From: iohn crowder <br />To: Eugene RR -SC Plan <br />Subject: Public comment on Code Amendments (City of Eugene File CA 23-3) <br />Date: Monday, October 30, 2023 9:23:02 PM <br />IYou don't often get email from johncrowder77@gmail.com. Learn why this is im oa rtant <br />[EXTERNAL <br />Eugene Planning Commission: <br />I am not in favor of the proposed code amendments as proposed by the River Road -Santa <br />Clara Neighborhood Association and recommend that the city continue using the 1987 Land <br />Use Plan. <br />1. The proposed changes/code amendments are not favorable with residents that live in River <br />Road and Santa Clara. Residents do not want their choice of businesses taken away. <br />2. The plan is targeting what is referred to as "auto centric Businesses". In other words, <br />businesses associated with fossil fuels. That position is basically promoting the board <br />members own political/social agendas. <br />3. Free enterprise, the marketplace, should dictate what kind of businesses that are available to <br />the residents in River Road/Santa Clara, rather than government bureaucracies. Residents like <br />the variety of businesses that are available. Proof of that is the number of businesses that are <br />open to the public. <br />4. One of the goals of the city of Eugene is to attract businesses to the city providing jobs for <br />its citizens. One of the plans' main focus is to eliminate businesses and the jobs they provide. <br />This is against one of the major objectives of the city moving forward. <br />Thank you for the opportunity to express my position on the proposed code amendments. <br />Respectfully, <br />John Crowder <br />Warad 5 <br />300 Dibblee Lane <br />Eugene, OR 97404 <br />541.953.4033 <br />20 <br />