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ATTACHMENT C LAND PLANNING CONSULTANTS 1071 HARLOW ROAD SPRINGFIELD OR 97477 Phone 541-726-8523 June 4, 2004 James D. Torrey, Mayor, City of Eugene City Council of City of Eugene Dear Mayor Torrey and City Council Members: The McDougal Foundation, Inc. and McDougal Bros. Investments own 120 acres of land in the Eugene Urban Growth Boundary, the "Laurel Hill Tract", (Tax Lot 701 and a portion of Tax Lot 702, Assessor's Map 18-03-10). LeeLynn, Inc. and Wiley Mt., Inc., corporations of Melvin McDougal and Norman McDougal, respectively, own 197 acres on Irvington Road near Santa Clara, the "Santa Clara Tract", (Tax Lot 200, Assessor's Map 17-04-03) that is not presently in the UGB. The McDougal Foundation, McDougal Bros. Investments, LeeLynn, Inc. and Wiley Mt., Inc. ("OWNERS") request the City of Eugene to initiate a Metro Plan Amendment (or Amendments) to remove the 120 acre Laurel Hill Tract from the UGB and add the 197 acre Santa Clara Tract to the UGB. The OWNERS will donate 77 acres of the Santa Clara Tract to the City of Eugene Parks and Open Space Division ("PARKS"), leaving 120 acres for private development. The City of Eugene, through its City Manager, and the OWNERS have entered into the following agreements that, subject to adoption of the Metro Plan Amendment(s): 1. PARKS will purchase 10(/acres of the Laurel Hill Tract for its appraised value. 2. OWNERS will donate easements to the City for Parks use over an additional 30 acres of the Laurel Hill Tract, giving PARKS 130 acres to establish a continuous trailway between the City's urban parks and trails system and Bloomberg Park. 3. OWNERS will donate 77 acres of the Santa Clara Tract to the City for development of Community park. 4. PARKS and OWNERS will cooperate to develop a conceptual plan for the Santa Clara Tract that will integrate their respective developments, using the Principles of Smart Growth as mutually agreed upon and included in their agreement. If the proposed Metro Plan is adopted, the total acreage of private development land within the Urban Growth Boundary will remain unchanged. The City of Eugene will receive an additional 77 acres of land not otherwise available in the present UGB to be used as a community park.