Hilltop housing plan <br />Eugene couple seeks to build2o homes on about <br />12 acres abutting Hendricks Park <br />Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, <br />Two Eugene doctors are proposing to develop a residential subdivision at the <br />top of the Eugene hill that is home to Hendricks Park. <br />The 20-home planned unit development would go on about a dozen acres <br />immediately to the south of the park. The land is owned by doctors Cynthia <br />and Thomas Dreyer, who live next to the site. <br />Their land use planner, Carol Schirmer of Eugene's Schirmer Satre Group, <br />predicts that some residents of the hill will object, mainly because of the <br />traffic the development would put onto the hill's winding, narrow roads. <br />But Thomas Dreyer, a plastic surgeon, said he is eager to develop his property <br />in a low-impact way and wants to continue living there after the development. <br />"This is Shangri-La here, above the clouds," Dreyer said, gesturing to his <br />property's sweeping views over Eugene. The crest of the hill tops out at just <br />over goo feet. <br />Rather than leave the land as is, "I guess I think other people deserve a <br />chance to live up here," he said. <br />Aside from its views, the site includes a 1916 three-story, pink stucco Prairie- <br />Mission style mansion that Dreyer said he wants to restore. <br />Dreyer said he and his wife, who is a dermatologist, have bought property on <br />the hilltop over the years in order to prevent others from developing it. <br />Their latest acquisition was the 4,ooo-square-foot mansion, plus about 11 <br />