Public Comments submitted at hearings official hearing (1)

Nathaniel Teich, Supplemental Testimony for the Hearing Record 3/7/18 (P. 1 of 4) 2350 Spring Boulevard The proposed CHPUD does not satisfy Criterion 11 (Off-Site Impacts) and should be denied. 3 3 Criterion 11 states: "The proposed development SHALL HAVE MINIMAL off-site `T C-D impacts, including such impacts as traffic o Implications of City Response to Traffic, On-Street Parking, Congestion, Safety, and 4b C Emergency Response along Spring Boulevard and Capital Drive 3 Recent action by the City to eliminate parking on Capital Drive from Spring Boulevard to Cresta De Ruta Street has affirmed positions of the Response Committee that the primary and only major accessible route to and from the proposed CHPUD is already limited and an impediment to emergency response and safety throughout the entire area. These current conditions would be increased and exacerbated by approval of the proposed CHPUD. In an earlier Response Letter from the Fire Marshal's Office (March 27, 2017), under "Concern Reality #1," Deputy Fire Marshal Mark Dahl detailed a number of "significant delays" possible, including: "opposing traffic," "collisions," "construction vehicles related to residential housing," (Item 2, p. 2). In addition he listed "need to back up long distances (greater than 150 ft)" (Item 4, p. 2). However, I question the possibility of backing up along the narrower and less improved roadway of Spring Boulevard south to East 27th Avenue. This Fire Marshal's report concludes: "Given the severely restricted access to the area, in all likelihood the truck company would not be able to physically drive to the scene" (p. 4). In the latest Response to this situation of safety and emergency response, a joint letter from Eugene Public Works Maintenance, Traffic Engineer Matt Rodrigues and AIC Fire Marshal Amy Linder (February 26, 2018) announced issuance of Administrative Order 58-18-01 (February 23, 2018) to remove parking along Capital Drive from Spring Boulevard to Cresta De Ruta, effective April 30, 2018. This letter further attests to the significant and dangerous conditions already existing in the area. "Currently, Eugene Springfield Fire has difficulty navigating Capital Drive when vehicles are parked on the street due to the curvature of the street and sub-standard street width of 18-feet. Fire apparatus are often approximately 10-feet in width from mirror to mirror. When a vehicle is parked on that section of Capital Drive it requires the fire apparatus to slow to avoid striking a parked vehicle and, in some cases, the fire apparatus may not be able to pass around the parked vehicle. In addition, Eugene Springfield Fire has stated that removal of on-street parking would help to facilitate a large scale evacuation, such as might take place during a wildfire event. Eugene Springfield Fire has identified Capital Drive between Spring Boulevard and Cresta De Ruta Street as a primary escape route in case of a nearby wildfire" (p. 1). This letter further attests to the facts of limited and potentially impossible conditions for emergency vehicles to navigate within the existing primary and only effective road network to enter and exit from approximately 112 existing residences. Additional 31- 35 residences designed in the tightly clustered plan of the proposed CHPUD would be an unacceptable increase for the area. It would probably add at least 70 additional vehicles to the residential users of the Spring Boulevard/Capital Drive main route to and from the proposed CHPUD, plus additional service vehicles for the new residences. C7 m cD CCD ro ti 73 Cr C7 = CD sW CD to