BROWN Daren M <br />From:HARDING Terri L <br />Sent:Friday, March 09, 2018 1:01 PM <br />To:HANSEN Alissa H; GIOELLO Nick R <br />Subject:FW: PUD <br />CƩƚƒʹRUIZJonR <br />{ĻƓƷʹFriday,March09,201812:48PM <br />ƚʹkingcraftek2@comcast.net <br />/ĭʹHOSTICKRobinA<Robin.A.Hostick@ci.eugene.or.us> <br />{ǒĬƆĻĭƷʹRE:PUD <br />Hi Eric, <br />Thank you for your email. I appreciated hearing about the history of the property, and I understand your <br />concerns. Although the hearing was earlier this week, the public record remains open. I’ve copied the Robin Hostick, the <br />City’s Planning Manager, to ensure that your comments are entered into the record. Please feel free to also connect with <br />him directly if you have further comments or questions. <br />Thanks, <br />Jon <br />CƩƚƒʹkingcraftek2@comcast.net\[mailto:kingcraftek2@comcast.net\] <br />{ĻƓƷʹWednesday,March07,201810:59AM <br />ƚʹRUIZJonR<Jon.R.Ruiz@ci.eugene.or.us> <br />{ǒĬƆĻĭƷʹPUD <br />Hi Jon, <br /> I’m writing in regard to the proposed development of the Dreyer property. I can’t make the meeting <br />tonight. <br /> I actually lived on that property for over 20 years in the carriage house adjacent to the “big pink <br />house” at the top of the hill on Capital Drive when it was owned by the former long-time owner <br />Charmian Byers-Jones. She bought the 1915 Spanish Mission Revival home (known as the pink <br />house) and 11 acres in the 1940’s and lived there for almost 70 years. Eventually, some ill health <br />caused her to move back East and sell the property. She absolutely loved that property. It was <br />covered w/ 300-400 year old oak trees, large doug fir trees and expansive rhododendron and <br />azalea beds. She even had a nursery up there for a while. She expressed to me many times that <br />she hoped it would never be developed, so I was surprised to see that the Dreyers planned to ruin it <br />with over 34 houses! Maybe she had a change of heart, but I can’t imagine her selling her beloved <br />property to someone who was going to carve it up. That doesn’t add up. She lived there for 7 <br />decades and during the 20 years I lived there, every year many people would knock on the door <br />asking if the place was going to be for sale or it they could buy it outright. Of course it never <br />was. She had a box filled w/ the names of prospective buyers...from builders, developers, auto <br />dealers, architects, and many families. You have to wonder why she would sell to a neighbor <br />1 <br /> <br />