BERG-JOHANSEN Erik <br />From: Kit Kirkpatrick <kitkirkpatrick@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Monday, January 09, 2017 4:04 PM <br />To: BERG-JOHANSEN Erik <br />Subject: Proposed building at "Amazon Corner" <br />I am concerned about how the addition of 108 residential units in a 5-story building will impact the <br />neighborhood I live in. At this point, the traffic in this part of the neighborhood is manageable, but I do not see <br />how the traffic analysis for the project has mitigated the increased traffic that the addition of so many people in <br />one small area will create. Given that there will be both residential and commercial uses of the 5-story building <br />I doubt that 160 parking spaces will be adequate. We will find many people parking on these small residential <br />streets. Even as things stand now, crossing Hilyard is a challenge, especially at rush hour. I notice that the <br />traffic study was not done during peak traffic hours. More attention should be paid to the difficulties for <br />motorists at rush hour. <br />Clearly the easiest way to mitigate traffic and congestion issues in a neighborhood is to lower the number of <br />residential units that are added to the mix. I believe that a three-story, mixed use building would better suit the <br />neighborhood conditions as they exist right now. <br />Thank you for you consideration, Kit Kirkpatrick <br />