Attachment C <br />GIOELLO Nick R <br />Attachment B <br />From: <br />GTOELLO Nick R <br />Sent: <br />Friday, December 15, 2017 1:33 PM <br />To: <br />GIOELLO Nick R <br />Subject: <br />FW: Capital Hill PUD (B) <br />From: Michael Kuhn [mailto:ml<uhn@uoregon.edu] <br />Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 4:06 PM <br />To: GIOELLO Nick R <Nick.R.Gioello@ci.eugene.or.us> <br />Subject: Capital Hill PUD <br />Mr. Giello, <br />I'm sure you've been hearing a lot from people in my neighborhood about the Capital Hill PUD: I'm sorry to <br />add to your inbox. However; I think it's important for me to reach out given some very concerning unanswered <br />questions about the development. I live on Cresta de Ruta Street, just below Capital Drive. <br />First of all, I want to say that there's is defmitely a responsible way that the land at the top of the hill should be <br />developed. This is a convenient neighborhood for UO and a rice place to live. Development there should <br />happen, especially given the need for new housing. More development would also hopefully bring more <br />attention to road access issues in the neighborhood. I would be happy to see this happen. <br />There are a variety of reasons why the development, as proposed, makes me uncomfortable. Like I said, I'm <br />sure you've heard this before; so I want to keep things brief and clear, so I'll just mention the two things that are <br />the most important in my mind. <br />1. First and foremost: the road access issues. Living on capital hill, I'm always aware of fire and <br />landslide risk. Half the homes on Cresta and Capital are on stilts that aren't earthquake safe. The ice storm this <br />December closed off access to our house for a number of days. In a lot of ways, this is a risky place to <br />live. Getting off the hill quickly, or getting emergency vehicles up the hill quickly is a serious issue. The city <br />cannot approve this project with its fingers crossed about emergencies. Frankly, I doubt the adequacy of access <br />given the existing neighborhood capacity, much less with 40+ new families at the dead-end of a long, narrow, <br />bumpy road. This says nothing about the impact of construction on the neighborhood given the need for street <br />parking in bad weather when driveways are too steep to be used, and the lack of sidewalks. <br />2. Drainage. The hill collects a tremendous amount of water. There are places where after heavy rain, <br />or heavy watering of the property at the top of the hill, springs drain directly out of the hillside. The large trees <br />help soak up a lot of that, to prevent slides and erosion. Removing a lot of trees and the resulting canopy, as the <br />proposal calls for, brings more water to the ground with less capacity for absorption. The steep slope and very <br />wet soil are already problematic for landslide risk. New units on steep slopes, diverting more water straight into <br />the hillside is genuinely frightening as a homeowner in the neighborhood. <br />If the city and the developer have a convincing plan to deal with these issues: great. I really think our city and <br />neighborhood would all benefit from safe development at the top of Capital Hill. But as is, the plan is really <br />scary for me because it doesn't take these issues seriously. <br />Page 361 <br />