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" :U —" G — EN 1 E 1 Public Works <br /> Maintenance <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 1820 Roosevelt Boulevard <br /> July 16, 1996 Eugene, Oregon 97402 <br /> (541) 687 -5220 <br /> Becky Riley <br /> 202 Hawthorne <br /> Eugene, Oregon <br /> 97404 <br /> Dear Becky: <br /> A copy of your letter to the City Council (6 /11/96) was forwarded to me. As you suggest, with <br /> the recent attention focussed on Rasor Park, it might be a good time to talk with the interested <br /> parties regarding the park's future. <br /> What we can fit into our work plan at this point is to have an initial scoping meeting. I would <br /> largely leave the timing of such a meeting up to you, after I say that we are currently committed <br /> through the end of July' August is often a bad time to get all the input you'd like due to <br /> vacations, but if you want to go with an August date, we'll fit one in. Our preference is for a <br /> September date. <br /> We have already scheduled our full time work load out for more than a year. Without <br /> postponing tasks promised to others, it is unlikely that we could devote extensive attention to a <br /> planning effort for Rasor Park until 18 - 24 months from now. There may be some advantages <br /> in waiting until closer to that time when the full planning effort can be completed to hold the first <br /> meeting for input. By then changes in people interested, new information, new trends, etc., could <br /> render obsolete some of today's ideas and direction which are being expressed for the park. If <br /> you would feel it beneficial, perhaps a meeting now to glean ideas as they exist today, and then a <br /> repeat of this opportunity as we start the process at a future date would be appropriate. <br /> Considering all of the above, we can commit to having an initial input session in the near future <br /> and then completing the process in 18 -24 months after we honor our park planning commitments <br /> already made to other neighborhoods. If you wish to have an early session we should make <br /> phone contact to pick a date when you feel the time is right. I look forward to hearing from you <br /> at that time. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> John Etter, Landscape Architect <br /> Public Works Maintenance <br /> cc: City Council <br /> Bob Hammitt <br /> Johnny Medlin <br />