LAW OFFICE OF BILL KLOOS PC <br />OREGON LAND USE LAW <br />375 W. 4TH AVENUE, SUITE 204 <br />EUGENE, OR 97401 <br />TEL: 541.343.8596 <br />WEB: WWW.LANDUSEOREGON.COM <br />BILL KLOOS <br />BILLKLOOS@LANDUSEOREGON.COM <br />June 12, 2017 <br />Eugene City Council <br />c/o Terri Harding <br />99 W. 10th Avenue <br />Lane County Board of Commissioners <br />c/o Lydia McKinney <br />125 E. 8th Avenue <br />Eugene, OR 97401 Eugene, OR 97401 <br />Re: Envision Eugene Adoption Hearing <br />Comments Submitted on behalf of Jerry's at Hwy. 99 and Beltline <br />Councilors and Commissioners: <br />Please accept this letter, together with the attachments, on behalf of Jerry's Home Improvement <br />Center and the property owner, GMD Investments LLC. The owner has testified at recent <br />hearings. This is the owner's formal appearance and request in this matter. <br />The city's plan to create an industrial area to the west and north of Jerry's includes a plan to <br />redevelop Theona Drive as a collector to serve the new industrial area. This is not going to be <br />workable. <br />Please see the attached letter from JRH Transportation Engineering. JRH has examined the city <br />proposal for Theona Drive and explains why it is not workable. To summarize the JRH <br />summary, relying on Theona Drive to be a collector to serve the new industrial area will <br />eventually require a traffic signal at the Theona/Hwy. 99 intersection; however, the state <br />standards for adding a signal at that location cannot be met, due to the proximity to Beltline. The <br />solution, according to JRH, is to not use Theona Drive as access to the industrial area. <br />Jerry's supports the JRH recommendation. Making Theona a collector is not consistent with the <br />transportation system plan; it also is not workable. Language is needed in the proposed plan <br />amendment to ensure that Theona Drive will not serve the new industrial area. <br />Thank you for your consideration. <br />Sincerely, <br />Fa i <br />Bill Kloos <br />Encl: Letter from JRH Transportation Engineering <br />Graphic <br />Cc: Client <br />