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BERG-JOHANSEN Erik From: Danika Esden-Tempska <danika.esden.tempska@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2017 4:53 PM To: BERG-JOHANSEN Erik; HARDING Terri L; kurt.m.yeiter@ci.eugene.or.us; HENRY Chris C; TAYLOR Betty L; *Eugene Mayor, City Council, and City Manager Subject: Amazon Corner Development on Hilyard and 32nd Avenue Comment Attachments: Amazon Development Project Letter.pdf Dear Eric Berg, Terri Harding, Kurt Yeiter, Chris Henry, Betty Taylor & Emily Semple, I live just off of West 29th street, my property has been significantly impacted by the increased traffic from the changes that have been made to reduce the lanes on Willamette Street. I also have to deal with light pollution from the tower of Cascade Manors tall multi story building and deal with the parking runoff from the employees of Cascade Manor and Market of Choice on my residential street. Having looked at the proposed plans for "Amazon Corner" on Hilyard Street and 32nd Avenue I can say without a doubt that such a large building complex will have a dramatically negative impact on the neighboring residents of the area with increased noise, cars parked in front of neighboring houses and the noise of trash collection vehicles. The out of place five story building will obscure sunlight to residents yards, reducing their solar access and remove their right to privacy on their property. It will reduce the value of their homes and impact their re-sale value. Previous articles discussing this project in the Register Guard said that the building proposal was for four stories, now the building proposal is for five. This is a dramatic increase in building height and necessary parking requirement, will all of the cars associated with this buildings tenants be provided ample parking? This project is listing the possibility of 108 residential units, thus far it is clear that this project is not providing a solution to the parking issue. And the undue burden of increased traffic it will bring to the quiet surrounding neighborhood. We do not need more traffic problems than we already have. This building would be the largest structure built in the South Eugene area. The site needs to be required to be compatible with the surrounding area, the building must meet required building setbacks and size restraints. Please do not allow residential housing units on the first floor of the building. Impose parking requirements to the developer so that the tenants do not use neighboring streets for parking. There needs to be an expanded Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) to address the following traffic issues and specific concerns including: 1) Increased traffic on the residential side streets of Ferry, Alder, Kincaid, Harris & Onyx Streets and 31st, 32nd & 33rd Avenues, (refer to: R-9.8650-A, C-1, F-8.1.1-8.1.4, F-9). 2) Lack of safe crossings for pedestrians and cyclists, (refer to: R-9.8650-C-1, F-9, G-2). 3) Lack of refuges for vehicles entering/exiting Hilyard Street at 31 st Avenue, (refer to: R-9.8650-C- 1, F-8, 9, 10). 4) The study was only done for late afternoon hours, not the morning school and work rush times, (refer to: R-9.8650-F-4.1.1, 2, 4, 5, 6 - F-4.4.9 - F-5.1). 5) Parking on 32nd Avenue, (refer to: R-9.8650-G(1)(2)). 6) Fewer units means less traffic, so building three stories, rather than four stories as suggested in the 8/26/16 Register Guard article or five stories as proposed now is preferable, (refer to: R-9.8650-A). There needs to be an independent traffic analysis done that is not run by either the city or the University of