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DISTRIBUTED TO: <br /> • <br /> MAYOR <br /> Friends of Rasor Park <br /> do Becky Riley, 202 Hawthorne, Eugene, OR 97404; (541) 461 -4281 <br /> MGR <br /> June 11, 1996 ASST MGR <br /> IN . ORMATJON ONLY ,cc <br /> Copies to: (3 Eugene City Council DEPT <br /> City Hall 8v "' i l I Y <br /> 777 Pearl St. ER <br /> Eugene, OR 97401 %ail 1 2, <br /> Dear City Council, <br /> We write for two reasons: 1) To thank you for your May 15th vote to drop Rasor Park <br /> from consideration for the City's planned indoor soccer facility, and 2) To ask that you authorize <br /> the City's Public Works Department to dedicate some staff time and resources to work with area <br /> residents to develop a more suitable plan for the development of this City -owned site as a <br /> greenway park. As we understand it, this will likely involve the creation of a master plan for the <br /> park. <br /> Community interest in Rasor Park is running high. Hundreds of neighbors have expressed <br /> interest in seeing something simple yet attractive done at this site to provide for improved <br /> neighborhood access and use, while at the same time enhancing the greenway and retaining <br /> valuable open space. Several area residents have already put forward a preliminary plan for a <br /> simple site restoration with some new plantings of native trees and shrubs. We have been <br /> collecting public comment on the plan for several months. Other neighbors have suggested <br /> putting in a playground, picnic shelters, or other features. <br /> We would like to work with the City to take advantage of existing neighborhood interest <br /> and momentum to see some modest landscaping and improvements done on this parcel of land. <br /> The sort of park and planning process that we envision should not be costly to the City. We <br /> believe that the costs may be even lower if the planning and design happens now, taking <br /> advantage of the skills, labor, and possibly even materials that the neighborhood has expressed <br /> interest in donating. <br /> Thank you for your consideration of this request. We look forward to working with the <br /> City in the near future on the restoration of Rasor Park. <br /> Yours, <br /> Becky Ri y <br />