CHPUDResponseCommitteeoftheFairmountNeighborsAssociationandtheLaurelHill <br />ValleyCitizens <br />ResponsetoTentativePUDApplicationforProposedCapitalHillPlannedUnit <br />Development(CHPUD) <br />PlanningFile:PDT17-1,Applicationdated:March3,2017;Revised:June19,2017; <br />August22,2017 <br />INTRODUCTION <br />1.BackgroundandRecommendationtoDeny <br />TheFairmountNeighborsAssociation(FNA)andtheLaurelHillValleyCitizens(LHVC) <br />formedajointResponseCommittee(August5,2014)toreporttotheirrespectiveBoardsfor <br />actiontobetakeninresponsetopriorannouncementsofaproposedCapitalHillPUD.Since <br />thefilingofaTentativePUDApplication(March3,2017),thisCHPUDResponse <br />Committeehasbeenatworkonthegoals:(1)toevaluatetheapplicationforcompliance <br />withEugenePlanningCodes,(2)toassessimpactsonthetwoneighborhoods,(3)toprepare <br />areportthatwillbesubmittedforEugene’sofficialrecordforthepublicHearinginthe <br />approvalprocess. <br />TheCHPUDResponseCommitteehasbenefitedfromthecontributionsofitsmembers,who <br />drawupontheirskillsandexperiencesfromavarietyofprofessional,technical,and <br />administrativeworkinpublicandprivateemployment.Inaddition,wehaverequested <br />contributionsfromspecializedconsultantsintheareasoflaw,forestry,geotechnicalengineering, <br />andtrafficengineering. <br />TheApplicantandtheirrepresentativehaveofferedvariousversionsforthisCapitalHillPUD <br />since2014.Twoneighborhoodmeetingswereheldbytheapplicant’srepresentatives(February <br />6,2014;November9,2016).ThecurrentTentativePUDApplicationwasfiledMarch3,2017, <br />deemedincompletebyEugenePlanningtwice,andrequestedtobedeemedcompleteby <br />applicantAugust29,2017. <br />AfterinitialreviewoftheMarchfilingoftheApplication,theCHPUDResponseCommittee <br />introducedaResolutionattheMay16,2017generalmeetingoftheFairmountNeighbors <br />Association.TheResolutionidentifiedspecificseriousproblemsandimpactsinthe <br />ApplicationandconsequentlyrecommendeddenialoftheproposedCHPUD.After <br />discussionandamendment,theResolutionwaspassedbyalargemajorityofthoseattending <br />(67yes,5no)to“recommendtheproposedPUDbedeniedunlesstheconcerns\[listedinthe <br />Resolution;seeAttachmentA\]abovecanbeadequatelyaddressedbythedeveloper.”The <br />ResolutionasapprovedwassubmittedforEugene’sofficialrecord.TheLaurelHillValley <br />CitizensBoardalsosupportedtheCommittee’sResolutionandrecommendationtodenythe <br />Application. <br />1 <br /> <br />