BERG-JOHANSEN Erik <br />From: Jim Long <jlong@uoregon.edu> <br />Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 8:47 AM <br />To: BERG-JOHANSEN Erik <br />Subject: Amazon Corner Development concerns <br />To: Erik Berg-Johansen I Associate Planner <br />Planning Division I City of Eugene <br />99 West 10th Avenue I Eugene, OR 97401 <br />Good morning, Mr. Berg-Johansen, <br />We have lived in our current house for just over 30 years. For five years before that we lived two blocks <br />away and still used 32nd Street when we shopped, took our children to school, went to church, etc. <br />We share the Southeast Neighbors' concern about increased traffic on adjacent streets in the <br />neighborhood. We are also uneasy about the safety of pedestrian, bicycle and bus presence in this important <br />area. The corner of 32nd and Hilyard becomes quite busy at times not in your limited traffic study. <br />We, echoing Southeast Neighbors' letter to you, would appreciate your consideration of expanded traffic <br />impact analysis and mitigation especially for the following areas: <br />Hilyard Street at the intersections of 31st, 32nd and 33rd Avenues at East Amazon. We feel that in <br />addition to vehicle traffic, there are significant pedestrian, bicycle and bus issues which must be <br />addressed; <br />• Alder and Ferry Streets from 30th to 33rd Avenues because residents of Amazon Corner are likely to <br />choose smaller streets such as Alder, Kincaid or Harris to reach Amazon Parkway/30th Avenue, or Ferry <br />Street to access Willamette Street; <br />• Morning Traffic Counts specifically between the hours of 7:30 and 9:30 AM because of schools in <br />the area such as Camas Ridge on 30th Avenue, Ridgeline Montessori School on West Amazon, Spencer <br />Butte Middle School and Charlemagne Elementary School. <br />Our shared concern is about increased traffic on adjacent streets in the neighborhood. We are also <br />uneasy about the safety of pedestrian, bicycle and bus presence in this important area. To avoid future problems, <br />we agree with Southeast Neighbors suggestions of mitigations such as: <br />• median refuges for vehicles at 31 st Street and Hilyard; <br />• bike lanes on 32nd Avenue; <br />• median refuge for cars traveling south on 32nd Avenue; <br />• mitigation of head-on left turns at 32nd Avenue and Hilyard; <br />• a bus stop bump-out on Hilyard in front of Amazon Corners. <br />Sincerely yours, <br />James and Judith Long <br />