To:! Eugene Planning Commission (Public Hearing June 2, 2015) <br />From:! Brian Wanty <br />Date:! June 8, 2015 <br />Re:! Proposed South Willamette SAZ - Statement (For the Record) <br />2974 Portland Street <br />I'm in complete accord with Annette Gurdjian's testimony at the public hearing that we <br />don't want the zoning changed on 2974 Portland Street. Ms. Gurdjian owns the <br />property that I've leased from her as my residence since 2004. Her property is within <br />the proposed S-SW Zone and is slated to be changed from R-1 low density residential <br />to high density S-SW/AC apartments or condominiums. The property has R-1 parcels <br />on either side and across the street. Changing my home and the adjoining parcels to <br />high density uses such as 4-story rowhouses on the south side or a seven-story tower <br />on the north side as requested by Cascade Manor would fundamentally degrade my <br />home's livability and severely impair the covenant of quiet enjoyment under my lease. <br />Iʼm retired and spend most of my time at home. The new apartment building under <br />construction 150 feet away at 45 West 29th Place has been extremely annoying. High <br />density construction on either side would drive me from my home. <br />Retirement Center Apartments <br />I support Annette Gurdjian's request to move retirement center apartments from Code <br />Amendments section 9.3840(3)(a)2 under Residential Uses to section 4 Institutional <br />Uses. Cascade Manor has 148 employees at their site on a regular basis according to <br />their 2013 IRS Form 990. This exceeds by an order of magnitude the number of <br />employees that would typically be present at a similar-sized multiple-family <br />development. Cascade Manor should be required to obtain zoning changes to S-SW/ <br />MU for all its properties before any additional retirement center apartments are allowed <br />to be built. We already have too much on-street employee parking and freight traffic. <br />Repeal of Ban on Inclusionary Zoning <br />On June 2, 2015, HB2564 passed the Oregon Legislative Assembly, Senate Committee <br />on Human Services and Early Childhood. The bill would repeal the ban on inclusionary <br />zoning in Oregon and allow local governments to require affordable housing in <br />exchange for zoning changes. On April 14, 2015, the bill passed the Oregon House of <br />Representatives. It's highly likely that the bill will be enacted before the City Council <br />takes action on the S-SW Zone. Please send the S-SW Zone proposal back to <br />Planning staff for revision to require the maximum allowable affordable housing in all <br />redevelopment projects within the S-SW Zone. If inclusionary zoning isn't added now, <br />the opportunity to do so will be lost forever. As drafted, the current S-SW Zone proposal <br />will result in a net loss of affordable housing due to demolition of existing affordable <br />units as has already happened on my block of Portland Street.