Attachment C <br />Attachment B <br />From: Patricia A. Gwartney <pgwartney@gmail.com% <br />Sent: Monday, December 11, 2017 5:24 PM <br />To: GIOELLO Nick R <br />Subject: Concerns about proposed Capital Hill PUD <br />Dear Nick Gioello. <br />I would like to voice my concerns about the proposed Capital Hill PUD (PDT 17 - 01). I have tried to go into <br />this with an open mind, for I am not against development in general, especially when it will be concentrated and <br />not contribute to sprawl. Toward that end I have attended several neighborhood meetings, talked personally <br />with Tom and Cindy Dreyer multiple times, and walked the area many, many times. The Dreyers are very <br />compelling, often presenting their project as a "done deal." However; I have come to the conclusion that they <br />are overlooking some crucial problems. <br />I should mention up front that I have lived at 2875 Spring Blvd for 36 years, raised five children here, and I <br />hike/walk the hill for 30-60 minutes at least five times per week. But my concerns are not just about me and my <br />family. Joggers, hikers, dog walkers, and people visiting Hendricks Park and the Ribbon Trail walk along the <br />streets in this area at all times of the day and night. Children live on these streets and the school district does not <br />supply buses (probably due to the difficulties buses would have negotiating the tight, blind curves); so many <br />kids walk to and from school. <br />The worst issues about the Capital Hill PUD concern road quality and public safety. The streets to the top of the <br />hill simply cannot sustain the traffic required to build 35+ new homes. Most of the streets are not up to modern <br />standards; many lack curbs, sidewalks, or a place for a pedestrian to step aside safely for ongoing vehicles; and <br />depending on the route taken; drivers will encounter 2-4 blind curves to reach the hilltop. <br />The blind curves are bad, particularly the one at 2810 and 2808 Capital Drive. Just last week a young man in a <br />car nearly collided with a Sanipac truck; I witnessed it while walking my dogs. Interviews with the residents of <br />those addresses could tell you how frequent those near-misses actually are. Three households' driveways now <br />face into the worst part of the curve; the proposed development would add more. The corner where Alta Vista <br />Court breaches Capital at 2800 Capital Drive is also blind due to steepness. There exists an alternate route <br />Spring Blvd to Madrona to Highland to Cresta de Ruta to Capitol but the blind curves at 2504 Woodland <br />Drive and at 2502 Highland Drive then turning left from Cresta de Ruta Street onto Capital Drive; are just as <br />bad (and downright dangerous in icy weather). Then there are the *many * blind driveways along both routes, <br />too numerous to delineate here (but I will happily create a list if it would help). <br />Obviously, our streets are already poor quality and potentially dangerous. The resident neighborhood population <br />generally negotiates them with care. There is one exception, namely what the neighborhood calls "Five <br />Comers," where Spring Blvd, Capital Drive, Woodlawn Avenue, and Madrona Drive meet with four stop signs. <br />Drivers roll through the stop sign coming downhill from Capital Drive dozens of times daily. (I would love to <br />see a traffic officer stationed there to issue tickets to various prominent citizens.) Aside from Five Corners, <br />however, neighborhood drivers are generally slow and cautious; many wave, smile, and acknowledge each <br />other as friendly faces. <br />What will it be like when a daily parade of large anonymous trucks starts lumbering up and down the hill to <br />build the planned 35+ dwellings? Have you estimated how many hundreds of thousands of trips the large trucks <br />will make and over how many years? Have you estimated how those trips will affect road quality and safety? <br />Page 365 <br />