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She commented that many deer cross the street by her house daily. She asserted that the new designation would increase the hazards to both cars and deer. She felt traffic was already heavy. Maurie Denner, 3853 Blanton Road, shared that he walked in the neighborhood and had talked to many people. He was stunned by the universal belief that designating the neighborhood streets as collectors was wrong. He asked the council to look at the confusion around the issue and send it back to staff. He felt the process used to gain neighborhood input, that of a random sampling of opinion, did not show the proper amount of respect for people who lived on Crest Drive and Storey Boulevard. He noted that he lived a block from Crest Drive and had known nothing of this redesignation. He opined that City staff and elected officials need to create confidence and trust in the City process. Mr. Denner added that neighbors of the Willakenzie School would be testifying in the Public Forum and asked the council to "listen carefully." Janetta Overholser, 30300 Cottage Grove-Lorane Road, Cottage Grove, brought a kitten to the council Public Forum to emphasize that it was kitten season and feral cats were breeding. She noted the kitten had been abandoned. She said several thousand feral cats had been altered in the Eugene area through Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon. She underscored that there was no where to take stray cats from Eugene as, by law, Greenhill Humane Society was only allowed to receive cats from owners. She reiterated that the cost of fixing the problem would be greater than the cost to prevent it in the first place. Ron Teninty, 999 Brookside Drive, spoke in opposition of the development of a Wal-Mart %uperstore." He submitted copies of articles on Wal-Mart development to the council. He noted there was a letter to the editor in the Register-Guard signed by Ted Oliver, district manager of Wal-Mart stores. He related that the letter asserted that Wal-Mart offered great jobs that paid above union scale, a full range of benefits, including 401 (K) programs and health insurance benefits, and profit-sharing. He pointed out that this was a contradiction to what was being experienced all across the country with regard to Wal-Mart. He suggested a subcommittee designated by the council check into Wal-Mart's statements in order to determine who to believe. Shana Stull, 4016 Josh Street, a member of the Eugene Citizens for Housing Standards, thanked the council for scheduling a work session on housing standards. She commented that support for the issue was growing in numbers daily and recommended the work session be held in a venue other than the McNutt Room to accommodate what could potentially be a large number of attendees. She underscored that the initiative could affect up to 54,000 citizens in Eugene. Sean Kelly, 1719 Best Lane, executive member of the Harlow Neighbors Association and the chair of the Willakenzie Action Committee, stated that the Parks and Open Spaces Division had concluded that the Willakenzie neighborhood was a high needs area for park space. He said that by acquiring the entire Willakenzie property for park space the City would help fill this need and preserve a piece of Eugene's educational and recreational history. He asserted that acquiring only part of the land and placing more people in the neighborhood represented the wrong direction for the neighborhood. He said the open space was used year-round by children's sports teams as well as neighbors, joggers, and people walking their dogs. He felt the neighborhood had been recklessly over-developed and needed all eight acres encompassed by the property. He noted that many other parks in Eugene were at least this large and asserted it was not out of line to have an eight-acre park. Sherle Hawley, 3484 Storey Boulevard, spoke in opposition to the reclassification of neighborhood streets to collectors. She remarked that the original name for Crest Drive and Storey Boulevard was the Old Lorane Highway and averred it had historical significance. She asserted the collector street plan would change the character, livability, and safety of the street by bringing more cars down to the street. She