<br />Date: March 20, 2018 <br />To: City of Eugene Hearings Official, c/o Nick Gioello, Associate Planner <br />From: Jason Brown, Member, CHPUD Joint Neighborhood Response Committee <br />Re: Capitol Hill PUD Tentative Plan Application (PDT 17-1) <br /> <br />Dear Hearings Official: <br /> <br />This is additional testimony regarding the Eugene Planning DepartmentÈs Staff Report on <br />the Capital Hill PUD Tentative Plan Application (PDT 17-1). <br /> <br /> <br />EC 9.8320(2) The PUD is consistent with applicable adopted refinement plan <br />policies. <br /> <br />The Development Standards section of the South Hill Study refinement plan states: <br /> <br />That planned unit development procedures shall be utilized for the following purposes: <br />1.To encourage clustering of development in areas characterized by: a. Shallowest <br /> <br />slopesb. Lowest elevationsc. Least amount of vegetationd. Least amount of <br />visual impact. <br />2.To encourage preservation as open space those areas characterized by: a. <br /> <br />Intermediate and steep slopesb. Higher elevationsc. Significant amounts of <br />vegetation; d. Significant visual impact. <br />The Staff Report assembled by the Eugene Planning department argues: <br /> <br />As reflected on the applicantÈs site plans and in other supporting application materials, <br />the steepest slopes and higher percentage of vegetation occur on the eastern side of the <br />PUD site. The Tract A preservation area runs the entire length of the eastern border. All <br />of the lots that border Tract A (Lots 5, and 8 through 19) also contain varying sized <br />preservation areas. These combined preservation areas will locate potential building <br />sites on these lots closer to the top of the ridgeline that this site is located on. This will in <br />effect provide clustering of home sites where less trees and vegetation are located. <br />Although contrary to the above purposes of clustering development areas in the lowest <br />elevations and preserving open space in the highest elevations, the physical <br />characteristics of the site, with the steepest slopes and higher percentage of vegetation in <br /> <br />