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MURDOCH Kitty M <br />from: Laurel Anderson [Iaure1309@comcast.net] <br />..lent: Monday, May 02, 200511:27 PM <br />To: *Eugene Budget Committee <br />Cc: LEHNER Robert M <br />Subject: Letter to Eugene Budget Committee. <br />Dear Mayor Piercy, City Councilors, and Citizen Members, <br />I am writing this letter during this period of budget meetings to request dedicated police bike patrols in Monroe Park and all <br />other downtown core parks. I have lived in the neighborhood for almost sixteen years and watched first hand as last <br />summer the park situation reached epic proportions. Although I have seen the park go through many phases, the last year <br />and a half have been the most difficult and frightening.. I have two children ages 10 and 12 and they have been scared to <br />go to the park which is a %2 block down the street. Last week my son was playing basketball and saw two people in a <br />sleeping bag right by the hoops having sex. He was fairly distressed by this. Monroe Park is wonderful in so many ways. <br />On some days it is a place of beauty and peacefulness. On other day it is filled with people committing illegal acts such as <br />use of drugs and alcohol, prostitution, and acts of violence. <br />There are many dedicated neighbors surrounding Monroe Park who love the park and the quality of this .downtown <br />neighborhood. We want to continue to live here. We are doing everything we can think of to "take back the park" and have <br />a more visible presence there. But the stability of the park is threatened when there are large groups of people doing <br />threatening and illegal acts. The larger that element, the harder it is to risk confronting those people by ourselves. We <br />need the help of an ongoing police patrol. Currently we call the police, we report crimes but the offenders get away with <br />impunity because there are not enough police to respond to our calls. I have seen the benefit and the reduction of crime <br />when we have had bike patrols to combat drug use/sales and prostitution. <br />I believe it is the city government's responsibility to provide safety at our public parks so that law-abiding neighbors and <br />visitors can use parks such as Monroe Park. It is sad when neighbors drive their children to other city parks so that they <br />,nd their children can feel safe at play. <br />1 urge you to approve funding for dedicated police patrols in Monroe Park in the FY 2006 budget. <br />Sincerely, <br />Laurel Anderson <br />953. W. Broadway <br />Eugene, Or. 97402 <br />MURDOCH Kitty M <br />From: Mbriggspottery@aol.com <br />Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 9:20 AM <br />To: *Eugene Budget Committee; robert.m.lehner@ci.eugene.or.us safetyfirst@monroepark.org; <br />safetyfirst@monroepark.org <br />Subject: Monroe Park <br />City of Eugene Budget Committee <br />To: eugenebudgetcommittee@ci.eugene.or.us <br />Cc: robert.m.lehner@ci.eugene.or.us <br />Bcc: safetyfirst@monroepark.org <br />dear Mayor Piercy, City Councilors, and Citizen Members, <br />have lived at 1170 W. Broadway for the past 71/2 years. I own my house and care a lot about this wonderful older <br />neighborhood. I had a dog for 4 years and we walked morning and evening, often through Monroe park. It was always <br />great to see people playing with their kids in the playground or the basketball court full of all ages. I often met neighbors or <br />19 <br />