This fall, I attended a meeting at which one of the developers spoke about the proposed project. It was clear that my <br />fellow Southeast Neighbors also do not invite this kind of destruction of our neighborhood. Not everyone voiced the <br />exact same objections, but I did not hear welcoming voices for this project. The developer, who spoke to us, lives in the <br />Fox Hollow area, and mentioned that he would not want such a project in his back yard. Why should we be subject to his <br />bad idea in our backyards? <br />He mentioned that unless the apartment density is very high, profits won't pencil out. So, his yearning for profit - not <br />community - is driving the size of the project. It is not my responsibility, nor the responsibility of anyone living in this <br />neighborhood to help him make his profit by degrading our homes and sense of place. <br />During the meeting, the developer suggested that among the ideas he and his partners considered was to put a car wash <br />where the church had been. He figured neighbors would so strongly object to that scenario, that by contrast, the five- <br />story apartment building would seem like a relief. This made his statement sound almost like a veiled threat - "if you <br />don't accept the enormous footprint of apartments, you may end up with all the crazy busy ceaseless traffic of a car <br />wash." Well, how about neither? That's what I choose. <br />These developers want to put way too many people in a small area. Traffic will be increased significantly in an area with <br />enough congestion already. We, in the neighborhood, know how to navigate current traffic. It is at a maximum threshold <br />for the current streets and their flow. <br />Specifically, I am concerned about several traffic issues: <br />1. How traffic on our own residential streets will be affected. <br />a. Traffic will not be confined to Hilyard, which is already above capacity, especially in early morning and rush <br />hour. Consider the impact on 32nd. Already this is a tough street from which to turn either right or left onto <br />Hilyard at most any time of day. This proposed building would exacerbate congestion even further, perhaps <br />backing traffic all the way up to Harris or Potter at certain times of day. Other streets I expect would be <br />impacted are Alder, Kincaid, Harris, Potter, and University, as people seek ways to escape increased traffic <br />on these side streets. See R-9.8650-C1, F-8, 9, 10 <br />b. Ferry Street would certainly get traffic from those who are unable to turn left from 32nd onto Hilyard. Those <br />drivers (as I have done at times) would turn right, then make an immediate left onto 31ST, and left onto Ferry <br />Street. This does not bode well for that quiet area either. I appreciate being able to walk along Ferry and <br />other streets in that quiet area, without fear of being run over, because currently traffic there is slow and <br />neighborly. I shudder to think of the children walking to school, who will now fear walking on those streets, <br />where there are no sidewalks on which to escape danger. See R-9.8650-A, C-1,F-8.1.1-8.1.4, F-9 <br />c. Ina walking neighborhood, how will people safely walk about when density has been changed from small to <br />gigantic? How will our children and elderly get from 32nd and Hilyard safely through that intersection? Of <br />course you may say that they should walk or hobble to 33rd or 301h. But you know kids - they won't. And <br />injury or worse will result because of hugely increased traffic loads. See R-9.8650-C1, F-9,G-2 <br />2. How the development would affect parking and safety on our neighborhood streets <br />