How to Comment on the Proposal <br />1. State your opinion to your neighborhood organization. This application falls within the <br />boundaries of the Goodpasture Island Neighbors To obtain contact information for the <br />neighborhood association, call the City's Neighborhood Services Office at 682-6243. <br />2. Send a written statement to the Hearings Official, c/o Erik Berg-Johansen, Assistant Planner, <br />Eugene Planning Division, 99 West 10th Avenue, Eugene OR 97401. Otherwise, it is noted that <br />written testimony may also be submitted at the public hearing. <br />Attend the public hearing and state your concerns. At the hearing, the Hearings Official will ask <br />for any testimony which supports the request, which neither supports nor opposes the request, <br />and which opposes the request. Your spoken testimony will be recorded in the minutes of the <br />hearing. <br />_ The public hearing provides an opportunity to submit factual information or raise issues concerning the - <br />application. If a participant requests an additional opportunity to submit testimony, the City will <br />accommodate that request either by continuing the hearing on another date or by holding the record <br />open for more written testimony. <br />The Hearings Official will issue a written decision on the application, subsequent to the public hearing <br />and closure of the public record, in accordance with procedural requirements of the Eugene Code. The <br />applicable procedures for this Type III application are primarily addressed at Sections 9.7300-9.7340 of <br />the Eugene Code. It is noted that the Hearings Official's decision can be appealed to the Eugene <br />Planning Commission. <br />Keep in mind that failure to raise an issue at the public hearing, in person or by way of written <br />testimony, or failure to provide statements or evidence with sufficient specificity to enable the Hearings <br />Official to respond to the issue, precludes an appeal based on that issue. Only those issues raised by <br />testimony, oral or written, as part of the initial hearing process may be raised in subsequent appeals (to <br />the Eugene Planning Commission, then to the State Land Use Board of Appeals). <br />Additional Information <br />The application, related documents,.and approval.criteria are available for inspection at.the-.Planning_____ <br />Division at no charge; copies can be obtained for $.25 per page. Application materials, as well as general <br />information about the land use application process and criteria may also be accessed by visiting <br />http://www.eugene-or.gov/3208/Land-Use-Applicati n-Information. <br />The City Planning staff will also provide a written report to the Hearings Official on this application. The <br />report will be available to view at no charge after 3 p.m. on June 1, 2016, at the Planning Division or <br />online at: http://www.eugene-or.gov/AgendaCenter/Hearings-Official-Public-Hearings-8. Copies of the <br />staff report may also be obtained at a reasonable cost. <br />If you have comments or concerns about the proposal described above, or if you would like more <br />information, call or write to Erik Berg-Johansen, Assistant Planner, City of Eugene Planning Division, <br />(682-5437, erik.berg@ci.eugene.or.us) before the date of the public hearing. The Planning Division is <br />located at 99 West 10th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97401. <br />