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07/01/99 08:26 $541 683 6826 EUG PUBLIC WORKS 444 MAINTENANCE a002 <br /> play catch ?" No, the answer of use was that the school would schedule <br /> activities during their booked time and organized sports would schedule <br /> the other times. How many FTEs will be needed to book these field? Can <br /> only the people that pay to participate in sports use the field? Did <br /> the tax payers realize that they paid for a fabulous series of stadiums <br /> and that unless they want to join and pay again to belong to an <br /> organized team they are out of luck? When I look at my participation in <br /> medial sports, it is not the Kidsports type teams I reflect on, but it <br /> is the family and neighbor impromptu games that I have the fond memory <br /> of. I realize that times have changed and commercialize organized sport <br /> is suppose to be what's best for me. <br /> After WWII, industry was booming, business was for profit alone, forget <br /> the community and laugh at the environment damage. In the early 70's <br /> the Environmental Protection Agency was formed. Industry was told to <br /> clean up their act and stop polluting the air, water, and land. <br /> Government became responsible and demanded that industry and business <br /> deal with the impacts they were making. Who if not the Council is going <br /> to provide stewardship to City development projects? Would you let a <br /> business like Price Costa or a Church construct a mega facility and use <br /> the surrounding neighborhood as the parking lot for thousands of <br /> customers throughout the year? I think net. But who if not the council <br /> would apply the same standards to City development? When you develop a <br /> facility that will draw hundreds of thousands users over the next 20 <br /> years, do it right if you have the funds. If you don't have the funds <br /> to do it right, rethink. Do not act like industry of the 1950s' with <br /> the concept of doing proclaimed good for the world justifies the damage <br /> to the surrounding area, The surrounding neighborhood is just that, a <br /> neighborhood where people use the narrow streets for neighborhood <br /> activity. The business mentality to sacrifice a few for the good of the <br /> whole is good strategy during a war (unless you are the few). This is <br /> not a war situation. It is about building a community where to do it <br /> right is a money issue, not a sacrifice. If not a money issue, ask again '7 <br /> what happened to the full size all weather soccer field. <br /> The City staff presented the best bang buck approach? Would not more <br /> fields on undeveloped City property like Kenney Loop service as a <br /> foothold in the area and provide more fields for day time use where kids <br /> will be best served? What is wrong with having sports during day light <br /> hours and getting the younger generation back home, doing homework and <br /> family activities in the evening? <br /> As part of the City's Cal Young neighborhood, we expect Public Safety <br /> emergency response. If the traffic you are imposing on our neighborhood <br /> prevents Public safety response in a timely manner, expect legal <br /> action. Build your mega Sports Field complex(s), just develop an <br /> infrastructure to keep the business on your property. Be the true <br /> responsible stewards of our community and plan this expenditure better <br /> than agreeing to projects where the real plan exceed the funding. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Robert & Diane Sprick <br /> 2145 Carmel Ave. <br /> Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> 9 <br />