My name is Sue Prichard. I live at 2671 Emerald Street in Eugene. I am a <br />licensed commercial real estate broker (mostly retired) and have spent the <br />past 39 years working in both residential and commercial real estate in <br />Eugene. <br />I am here to encourage you to support adoption of both of the <br />ordinances before you tonight. <br />In 2010, along with 50 or 60 other Eugene citizens, I was invited to <br />participate in the Community Resource Group... a group formed by our city <br />manager to create a new and inclusive way for our community to talk about <br />how we manage growth, a topic that in the past was fraught with contentious <br />and hostile debate. <br />Out of this successful, inclusive process, the Technical Resource Group was <br />formed to verify data, flush out assumptions, and review all of the work <br />leading up to this point done by city staff. Along with Shawn Boles, I co- <br />chaired the Technical Resource Group from its beginning, until we <br />completed our work late last year nearly 7 years later. The composition of <br />the TRG was intentionally broad-based Our task was to ensure that the <br />information upon which staff recommendations were made was sound and <br />thoroughly vetted. <br />This is the time to move forward on these ordinances. <br />The process getting to this point has been exemplary. Out of the <br />Community Resource Group, the SEVEN PILLARS were created to ensure <br />that the community's values were not lost in the analysis. The public <br />engagement process has been relentless and performed to the highest <br />standards. Newsletters, neighborhood presentations, a detailed and <br />constantly updated website, open houses, on-line surveys.... These efforts <br />by City Staff to ensure that the public was involved have been outstanding in <br />both quantity and quality, and the staff's generous and gracious manner <br />throughout this public engagement process is unprecedented in my <br />experience. <br />