice. When checking with neighbors, everyone seemed to have received a different notice. Some induded directions on how to correct inaccurate inventory indusions. We did not receive those directions and finally resorted to obtaining a copy from a neighbor. Please understand: we have been involved in several issues that concern our property. We have served on several City of Eugene citizens committees and were members of the Crest Drive Citizens Association Executive Board for years. We are familiar with "interested parties" lists and we have a reasonably good sense of the public process. We try to research issues as thoroughly as possible and if we have something to contribute, we try to comment in a timely and productive manner. Frankly, we have never seen a process so poorly conducted as the Goal 5 inventory process. The comment in the 10 February Planning Commission meeting minutes that the "perception of how this affects property owners has been misconstrued" is an understatement. We believe it is one of the main reasons such a paltry number of comments was submitted when one considers that over 6000 properties will be forever affeded by these upcoming decisions. In a 7 May 2003 email exchange (attachments 9-10), Bjorklund complained of the time he had spent answering our questions. In turn, we feel had we received appropriately timed and dear information in the first place, we would not have had to waste endless hours of our time trying to protect our rights to our private property. We do understand two people cannot possibly address 6000+ properties, but we cannot be held accountable for the City's lack. of personnel. The City Manager's web page states, "We value feedback., access and involvement in decision-making as we work in partnership with the public...". As the City is considering taking control over part of the only property we own, we expect to be kept informed and to be given sufficient time and information to comment - whether we agree or disagree with the City's intentions. Anything short of full and timely access to all relevant information is simply unacceptable when we are facing City Council actions we will have to live with for the rest of our lives. Bruce Wild and Francina Venijt. frTIl1 CHfvlENT .~ - ~OO:, lB~