4J Stadium. June - September 1999

New Search

f 133 a .� r DONE 1620 Norwood Eugene, Oregon ' <� June4, 1599 MAX ) ry '`.,, oto1GR City Manager Jirn Johnson The City Manager's Office MST MGR 777 Pearl Street, Room 105 COG Eugene, OR 97401 DER Peer Mr. Johnson: INFO ONLY We have sent the following letter to each of the 4.1 School Board iicrbbsss and Eugene City Councilors. We are writing this letter to oppose the building of a siadiumicomplcx at Sheldon High School. We feel strongly t it will not be a good addition to our neighborhood and nearby Sheldon Meadows. Rather than keeping the parks and open spaces philosophy, it will decrease the tunnbo r of folds and play areas available. will replace open grass with concrete, artificial turf and fencing, and contribute more to the noise, congestion, and pollution we already experience. We realise the city and district have finally taken some steps to lessen the traffic impact and the linos accumulation, fatter mote than ten years of continuous phoning) but we're justifiably concerned about future maintenance and funding when the budget changes or the money huts out. Even now the hen= line around the track is cut/trimmed once every two or three years if we are lucky. The idea ofa chain link fence all around Sheldon Meadows in an attempt to reroute parking and traffic makes us sad How can a fence contribute to "open spaces"? We feel that the monies placated for this project could be bettet spell on a single complex, one field for the four high schools, with adequate parking, play area, and space for additional Practice fields to be developed if the city puts money in, we know the stadium will get much more use than the promised five Friday night football games. So we ask you, as we have from last September when we first tattled of this plan, to please not additionally impart our already saturated neighborhood using our dollars, Thank You. # .—t / c A, �..�. Dale and Glenna Rettmann