PRAO <br />JANISCH Am C <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To: <br />Subject: <br />Follow Up Flag: <br />Flag Status: <br />Please add to record and IP list. <br />Becky Taylor, Associate Planner <br />City of Eugene Planning <br />99 West 101h Avenue <br />Eugene, OR 97401 <br />541-682-5437 <br />TAYLOR Becky G <br />Tuesday, September 24, 2013 9:54 AM <br />JANISCH Amy C <br />PDT 13-1 <br />Follow up <br />Flagged <br />From: Hopsbran [mailto:hopsbran@aol.com] <br />Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 7:39 AM <br />To: TAYLOR Becky G <br />Cc: *Eugene Mayor, City Council, and City Manager; bovilsky2@gmail, com; CONTE Paul (SMTP2); FARR Pat M (LC); <br />SORENSON Pete; tim@forestcounclLorg <br />Subject: (No subject) <br />The Greenway in Eugene should be retained and protected as a green riparian edge to the Willamette <br />River. As such, it serves many important functions, as a "parkland" for all of Eugene, a place of rich wildlife <br />diversity, and a filter for water runoff during times of rain. Its trees help cool the environment on warm days <br />and generally help mitigate adverse climatic conditions. The Greenway is wondrous and beautiful in its <br />natural state. <br />It would be ill-advised and shortsighted to allow the development the proposed Oakleigh Meadow Cohousing <br />complex in the Greenway. If realized, the complex would set a irresponsible precedent for the river's edge. <br />As Lara Bovilsky expressed in her September 19th viewpoint in the Eugene Weekly, "The Willamette Greenway <br />should be our legacy, a treasury of protected natural space." YES. I hope you agree. <br />Sincerely, <br />Nena Lovinger, Board Member <br />LanclWatch Lane County <br />1219 <br />