O'DONNELL Heather M <br />From: <br />Maylian Pak <maylian.pak@gmail.com> <br />Sent: <br />Monday, September 21, 2015 3:48 PM <br />To: <br />O'DONNELL Heather M <br />Subject: <br />Rest-Haven Memorial Park Comment <br />Dear Members of the City Council and Mayor Piercy <br />I am writing today in opposition to the proposed rezoning of the property known as Rest-Haven Memorial <br />Park. With the recent surge in apartment-style housing and a wealth of homes for sale (at all price points) <br />throughout the community, I am unconvinced that our community needs to sacrifice any public open land for <br />housing. <br />The addition of more homes in the South Eugene area will further increase the congestion on primary and <br />secondary streets in the area and remove a significant, centrally located piece of land from the parks and open <br />space designation. While I understand that a designation of LDR/R-1 does not preclude afuture park from <br />being placed in this area, it would be much easier for the land to be set aside as parkland under the current <br />designation and therefore meet Goal #8 of the Metro Plan which calls for a "neighborhood park in this vicinity" <br />(Exhibit C of the proposed Ordinance) <br />I would encourage the Council and Mayor to consider the negative impacts additional development will have <br />upon this area as well as the long-term benefit to the community of maintaining this land as parks and open <br />space. <br />Regretfully, I am unable to attend tonight's public hearing, so I hope this email will be added to the public <br />comment shared with the Council. Thank you. <br />Sincerely, <br />Maylian Pak <br />Resident, South Eugene <br />