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History of property at 2190 Elk Ave., Eugene, OR 97403 <br /> Owner: Keith M. Wright <br /> P.O. Box 12041 <br /> Eugene, OR 97440 <br /> Phone: 683 5878 <br /> Tax Account #: 0589414 <br /> Prop: 101 <br /> TCA: 00400 Acres: 0.0 <br /> Map: 18 03 04 24 00804 <br /> History of Property: <br /> • Don Furtick owned property and built present dwelling 1968/1969 <br /> • Terry Ashwell purchase property early 1969 <br /> • Keith M. Wright purchase dwelling & property September 1970 <br /> • 1972 winter ice storm brought down many small trees on border edge of <br /> property. Keith Wright removed all of the debris at his expense and Park <br /> officials were notified by neighbors, visited site and concurred it was <br /> saving the city Parks many dollars and I could remove the debris as well <br /> as the blackberries and underbrush. They stated I should keep the brush <br /> cut & maintain approx. 30/40 feet behind facility. <br /> • Late 70's did a lot of work to correct the drainage from run off the steep <br /> hill & draw on the South East & South West. In a heavy rain the water <br /> would run down over the bank and run into the patio area & house. <br /> • At this time I spent much time, engineering costs & hired at my expense a <br /> contractor to correct the drainage problem with the City Public Works <br /> blessings. <br /> • Sometime in the early 80's I installed sprinklers in the yard and on the <br /> buffer zone of the park to keep it green for fire suppression. <br /> • In 1987 & 1988 I completely rebuilt the dwelling using the park as a focal <br /> point. This remodel was all properly permitted. At this time and over <br /> the next few years I bricked the patio, retaining wall and replaced all of <br /> the drainage including adding a good drainage system behind existing <br /> retaining wall. I installed the water features in both the back and front of <br /> house. <br /> • In 1995 the City of Eugene decided to survey the boundaries of the park <br /> and I entered into a 5 year contract which I understood could be renewed <br /> for the improvements with Richard A. Morgan who was the Park <br /> Operations Manager for the city of Eugene. After paying $500.00 for the <br /> cost of drawing up the contract and a small amount went for rent, I was <br /> allowed to keep the improvements. I phoned several times to renew the <br /> agreement and I was informed that Mr. Morgan was no <br />