Date: March 20, 2018 <br /> <br />To: City of Eugene Hearings Official, c/o Nick Gioello, Associate Planner <br /> <br />From: Jason Brown, Member, CHPUD Joint Neighborhood Response Committee <br /> <br />Re: Capitol Hill PUD Tentative Plan Application (PDT 17-1) <br />Dear Hearings Official: <br /> <br />This is additional testimony with regard to the PUD process and the Eugene Planning <br />DepartmentÈs Staff Report on the Capital Hill PUD Tentative Plan Application (PDT 17- <br />1). <br />9.4300, 9.8300 Purpose of Planned Unit Development; <br />Specifically, I wish to address <br />9.8305 Applicability9.8320 Approval Criteria <br />, and <br />(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(9)(11)(12)(13)(15)(16), and 9.8325 Approval Criteria <br />(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(11)(12)(13). <br /> <br />9.8300 Purpose of Planned Unit Development <br />The Eugene Planning Staff report on the Capital Hill PUD (and in comments during the <br />hearing) repeated that the Applicant has done an excellent job in developing a planned <br />unit development on land in an R-1 zone. In their report they state that the Applicant has <br />developed a plan that meets the conditions of the code Åto the extent possibleÆ on page <br />10, 15, 17, 18 Åas much as possibleÆ on page 16, Åpreserve as many trees as possibleÆ on <br />page 21. The Staff Report uses the phrase Åas closely as practicalÆ page 14 and 56, and <br />Åto the greatest extent practicalÆ on page 15. In reference to the success of the <br />ApplicantÈs application, The Staff Report also uses the phrase Åthis development proposal <br />attempts to balance the private interestÆ with the public interest on page 15. Staff writes: <br />Åthe applicant has attempted to cluster the developable areas¼Æ; Åthe applicant has <br />attempted to work with constraints and opportunities of the propertiesÆ (page 16); Åthe <br />applicant has attempted to minimize impacts to the site¼Æ (page 21). <br /> <br />