Public Comment Submitted During First Open Record Period

Written Statement to the Eugene City Council Submitted urine the Extended Period for Public Comment for Consideration of an Ordinance fora Metro Plan Amendment and Zone Chance for the Kest Haven Memorial Park Site Robert R. Milks 388 Kellwood Drive Eugene, Oregon 97405 Chairman of the Board of the Treehouse PUD Homeowners Association Treehouse PUD Homeowners Association Liaison to the Southwest Mills Neighborhood Association Honorable City Council: I ask you to please consider the following information in your deliberations of an ordinance for a Metro Plan amendment and zone change for the Rest Haven Memorial Park site (MA 15-1 and Z 15-1). Please note: the term "Applicant" used below refers to the property owner of Rest Haven Memorial Park and his representatives. The Applicant has not met the requirement is not consistent) of Goal 1 of the State Planning Goals as adopted by the Land Conservation and Development Commission. Goal 1 states: "Goal 1 - Citizen Involvement. To develop a citizen involvement program that insures the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process". As stated in EC 9.7735: (Metro Plan Amendments - Criteria for Approval), "The following criteria shall be applied by the city council in approving or denying a Metro Plan amendment application: (1) the proposed amendment is consistent with the relevant Statewide Planning Goals;". I wish to emphasize that part of EC 9.7735 which states "criteria shall be applied by the city council in approving or denying a Metro Plan amendment application:". With respect to the Applicant's application, in IV. Criteria for Approval, Goal 1 - Citizen Involvement, the Applicant states: "The strategy to amend the comprehensive plan diagram and re-designate the subject property to a different future land use type emerged from the Envision Eugene process, the city's plan to establish a new Eugene-only urban growth boundary and accommodate the next 20 years of growth in the community. As noted in that process, re-designation of excess land to allow for low density residential housing will help the city accommodate more of its 20-year need for low density housing within the current UGB. Such re-designations were identified in the Envision density housing within the current UGB.