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11/22/96 14:06 $541 682 5572 EUGENE DEV DEPT 44-) CITY EUG PWMAINT al 002/003 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> To: TEREsA BISHOW, EUGENE PLANNING DIVISION <br /> JIM SPICKERMAN, EUGENE HEARINGS OFFICIAL <br /> FROM: JOHN WEBER. PARKS PLANNING <br /> DATE: NOVEMI3ER 19, 1996 <br /> RE: Z 96 -3 I . STEVENS /COAST RESOURCES, INC. <br /> SUBSEQUENT TO REVIEWING THIS APPLICATION AND RECOMMENDING A PUD SUFFIX TO BE <br /> ATTACHED TO THE REQUESTED RA SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL ZONE CHANGE, PARKS STAFF HAS <br /> BEEN GIVEN GAUSS TO RE EvM..UATE EARLIER COMMENTS, DUE TO NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT. <br /> RESIDENTS IN THE LAUREL HILL AREA HAVE SUGGESTED THAT TT MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO <br /> REZONE THE PORTION OF THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF PARK AND OPEN <br /> SPACE FROM AG AGRICULTURAL TO RA SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL. STAFF BELJEVES THERE 15 A <br /> CERTAIN AMOUNT of LOGIC TO THIS POSITION. IN PARTICULAR, PARKS PLANNING STAFF SUPPORTS <br /> THE POSITION OUTUNED BELOW: <br /> THE TEXT' 70 THE PLAN DIAGRAM ON PAGE III-E-9 OF THE METRO PLAN STATES. "WHERE <br /> PARK AND OPEN SPACE IS DESIGNATED ON PRIVATELY OWNED AGRICULTURAL LAND, THOSE <br /> LANDS SHALL BE PROTECTED FOR AGRICULTURAL USE IN ACCOROANCE WITH PLAN <br /> POLICIES." THE EUGENE PARKS PLAN DESIGNATES UP To 35 ACRES ow MOON MOUNTAIN <br /> TO BE A PARK AND TRAIL HEAD TERMINUS- (PROPOSED ACTLON L., PAGE 2 ) <br /> (METROPOLITAN SCALE PARK ACOuISfl7ON IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO USE PARK SYSTEM <br /> DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, AND MUST DEPEND UPON VOTER APPROVED FUNDING SOURCES. <br /> SINCE ACOUISIIION FUNOS DO NOT ESC/s7'.47 TH /S TIME FOR THE 35 ACRES MENTIONED IN <br /> THE PARKS PLAN. IT BECOMES VERY INPORTANT NOT TO LOSE THE PARK AND OPEN SPACE <br /> POTENTIAL ON TOP OF MooN MOUNTAIN. RETAINING AN APPROPRIATELY DEUNEATED AREA <br /> ON THIS PROPERTY AS AG WILL PROTECT` THE PU8LJC S INTEREST FOR FUTURE <br /> AcoulsmoN AND DEVELOPMENT AS A PARK AND 7RA /L TERMINUS. AN "APPROPRIATELY <br /> DELINEATED AREA" ON THE APPLICANT 's PROPERTY 15 FORESEEN AS RoUGHL r HALF OP <br /> THE 35 ACRES CALLED our IN THE PARKS PLAN. SINCE THE OTHER HALF OF THE TOP OF <br /> Moor MOUNTAIN IS ours/DE THE UGB. ) <br /> THE METRO PLAN STATES THAT ITS USE REQUIRES A "BALANCING" OF TITS VARIOUS COMPONENTS <br /> ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, AS WELL AS A SELECTION OF THOSE GOALS, OBJECTIVES. AND <br /> POUCIES MOST PERTINENT TO THE ISSUE AT HAND. THE METRO GENERAL PLAN IS A FRAMEWORK <br /> PLAN THAT 15 SUPPLEMENTED BY MORE DETAILED REFINEMENT PLANS, PROGRAMS ANO POLICIES. <br /> THE EUGENE PARKS ANO RECREATION PLAN, 1989. 15 ONE SUCH FUNCTIONAL REFINEMENT <br /> PLAN. WHICH DESIGNATES THE TOP OF MOON MOUNTAIN TO BE KEPT FOR PARK AND OPEN <br /> PURPOSES. THE PARKS PLAN. IN DESIGNATING THE TOP OF MOON MOUNTAIN AS PARK AND OPEN <br /> SPACE, IS CONSISTENT WTIH THE FOLLOWING METRO PLAN Go*1-5: <br /> gNVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES (P.II-A- I ) <br /> "PROTECT VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENCOURAGE THEIR WISE MANAGEMENT AND <br /> PROPER USE AND REUSE, REFLECTING THEIR SPECIAL.- NATURAL ASSETS." <br />