JANISCH Amy C <br />From: Jane Katra <jkatrama@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 11:09 AM <br />To: TAYLOR Becky G <br />Subject: Proposed West Amazon Corridor cell tower <br />Dear Ms. Taylor, <br />I've been a homeowner in the West Amazon (and Fox Hollow) neighborhood for 39 years. I hold a <br />doctorate degree in public health, and I conducted classes and public health research at the UO in <br />the 1980s and 1990s. I currently live at 4017 Dillard Road, 97405. <br />Right now, I am highly concerned about a proposal for a 75-foot cell tower (surrounded by signs <br />of danger and a protective metal fence) to be erected on the property of a neighborhood church on <br />my block at 4060 West Amazon Drive. I am angered by the idea of a church's being turned into a <br />vehicle for profit by a mega-corporation, and by the actions of a self-serving so-called pastor who <br />does not live in this neighborhood, and would not himself be radiated 24/7 by the cell tower <br />microwaves that will endanger this neighborhood's people, birds and bees. <br />I am writing this letter to communicate reasons why no cell tower should be allowed in this <br />residential and environmental open-space neighborhood. <br />At the most basic visual level, such a tower and its surrounding warning signs and unsightly <br />metal fence would be incompatible with the Eugene Metropolitan Plan's own guiding principles <br />for neighborhood development, as stated in the City of Eugene's "7 Pillars" for <br />neighborhoods: "Structures and facilities [should] be designed to support and enhance the best <br />qualities and unique character of the neighborhood." <br />The best qualities and unique character of the West Amazon area are that this is a residential <br />and environmentally sensitive neighborhood, known for its natural beauty, city parkland and open- <br />space which includes extensive bark trails developed for health-promoting walking and jogging. <br />A cell tower would neither support nor enhance the best qualities and unique character of this <br />neighborhood. <br />2. The Amazon Corridor open space and walking trails, and public access to theirs, as stated in <br />the City of Eugene's published documents, were funded by federal and local taxpayers' monies to <br />"promote environmental appreciation," and to "promote the scenic, aesthetic, and environmental <br />resources" of the "Amazon Corridor neighborhood and surrounding area." <br />It would be highly unethical for city administrators to spend our taxes for the development of <br />such a wonderful environmental corridor, and then allow the area and its acknowledged resources to <br />be desecrated with ugly and highly unhealthful structures whose radiating microwaves will harm the <br />same wildlife that the area was developed to support. <br />