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- -- Original Message <br /> From: Eugene PSO <br /> Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 8:29 AM <br /> To: 'Kenneth Jones' <br /> Subject: RE: Four Stadium option <br /> Good morning Ken, I'll make sure your e-mail is distributed to the Mayor and Council prior to <br /> their meeting tonight. <br /> Gary Cloyes <br /> Public Service Officer <br /> Original Message <br /> From: Kenneth Jones [mailto:j ones kr @efn.org] <br /> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 8:38 PM <br /> To: pso @ci.eugene.or.us <br /> Subject: Four Stadium option <br /> An Open Letter to the Eugene City Council: <br /> I urge you to examine the printed presentation to the voters in <br /> theVoters Guide when you evaluate the use of park bond moneys to partner <br /> with the 4J School District in the construction of the proposed four <br /> stadiums. Please also consider the following: <br /> 1. The University of Oregon has postponed conversion to artificial turf <br /> and will not make a final decision as to whether and when it will <br /> convert to turf for another 2 -3 years. Continued use of Autzen Stadium <br /> by 4J should be considered by the school district before the four <br /> stadium option is decided. <br /> 2. Eight million dollars will not build four stadiums and meet all of <br /> the recreational goals contained in the voters guide. Two million <br /> dollars per stadium will not allow construction of durable facilities <br /> and leave moneys available for a replacement sinking fund. The types of <br /> facilities proposed, especially the installation of artificial turf, <br /> will experience extraordinary wear and tear. Artificial turf is <br /> fragile; it is subject to vandalism and will require expensive security <br /> monitoring to insure its correct use. It would not be fiscally prudent <br /> to build these facilitates without also establishing an adequate <br /> replacement reserve. <br /> 3. The school district refuses to first provide detailed engineering <br />