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10/12/93 09:45 $503 683 6826 BUG PUBLIC WORKS 444 MAINTENANCE 2002/003 <br /> DISTRIBUTED To- <br /> RECEIVED Mc <br /> �Y CITY MANAGER ka ea W � I_ IF OCT 1 ; r OAP <br /> 1473 LUELLA STREET <br /> EUGENE, OREGON 57401 6522 <br /> October 8, 1S , <br /> t <br /> Eugene City council A .'.' <br /> City Hall <br /> Subject: Deception by the City <br /> Administration. <br /> Dear Councilors: <br /> A number of residents in the Ascot Park area of the Marlow <br /> neighborhood - are outraged by their tardy notification about the <br /> installation of high intensity, high elevation lights at Ascot <br /> Park adjoining Monroe Middle School. It is alleged that kidsports <br /> and adult field games are planned in the evenings as late as 11:00 <br /> o'clock. Neighbors object to the noise, the light and even adult <br /> r males urinating along a drainage ditch at the southern boundary of <br /> the park. The purpose of this latter stems from this park <br /> modification incident. <br /> • My purpose in writing this letter is to address a problem of <br /> broader significance, namely the erasion of public trust by city <br /> _ officials. Two Ascot Park neighbors, Ms Patti Luse and Mr. Eric <br /> Ellwood, among others , were told by city employee John Etter, <br /> that (paraphrased) notification of the neighbors about the light <br /> installation was delayed because such notification might black the <br /> light installation project. <br /> I personally pretest most strenuously to this alleged sort of <br /> deception. 1 previ❑usly have testified to the Council that there <br /> was a credibility problem with the city manager, I have written <br /> you a recent lengthy letter citing repeated examples of deceit by <br /> omission over a number of years, and I here call your attention to <br /> this most recent example of deception. <br /> The city manager is not personally responsible for every <br /> statement made by his underlings. I would have less cause for <br /> concern about this sort of deception if the city manager had not <br /> personally engaged in similar deception by omission. Quite <br /> possibly his actions have set the tone, a sort of Madison Avenue <br /> ethic which appears to have Filtered down from his to other city <br /> oF£3ces. In this case the Parks Department is involved. <br /> Previou `the Downtown Development Division of the Planning and <br /> Development Department has engaged in similar deceptive actions. <br /> I have•discussed this with former Mayor Jeff Miller without <br /> -1- <br />