[WEC] Consensus Check: Letter from WEC to Eugene City Council - 20101130-01 Draft

[Don Kahle]

I also agree. I remember "hitching" when I first read "strip-mall" ("ahh -- those south Eugene cultural elites!") but then forgot to pipe up. Kudos to Alan for catching it. -dk
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On Dec 8, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Tim McCabe wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> I have not seen any additional emails expressing changes except the small change requested by Alan Buck. Two WEC members accepted the change but I have not seen any other comments on the subject. I have taken the liberty to add this small change (in red) to the last draft dated 20101130 and have attached it to this email. Because time is of the essence and the the last council meeting of 2010 is next Monday the 13th, this letter needs to be finalized today and provided to the Mayor’s office to be signed by the WEC membership.
> 
> Also, I wanted to gather a sense of where the WEC is with meeting with individual council members. As Rob noted Saturday night:  “Mary, Gary, Jim, Jan and Aleta have signed up to contact city councilors. At least one WEC member has signed up to contact each city councilor (aside from Chris). But only Jan has signed up to contact George Brown, Betty Taylor or Alan Zelenka. You can view -- or add to -- the sign up online:”
> http://www.doodle.com/keiahpbsax69t67y
> If meetings need to be coordinated please let me know and I will do what I can to make that happen before Monday night.
> 
> Time is short, so please respond quickly if you want a coordinated response from the WEC for the the next council meeting.
> 
> Warmly,
> 
> Tim 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 12/5/10 12:49 AM, "Alan" <alan at churchillareaneighbors.org> wrote:
> 
> > On 11/30/2010 02:58 PM, Kevin Matthews wrote:
> >> Dear WEC Members,
> >> 
> >> I'm feeling a sense of the group that the draft letter to the Eugene City 
> >> Council is ready for a consensus check as it now stands, without further 
> >> elaboration.  We could certainly say more, or continue to fine-tune, but 
> >> perhaps what we've got in hand is the right thing to produce, in a timely 
> >> way, now.
> >> 
> >> Of course if someone feels a real need for further changes, please speak up, 
> >> and we'll work to accommodate those ideas.
> >> 
> > 
> > Perhaps a minor quibble but "maintaining West 11th as an increasingly 
> > congested strip mall", while it may be accurate, is somewhat loaded 
> > language.
> > 
> > If the intent is to gain broad support, then disparaging the existing 
> > businesses along the route is not what we want to do.
> > 
> > "An increasingly congested single-use commercial corridor"?
> > "An ever more congested retail avenue"?
> > 
> > Surely someone can come up with something better than those two.
> > 
> > -ajb
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