2017 Remand – Applicant Final Rebuttal 5-3-17

Eugene Planning Commission May 3, 2017 Page 6 of 10 and expressly concurs with Mr. Weishar's analysis that Oakleigh Lane is safe to serve the PUD: The applicant's engineer addresses the intermittent parking concerns raised by appellants. Intermittent parking is a common feature City wide and acts as a built in traffic calming feature on most local urban roadways. The applicants engineer has provided testimony and analyses for roadway operations and safety, including evidence and analyses demonstrating the roadway has adequate capacity to serve existing and proposed development. The applicant examined the crash history of the entire roadway and concluded that there is no evidence that would indicate a safety issue. The applicant's engineer also provided discussion and evidence supporting the roadway's adequacy for basic ingress and egress to the development site, for all modes of travel. The applicant's engineer indicated the lack of the urban features should not be interpreted as being unsafe or inadequate. City staff concurs with the applicant's engineer and finds the existing Oakleigh Lane to be adequate to serve the development site. The opponents attempt to remotely challenge the City of Eugene's Public Works department with an analysis prepared by a second engineer, a Mr. Saberian, who apparently works out of Santa Rosa, CA or maybe in Beaverton. In either case, as with Ms.' Nemariam, Mr. Saberian was not provided with a copy of any of the professional analysis prepared by professional Traffic Engineer Michael Weishare when he reviewed Public Works concurrence in that analysis. Saberian Analysis, p. 1 (listing documents considered). Moreover, he provides no independent analysis of Oakleigh Lane, its capacity, crash rates, speed, etc. that would refute either Mr. Weishar's analysis of actual traffic safety or the City of Eugene's concurrence in that analysis. Accordingly, Mr. Saberian's remote analysis provides no basis for the City to question its own Public Works determination that the Oakleigh Lane is adequate to serve the PUD site. In addition to Public Works professional opinion that Oakleigh Lane is adequate to serve the site, the Fire Marshal's office independently provided testimony that Oakleigh Lane would not be an impediment to emergency response and that the PUD will provide safety improvements: Applicable Question: Does the existing Oakleigh Lane, serving as a fire department access to existing dwellings and proposed development, exhibit, produce or create a significant risk to emergency response actions? 1. The existing Oakleigh Lane in and of itself does not exhibit si ni 'cant risk to emergency response actions. a. Currently there is a single fire hydrant located at approximately half the current length of Oakleigh Lane on the north side of this lane. This provides the required water supply for firefighting capability.