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11/14/00 TUE 08:32 FAX 541 682 4882 CITY EUG PWMAINT �� � � "� 2002 <br /> October 11, 2000 <br /> To: Mayor Jim Torrey and the City of ange planning <br /> RECEIVED <br /> rs <br /> Ci) Y C ITY MANAGER <br /> From: Andy Martin, Pastor, Harvest Community Church OCT t6 2000 <br /> Re: Skate perk boated at Cal Young Middle School <br /> W It is the desirr! of Harvest Community hurch to be a active influence tiY po roe on the <br /> city of Eugene and to be a meaningful contribute( to our Community. For <br /> admittedly selfish ressons, we did not want the skate park portion of the new <br /> `# = sports complex to be constructed directly across the street from our church. We <br /> felt e there would be a negative and even damaging impact on our property. <br /> Having been opposed to the construction of the skate park I want you to know <br /> 4411t that now that the park has been built and is open, our desire as a church is to <br /> have a positive influence on the kids and families who will be using the park We <br /> want Harvest Community Church to be a beacon of love and hope in our <br /> community. <br /> Mlle we will do all that we can to create out of a challenging k}� g srtuatian, you <br /> need to know that there has been, end we believe will continue to be a negative <br /> impact on our church property, <br /> After talking with Msyor Torrey on September 29, about my concerns, he <br /> suggested that I put together a list of things that have been and are currently <br /> affecting our church. You will find that list below. Incidentally, none of these <br /> things were happening before the skate park was built. <br /> • Spray painting (tapping) of our building. <br /> • Skaters regularly urinate on our building. Not just in the bushes - on the <br /> building walls, in doorways, on patios, eta <br /> • Skaters take wood from our storage sheds to build skateboard ramps in our <br /> parking lot, destroying the wood for future u$e and leaving shredded planks <br /> �.rL�� /jar :vfiu and all the pieces In the lot when they finish. <br /> • Skaters "grind' an a memorial bench on our courtyard patio, putting gouges <br /> dorm the entire length of the bench and scraping off the paint This was a <br /> Kc +lr brand new bench with a memorial plaqueatteched to It In memory of a <br /> deceased parishioner. <br /> • Skaters daily skate end walk throw flower gardens and beds, killing plants, <br /> breaking off sprinkler' heeds, spreading bark mulch onto sidewalks, driveways <br /> and parking lots. <br /> . ,rat • Skaters and parents of skaters perk their vehicles in our parking lots at all <br /> times Of the day and night, even during our Sunday services, sometimes <br /> forcing our church parishioners to park down the street or potentially just turn <br /> around and go home. More and Mors, the skaters who park their cars in our <br /> lot are harping out before and after they skate. Every day we have to pidc <br /> up their trash, empty cares. broken bottles, cioarefte butts, used condoms, <br /> end even underwear, strewn throughout our property, in bushes, parking lots, <br /> r1,rine flu,., lawns, sidewalks, eta <br /> (: III -.1v I. if LW.; i H <br /> a <br />