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<br />intended to serve and the role private facilities play in providing <br />recreational facilities (emphasis added). <br /> <br />6. Private recreational facilities supplement and help meet the demand for a <br />variety of recreational opportunities. <br /> <br />This was furthered in the objectives: <br /> <br />6. Expand opportunities for the development of private recreational facilities. <br /> <br />Lastly, it was incorpomted into the policies: <br /> <br />4. Encourage the development of private recreational facilities. <br /> <br />The consideration of privately owned facilities or land goes beyond swimming pools and <br />golf courses. It must also be applied to open space (open space is not currently one of the <br />park types described in the Metro Plan). This would include land owned by groups such <br />as the Nature Conservancy. It should also include open space provided for in planned <br />unit develOPments (PUDs) and subdivisions. The development community agrees that <br />preserving and protecting a reasonable amount of open space in PUDs, for example, is <br />good public policy. Those hundreds of acres of open space should also be accounted for <br />in the inventory to reduce the need for additional open space acquisitions by the <br />taxpayers and future homeowners. <br /> <br />In summary, the Home Builders Association and the Homebuilders Construction <br />Company believes the Eugene Parks Refinement Plan to be inconsistent with the Eugene <br />I Springfield Metro Area General Plan in several critical areas. <br /> <br />Thank you for your consideration of our comments. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />/?oXu- ~~. <br /> <br />Roxie Cuellar <br />Director of Government Affairs <br /> <br />11 <br />