BROWN Daren M <br />From:Cathy Johnson <cdjohnson617@msn.com> <br />Sent:Wednesday, March 07, 2018 11:34 AM <br />To:GIOELLO Nick R <br />Cc:Cathy Johnson <br />Fwd: letter regarding CHPUD <br />Subject: <br />Attachments:Ragatz further comments on the PUD.pdf <br />Hi Nick, <br />Could you please enter these two letters from Dick Ragatz into the record if they are not already entered ? <br />Thank you, <br />Cathy <br />Begin forwarded message: <br />From: <br />Richard Ragatz <richard.ragatz@ragatzassociates.com> <br />Subject: letter regarding CHPUD <br />Date: <br />December 11, 2017 at 11:36:20 AM PST <br />To: <br /><nick.r.gioello@ci.eugene.or.us> <br />DearMr.Gioello, <br />ThepurposeofthisletteristostatemyoppositiontotheproposedCapitalHillPlannedUnit <br />Development.MywifeandIresideat2683CrestadeRuta,andhavedonesofor19years. <br />Weareextremelyconcernedaboutthenegativeimpactsthedevelopmentcouldhaveontheentire <br />surroundingneighborhood.Asyouarewellawarefromothers,theconcernscenteraroundvehicular <br />andpedestriansafetyduetothenarrow,windingroads,andnegativeimpactsontheviewshedand <br />trees,andbeinginanareaofpotentiallandslides.Itisdifficulttofindanypositiveimpactsfromthe <br />proposeddevelopmentexceptforpotentialprofitforthedeveloper.IagreethattheCityneedsmore <br />housing,butnotinthepricerangeoftheproposeddevelopment.Potentialprofitforoneindividual,is <br />faroutweighedbythemanynegativeconsequences. <br />IalsonotethattheapplicantwasrecentlyfoundinviolationofaCityordinancepreventingclearcutting, <br />andwasfinedover$4,000.TheclearcuttingwasonalotbetweenourresidenceandtheğƦƦƌźĭğƓƷ͸ƭ <br />residence,andwasdonesimplytoimprovehisviewshed.Suchactioncertainlydemonstrateshislackof <br />concernfortheneighborhood,theenvironmentandthepublicregulatorysystem.Itverymuchrouses <br />myfearofsimilaractionsinregardtothePUD,ifeverapproved. <br />Thankyouforthelisteningear. <br />Richard L. Ragatz, Ph.D. <br />1 <br /> <br />