Citizens For Florence

           Testimony at March 18, 2003 Public Hearing
Before Lane County Planning Commission and Florence Planning Commission


Documents Attached to Testimony:

     1.   Assessment of Statewide Growth Studies in Oregon - Executive Summary, by Eben Fodor,
     Fodor & Associates
     2.   “The Cost of Growth in Oregon” - 1998 Report by Fodor & Associates
     3.   Florence Makes $20 Million Decision - August 30, 2000, by Debby Todd (with Cost Analysis - Proposed Annexations)
     4.   Letter from Bruce Mower, Lane County Sanitarian, February 6, 2002
     5.   Groundwater Flow Map prepared for Lane County
     6.   U.S. Census Bureau, Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000
     7.   Letter from Heceta Water District to City of Florence, 1/10/02
     8.   “Systems Development Charges” - Memorandum from Evan Manvel (1,000 Friends of Oregon) Friends of Oregon
     9.   CFF Letter to Florence City Council, August 30, 2000
     10.  Oregon Statewide Land Use Goal 2: Land Use Planning
     11.  Oregon Statewide Land Use Goal 14: Urbanization
     12.  Memorandum to Florence City Council from Dick Walker - Comments on Impact of a Casino on the Florence Water Production (3/5/03)
     13.  Letter from City of Florence to Governor Kitzhaber stating concerns (1/31/02)
     14.  Casino Fact Sheet prepared by People Against a Casino Town (PACT) (March 2003)
     15.  Tribal Newsletter, Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians (February 2003)
     16.  Web Page - Special Projects, Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Indians, March 16, 2003
     17.  Memorandum to Florence City Council from Dick Walker - Comments in the Impact of a Casino on Florence
     18.  “Playing the Political Slots,” Time Magazine, December 23, 2002
     19.  “Look Who’s Cashing In At Indian Casinos,” Time Magazine, December 16, 2003
     20.  “Myths & Facts About Oregon’s Urban Growth Boundaries”
     21.  Urban Growth Boundary Task, Issue Paper #2, Residential Land Uses, July 1997
     22.  Missing Document List 


           Is the American Dream Endless Sprawl?: Smart Growth and Its Meaning for People and Places” - Speech by Robert                          Liberty, 1,000 Friends of Oregon, 6/11/99

           Casino Information Page  - Misc. casino information

4/17/03 - CFF Comments on UGB Expansion
05/13/03 - CFF Request for Opportunity to Respond
03/18/03 - CFF Objection to UGB Expansion
03/18/03 - CFF Document List
  • 1/28/02 - Specific CFF Objections
  • 1/28/02 - General CFF Objections 
  • 11/06/01 - Specific CFFTestimony
  • 11/06/01 - General CFF Testimony
  • 03/23/01 - Letter to City Council
  • 03/13/01 - Comp Plan Amendment
  • 08/30/00 - Comprehensive Plan
  • 08/03/00 - Inadequate Time for Comment
  • 06/19/00 - City's Response
  • 06/19/00 - CFF Request to DA
  • 06/15/00 - CFF Request to City
  • 06/15/00 - CFF Goal
  • 06/15/00 - Transportation
  • 06/08/00 - Urbanization & Expansion of UGB
  • 06/06/00 - Natural Resources: Wetlands
  • 06/05/00 - Strategic Plan
  • 06/01/00 - North Florence Commercial
  • 05/22/00 - Oak Street Extension