Theclaimthat“ruralresourcelandswillbeconservedasmoreunitsareprovidedwithinthe <br />UGB”(p.20of67)isnotself-evidentandnodataareprovided.Thisclaimisevenlesslikelyfor <br />theproposedCHPUDbecauseofitsuniquelocation.Itisproposedtobesituatedonelevated, <br />woodedacreageformingasegmentoftheurbanforestedhillsidesandridgelinessurrounding <br />thecityvalley.Itnotaconvenientlocationfromwhichtoaccesstransportationandservices <br />otherthanbypersonalautomobile\[Seebelow EC9.8320(1)PolicyA.11 and EC9.8300(1) <br />(b)\].Itisnotasitefordevelopinghousingforfamiliesatlowandmoderateincomelevels\[See <br />below EC9.8320(1)PolicyA.17,PolicyA.20 and EC9.8300(1)(c)\].Consequently,itseems <br />unlikelythatthisproposedCHPUD–anichedevelopmentforthewealthy–wouldpreventUGB <br />expansionsothat“ruralresourcelandswillbeconserved.”Thepressureforhousing <br />subdivisionsonlargeacreageofruralresourcelandisgreaterfromtheneedforaverageand <br />moderatecostdwellingsthatabroadrangeoffamiliescouldafford. <br />Urbaninfillisanimportantandvalidplanninganddevelopmentgoal.TheCommitteedoesnot <br />opposeit.AsourCommitteehasannouncedfromitsformation,andhasgivenformalvoicefor <br />representingneighborhoodopinions,weareallconcernedbeyondourpersonalintereststo <br />considertheproposedCHPUDintermsofthebroadercontextofthecityandtheUGB. <br />However,thereareinescapablecomplicationsregardingapprovaloftheproposedCHPUDin <br />theseterms.Clearly,everyPUDproposalmustbesitespecific.Giventhefactsofthissitein <br />relationtotheproposal,weassertthatthereisnoclearandobjectiveevidencethattheproposed <br />CHPUDwouldpreventurbansprawlandsaveagriculturalresources.Ratheritwouldirreparably <br />damageanurbanenvironmentallandscaperesource. <br />Thesiteisadispersedmixoffiveexistinglots(threeofwhichhavedwellings)onroughly13.6 <br />acres,perhapsaboutonethirdofwhicharewoodedareaswithsteep,unbuildableslopes.These <br />areasarevariouslyproposedtobe“dedicatedtoopenspace”and“conservation”or <br />“preservation”“areas”or“zones”;however,theexactamountisvariouslystatedas:“over <br />30%”(p.15),“approximately33%(onethird)”(p.22),“over33%”(p.33,p.62),“almost1/3” <br />(p.36),“atleast1/3”(p.37),“athird”(p.57,p.58),“approximately30%.”(p.66).However, <br />therearenoCCRorHOAdocumentsincluded,asApplicationrepeatedlynotesatleasteight <br />times.ThustherearenoguaranteesthatanyclaimsandwarrantsanticipatedintheApplication <br />wouldbeimplemented.TheApplicationadmits,ineffect,thatallofwhatitproposesfor <br />buildings,grounds,savedandnewtrees,preservation,conservation,etc.,aremerely <br />“aspirations”(p.30of67). <br />ThesitelieswithintheSouthHillsridgeline.ItisadjacenttotheboundariesoftheRidgeline <br />TrailandHendricksPark.Itsview-shedisanassettothecommunity.TheproposedCHPUD <br />wouldbeintrudingintooneofthesensitiveenvironmentalborderareasofEugene’sdefining <br />urbangreenwaylandscapeandview-scape.Wecontendthatthecity’siconicurbanlandscape <br />resourcesshouldbeinviolable. <br />Consideringthelargercontextofthecity,thereisnocompellingevidencetotrade-offdamaging <br />theforestedsiteasitcurrentlyexistsinordertodeveloptheproposedCHPUDbyusingthe <br />justificationoftheneedtosatisfythegoalofurbaninfillformaintainingtheUGB.Thereisa <br />well-acceptedcaveatfromstatisticalanalysisthatcorrelationdoesnotprovecausation.Forthe <br />7 <br /> <br />