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To: BERG-JOHANSEN Erik <Erik.Berg@ci.eugene.or.us>; HARDING Terri L <Terri. L.Harding@ci.eugene.or.us>; YEITER Kurt M <kurt.m.yeiter@ci.eugene.or.us>; HENRY Chris C <Chris.C.Henry@ci.eugene.or.us>; TAYLOR Betty L <Betty.L.Taylor@ci.eugene.or.us>; *Eugene Mayor, City Council, and City Manager <mayorcouncilandcitymanager@ci.eugene.or.us> Subject: Proposed "Amazon Corner" Building Site Eric Berg, Terri Harding, Kurt Yeiter, Chris Henry, Betty Taylor, Mayor, City Council & City Manager, I live off West 29th Avenue on Charnelton Street and my property is impacted by Cascade Manor with its Tower Building blocks away. I have light pollution all night long from their new stair or elevator windows and higher apartments and meeting rooms. There is added usage for employee/visitor parking along West 30th Avenue and other streets (at times even down Charnelton St) due to their lack of required parking for their facility. No Parking signage is now placed on one side of West 30th Avenue. There is an increase in traffic from their supply trucks and employee/visitor cars sometimes speeding up and down Charnelton Street. The proposed "Amazon Corner" on Hilyard Street and 32nd Avenue is blocks away from my other property on East 32nd Avenue between Ferry Street and Willamette Street. I was not mailed any City information about the proposed massively, tall building that will be a visual eyesore to my property there. This building would be louder and more lively with younger people and would have more traffic impact with the residential and retail business activities during both day and night. The Amazon Corner "proposed" development for the property just south of Albertsons on Hilyard Street is a huge building project with 108 residential units and 14,000 square feet of retail space on just 1.8 acres. At a total of 122,000 square feet of floor area, the 5-story, 62 feet tall structure, has basement-level and surface parking for only 160 or less vehicles. It will be the largest structure built in South Eugene in current times. This site should be more compatible with surrounding uses and neighborhoods by requiring building setbacks, size restraints, etc. To understand the true scope of this proposed monstrosity, I would like to see several drones flown over the site to identify the massive size and visual impact of the 62 foot height, 5 story building. (Please note in the previous 8/26/16 Register Guard article Mike Coughlin had proposed 4 stories.) What will the true height of this building actually be? Now that plans have been drafted, where is Mike Coughlin's presentation to the neighborhood about this development. I do not want increased traffic from Hilyard Street onto 31st Avenue towards Willamette Street. Recently I have been stopped on Willamette Street at 32nd Avenue from the 29th Avenue stop light many blocks away. The light pollution from this building and the landscaped property will be bright and radiating. The enormous looming building will overlook neighboring properties creating a complete loss of privacy and blocked solar access for residents close by. Also to not adversely affect the neighboring properties the smell of garbage receptacles and the noise of garbage truck pick ups/delivery trucks needs to be considered. Neighboring property values will decrease and those properties will be harder to sell for a good value. The previous 4 story building suggested in the RG article that had neighbors concerned has now morphed into a proposal of an even larger footprint and an increased height to 5 stories. I do not want all night light pollution from this extremely high out of place building like the Cascade Manor's Tower Building. The parking situation needs to be addressed so it does not impact the neighborhood. There will be a need for both store business employees/guest and residents/guest parking. Mike Coughlin, you should possibly be requiring residents/tenants to sign a legally binding rental contract stating they do not or will not own or need to park a vehicle on or off site in the neighborhood. Neighbors do not want to have Permit Parking like near the University. The requests for building adjustment/variances need to be denied. Do not allow: 1) nine ground floor residential housing units. 2) a limit to parking court requirements. 3) an increase to the allowable length of the multi-family building. This adjustment review is not a minor request as suggested by Kelly Witmill of the City of Eugene. I counted only 60 below ground parking spaces and 98 above ground parking spaces for 108 residential units with residents and guests and the many businesses with employees and visitors parking needs.