Item 6: PH - Ordinance Renaming 3rd/4th Connector

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ATTACHMENT C Whiteaker Community Council P.O. Box 11692, Eugene, OR 97440 541/684-8064 April 24, 2006 Eugene Planning Commission c/o Kent Kullby, AICP 99 West 10th Avenue Eugene, Oregon 97401 Re: Support for renaming of 3rd/4th Connector (SC 06-1) Whiteaker Community Council is in support of an ordinance to change the name of the 3rd/4th Connector (also known as "3rd/4th Avenue") to "Shelton McMurphey Boulevard." At our general meeting on February 8, 2006, we discussed the proposal to rename the 3rd/4th Connector to "Shelton Boulevard" and reviewed the applicable part of the Whiteaker Plan, the adopted plan related to the site. Following a unanimous vote, the general meeting asked the board to submit an official comment for Whiteaker Community Council. Upon learning that "Shelton McMurphey Boulevard" had become the proposed name, our board meeting on March 15 confirmed our official support for this name as well. At our meeting on February 8, we agreed that an historic name that relates to the area's 19th Century history is fitting, and we support this name change honoring two of the earliest residents of what is now Whiteaker neighborhood. While we recognize the inconvenience and expense for those whose addresses will change, we believe this name change is in the best interest of the city. As chair of this neighborhood association, I am also reporting that I have not been contacted by anyone following the public notice that opinions may be stated to one's neighborhood association. Sincerely, Majeska Seese-Green Chair ~:C2E::;6J I CiTY-::f: :~U:): ,::' I P I..c t~ ;\~ 0!'.=-2:~~~,-,,:_~~!:JI-J cc: Ray Wiley, Shelton-McMurphy-Johnson House board City Councilor Andrea Ortiz Networking Neighbors!