BROWN Daren M <br />From:Edith Roberts <hroberts@uoregon.edu> <br />Sent:Wednesday, March 07, 2018 3:09 PM <br />To:GIOELLO Nick R <br />Subject:Capital Hill PUD <br />CapHill-PUD-letter-1er.odt <br />Attachments: <br />TO:NickGioella <br />From:EdithRoberts <br />2510WoodlandDr <br />EugeneOR97403 <br />PleaseseeattachedletterdatedFeb13,2018. <br />Thereseemtobemanyproblemswiththestaffanalysisregardingstreetuseissuesbutthereportisdifficulttosearch <br />andprocessbecauseofitssizeandrelevantsectionsdonotcopywelltothesoftwareonmycomputer.Butthestaff <br />reportdoesnotseemtoadequatelyaccountfortheamountofincreasedtrafficthatwouldresultfromthenewhousing <br />andhowmanymoretripswouldbecreatedfromthem. <br />Also,itdoesnotappeartoanalyzethechangingdemographicsoftheareabeingservedbySpringBlvdfromFairmount <br />BlvdtoCapitalHlllDr.Inthesmallareaaroundmefouroutofsevenhouseshavechangedhandsinthelastfewyearsall <br />resultinginsignificantincreasesincarsperhouseholdfromoneortwotofromtwotofourorfivereflectingincreased <br />numbersofchildrenandotherslivinginthehousehold. <br />IdidnothavetimetodetermineifresearchwasdonetoevaluatethenumberofhouseholdbeingservedbythatSpring <br />Blvdstretch,theirsizesandemploymentstatistics.Iwouldhazardaguessthatitistransformingfromanareaofmostly <br />retiredpeopleorteacherswithnonregularschedulestopeoplerequiringmoreroadtripsduringregularcommutetimes <br />andothertimesferryingchildrentovariousactivitiesorteenagersmakingmultipletripsforvariousreasons.Didstaff <br />considertheincreaseinroadtripslikelytohappenoverthisrouteevenifthenewhousingwerenotbuiltinadditionto <br />theincreasedtrafficiftheywerebuiltandhowthatwouldimpacttrafficproblemsonthisroute? <br />AllofthesequestionswouldberelevanttodeterminingwhetherthiswindingstretchofSpringBlvd,withitsblind <br />curves,lackofsidewalksandsignificantusebywalkersandbicycles,wouldnotbeseriouslyadverselyimpactedby35or <br />morehighendhousesbuiltatthetopofCapitalHill. <br />Sincerely, <br />EdithRoberts <br />1 <br /> <br />