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<br />Lani Roberts <br />3545 NE Manchester <br />Corvallis, OR 97330 <br />541.757.9744 <br /> <br />May 2, 2006 <br /> <br />Mayor and City Councilors <br />City of Eugene <br />c/o Kent Kullby, Planning Division <br />Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br />Greetings, <br /> <br />I am the great-granddaughter of Alberta Shelton McMurphey. My father, William Shelton <br />Roberts, lived with his grandmother at 303 Willamette while attending the University of Oregon in <br />the very late 1930s, before enlisting in the Navy in the fall of 1941. I have also served as a <br />docent at the Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House since it has been under the purview of the <br />City of Eugene, until I moved to Corvallis in 1994 where I teach Philosophy at Oregon State <br />University. I am and remain a Duck, a fourth generation Duck, lest one think I've converted <br />following more than 17 years of teaching at OSU. My son is a 5th generation Duck <br /> <br />I urge you to reconsider any temptation to name the street below the house as _ Boulevard, <br />regardless of what precedes it. "Boulevard" is far to weighty and pompous name for the <br />modest street. Although the Shelton McMurphey clan were (and are) accomplished among <br />their peers, there was never any attempt to "lord it over" anyone else. The idea of a "boulevard" <br />so named goes against the ethos of the Shelton McMurphey clan. I am also unclear why one <br />appends the name of "McMurphey" to the street since it likely came into existence, I assume, <br />when Dr. Shelton built the house. <br /> <br />My recommendation and desire is that the street be named "Shelton Lane" or something along <br />this line, simple, unassuming yet historically accurate. Thank you for your attention to this <br />request. <br /> <br />Regards, <br /> <br />~ R,c~ <br /> <br />Lani Roberts <br /> <br />Rf~CEI\fED <br /> <br />-'---'] <br />[:Y - 32006 <br /> <br /> <br />L_--,-,.--- <br />CiTY OF EUGtr.l[ <br />Ptj~,<)\.J\l r,,l(:; <br /> <br />