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plant represents good will between our society and Kalapuya society. Honoring Kalapuya does not necessarily mean we are going to build a longhouse. It.might mean siting the buildings in a rhythm that honors.the flow of the river, or scale is balanced between open field, houses, and tall Cottowood riparian forest. COLONIZERS In the past 150 years, people came from many lands and settled here. Doubtless there are stories of families found right within the proposed lots, who lived here in the past 150 years, their living relatives near and far, and their relationship to Eugene as it grew from its infancy, to where it is right now. As well as the stories of the surrounding neighbors. We have all kinds of stories. We should discover them. Though this study is not the same as architecture, landscape, materials, dimensions, and joinery to build this development, nonetheless it is related and important. Those who move here will be a story added to this story, 50, 100, or 150 years from now. Imagine that! NEIGHBORS - All neighbors opposed This is one of those common sense studies. Right now we have a sign outside every neighbor's house opposing the proposed design. How much more obvious can this be? The proposed design is not acceptable. Did the architect regularly and consistently meet with these people, take their input seriously, and incorporate it into the design? If so, did he really LISTEN to what they wanted? At my site visit today I ran across one neighbor. He said the developer did not meet with the neighbors, and honoring their requests was minimal. I feel quite strongly about a developer honoring the wishes of the site's neighbors. I am suggesting that the developer meet, one-on-one, and also in group format, with the neighbors, and carefully document every one of their concerns, address these in the drawings, then meet with the neighbors again as if they were his own clients, and make revisions to the plan accordingly. If the developer cannot do that, her or his proposed development is not acceptable and should be denied by the city planner. HOMELESS - Homeless Inclusion And what about the homeless? During my walk on the site I found what seemed to indicate part of the property was used by a homeless person. We should include homeless in the plan. I'm not sure how this would equate but it would begin with empathy and the opposite of rejection. If we're not comfortable, we don't need to give the homeless person a room to live in, but at the same time we should be open-minded to having homeless camping and living on the site harmoniously with the residents. No one is more important than anyone else. We are all equal. The homeless person has as much standing as a resident. Let's find a way to incorporate homeless people into the design. FINANCIAL ANALYSIS Perhaps the design is not where it should be because money is a high influence factor. Maybe someone is making a lot of money and doesn't want to stop or impede the flow. Who knows who's on the receiving end, or how much he, she, or they are receiving. Maybe it is the contractor. Maybe someone gets multiple amounts reciprocal to the number of lots developed. Maybe it equates to more tax income for the city that motivates the city to have as many units as possible. Maybe the planner gets a cut. Maybe the person who wrote the environmental impact statement gets repeat business and doesn't want to stop that so the report was oriented to favor that person's financial continuation. In short, an analysis should be done on who is making money for doing what functions in what amount of time, and how much money. This shouldn't be considered taboo. There's nothing wrong with knowing exactly how much everyone is making. If it is found there is a financial interest blockading the progress of a good and acceptable development, then we can remove that problem (I think). AESTHETIC ANALYSIS VERTICAL VIEWS 634