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SULLIVAN Althea C From: Orin Schumacher <orin.schumacher@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2017 3:11 PM To: SULLIVAN Althea C Subject: Wendell canyon subdivision Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged Althea; Please consider the email as our formal response to the planned nine home subdivision. As with the previous planned development there were numerous concerns brought forth by residents that issues related to goal five, storm water and road connectivity were never resolved or explained. City staff, nor the developer have provided residents with information related to goal five impacts with this new development. City staff and residents are also aware of a significant issue with storm water off site of this development. Downstream, as far as west amazon drive there are issues with storm water capacity as the system exists now, city staff have confirmed this concern but nobody has yet to provide an answer or remedy as to how this new additional capacity will be handle. We would like to see the hydro study for both the groundwater containment and surface runoff. Also, how will the off site issues of storm water be handled? What has been done to mitigate the impacts to the goal five resource on site? The city has planned for this street to connect for decades in their planning, but city staff has told me and others that the ground conditions, primarily the nineteen percent slope may not allow for that. Is that correct? Obviously we are concerned that this will be a two phase development to allow for that future connectivity. If so that city should present that material and plans for how to manage the safety and structural engineering issues associated with that. This will be a city street, so the city, not the developer needs to present that information. You are likely not aware that forth third street is a thin overlay road, not constructed to city standards. It was previously gravel. The last five home development declined the condition of the roadway significantly, nine more will carry that factor times four. How is the city holding the developer accountable for these future repairs? It would be a burden on tax payer of the city to bear those costs. Please review the PCI data in your files to see the impacts to the road condition over the last three years, it should reflect what I am grinding to your attention. This road will not sustain another road of heavy equipment and material loads without significant impacts to the road surface and shoulder safety. This needs to be addressed in any approval for this sub division. I am also concerned there was no public hearing on this planned development. I have kept a close eye not his but was never notified, has the process and code changed to limit public engagement over the last three years? We did see the initial plans from the developer, it should be noted that was when we had the largest ice storm in recent times and most residents had no power or ability to attend that meeting. I did attend and had asked that another opportunity to provide comment be offered to allow people to view the plans and provide feedback, that was not offered. Please take the time to open that public process back up so we as a community can provide reasonable and accessible information to the city and the developer. I believe this planned subdivsion needs further review and opportunity for resident response. The city has not accommodated those requests to date, nor has the developer. I a, formally asking for a land use appeal for the lack of a transparent and open process by the city of Eugene. Also based upon a load of information related to the goal five resource impacts, stormwater management plan and street impacts. The maybe able to meet their on site stormwater goals, but pleas bring to the attention of the land use board the issue with city stormwater pipes downstream of the planned subdivision. They are aware of the issues.