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June 27, 2009 <br />Johnny Medlin <br />Parks and Open Space <br />Eugene <br />Dear Johnny, <br />I am writing you after a brief conversation with Carolyn Weiss suggested you were the most <br />appropriate and direct person to contact. I share a property line with Laurelwood Golf Course <br />property which is over 300 feet in length, running along the fairway of the 9th hole, but removed <br />from it by significant distance and natural vegetation barriers, if one considers blackberries, <br />escaped cherries, and giant sequoias "natural ". I am enclosing a plot plan of my property where <br />I live, which is labeled lot 6604 of Prescott Estates. <br />A bit of history: The property was subdivided about 1967, and I bought the property in 1968, <br />along with the easterly 20 feet of lot 6601. I built our house in 1973. Sometime around then, the <br />three lots 6601, 6602, and 6603 were traded to the City in exchange for sewer assessment fees <br />for the subdivision and became part of Laurelwood Park. They now make up the rough along the <br />9 hole, along the east side of the golf cart path. <br />I am beginning to subdivide my property to create a new building lot (infill and all that) and, <br />since my lot is over % acre, I have ample property. However, I would like to be able to provide <br />better separation opportunity for a house on the new lot from the house on lot 6612. This would <br />be possible by straightening the westerly lot line of my property by transferring the easterly 20 <br />feet of lots 6602 and 6603 from the City to me, for some remuneration. This land is overgrown, <br />far from the course, and has no use other than habitat for deer, wild turkey, and the occasional <br />homeless. <br />I am enclosing some plot maps and diagrams to explain my proposal. The future owner of the <br />new lot would get the opportunity for a bit more privacy, as would the current resident on lot <br />6612. The City POS would get some money for some small project not otherwise funded. I <br />don't need the property to subdivide, but everything would be neater to straighten out the <br />property line along the east side of the 9 hole. <br />I don't ask for any favors, Johnny, and will in no way be upset or disappointed if the answer is <br />summarily no, precedents, and all that. If you want to send someone out to look over the <br />situation, I am available for that. I hope you are enjoying another summer in Eugene's parks and <br />open spaces. <br />Sincerely, <br />A4 1 z� � <br />Howie Bonnett <br />1835 E. 28 Ave. <br />-?' - I d, b'( <br />h �nhEtt(puore� 4u <br />