reserved for the future generations of the city of Eugene as a Public Park open to all inhabitants <br />thereof.... <br />Although building of the Ribbon Trail is an addition to our neighborhood, it has impacted the <br />nature area surrounding it significantly since it was built. Cutting of the copse of woods at the <br />entrance on Floral Hill left a wind tunnel that has directly impacted and still impacts my <br />property. (This was verified by the Urban Forester who visited my house shortly after a storm a <br />few years back.) To date, I have lost 57 trees in and around my property since the building of <br />the Ribbon Trail. and that is a significant amount of tree loss! <br />Plus, the 8 acres is studded with extensive tree loss since the building of the Ribbon Trail. It <br />used to be I could navigate the small trail at the base of the <br />8 acres & hike uphill towards my house with not much of a problem. But not today, there are <br />so many downed trees that it's close to impossible to navigate. <br />Also, since the building of the Ribbon Trail, Hendricks Park has had an unusual amount of <br />downed trees. <br />I have lived up here since 1988 and have never seen such on-going damage as I do now every <br />year after to storms, cold spells, etc.. There was never any impact at all on my property until <br />the building of the Ribbon Trail. This leads me to believe that this land next to the Ridgeline is <br />still in recovery today, and that its delicate eco- system has been significantly compromised by <br />the small clear-cut at the entrance to Floral Hill now several years later. <br />Based upon the 1987 Report of the Army Corp of Engineers and my own actual experience, I <br />can't imagine the windfall damage that will be done to my property and to Hendricks Park when <br />an additional 50% of the natural tree barrier is cut down over the entire expanse of the 8 acre <br />parcel in question of development in CHPUD. I believe that such a wide cutting of trees in a <br />short expanse of time could <br />irrevocably destroy the delicate eco-system of the Laurel Ridgeline as well as <br />endanger the ability of Hendricks Park to survive in a suburban oasis fully cut- off <br />from the mainland forest, and also, its protective canopy on its southwest side. <br />My question to the Hearing Officials and the City Planning Department is: <br />To what degree is the city willing to marginalize the well-being and future of Hendricks Park in <br />order to fit it into a cookie cutter box of city expansion codes <br />that has no reference for protection for a one of a kind, significant historical, city feature as <br />that of Hendricks Park? <br />Unfortunately, once Hendricks Park is destroyed by disrespect for its habitation and its <br />specialized needs for survival, it's gone forever. <br />5 <br />