Attachment C <br />GIOELLO Nick R Attachment B <br />From: Kim Toner <kimtoner@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2017 2:08 PM <br />To: GIOELLO Nick R <br />Subject: Capital Hill PUD (PDT 17 - 01) <br />Dear Nick Gioello and Eugene City Planning Department. <br />This letter is regarding our opposition to the proposed Capital Hill PUD (PDT 17 - 01). We request that you confirm receipt of this <br />letter, and that it be entered into the official record. <br />We have been living on Cresta de Ruta for more than 20 years and are profoundly dismayed by Tom Dreyer's proposed development <br />on Capital Drive, which would irrevocably change the nature of our neighborhood. <br />There are many issues associated with such development that concern neighbors: increased traffic on our narrow roads, construction <br />vehicles clogging up the few roads in the neighborhood for the years it would take to build the development, causing delays and safety <br />concerns (such as emergency vehicle access); the stability of the steep hillside on which these houses would be built; water, sewer, <br />and storm water systems that would have to cope with increased demand; impact on the flora and fauna of Hendricks Park (the Ribbon <br />Trail lies below the proposed development area and would be most exposed to the excavation and construction); and the importance of <br />this area as a link to the Ridgeline Trail system and as a corridor for wildlife. <br />There are important safety concerns to be considered, too: we walk and bike through our neighborhood every day, and <br />adding construction vehicles and more traffic to the already narrow roads increases the danger of accidents for all of <br />us. The elderly and children will be even more at risk with increased traffic. <br />Another issue here is that the development would be built at the top of the hill, at the ridgeline. The Eugene code protects <br />ridgeline land above 900 feet from overdevelopment, and the South Hills Study explicitly protects the evergreen "view <br />shed" as a public asset. The proposed PUD only protects trees on 18% of the site; 80% of the large trees are scheduled <br />for removal. The adjacent Hendricks Park will be subject to blow downs. <br />An important consideration for the city of Eugene (and taxpayers) is the cost of providing and maintaining the increased infrastructure <br />required by any proposed developments. The individual developers would pay for private roads needed to access homesites but Spring <br />Boulevard, Capital Drive, Highland, and Cresta de Ruta Street are all public roads that would, with the increased traffic, require more <br />maintenance and repair, as well as having exposure to the threat of landslides because of the fragility of the hillside. <br />The costs and difficulties of developing the site on Capital would be prohibitive, as they would be on any steep hillside (as an <br />example, look at the house below us on Capital Drive which was under construction for over 3 years: excavation caused many <br />problems for neighbors in the form of traffic delays on Capital Drive, and construction noise; there was also soil slippage on the steep <br />slope causing us great concern because our house is directly above). These problems would be magnified by the size of the proposed <br />development. <br />In summary, we and many of our neighbors are opposed to the noise, disruption, and degradation of our neighborhood that such a <br />development would entail. We urge the planning commission to listen to the residents (who at the recent Fairmount Neighbors <br />Association meeting voted overwhelmingly against this development) and deny planning permission for the Capital Hill PUD. <br />Sincerely, <br />Kim and John Toner <br />2686 Cresta de Ruta St. <br />Eugene, OR 97403 <br />Page 370 <br />