intersection of Spring Boulevard and Capital Drive, which is a choke-point of a five-way posted <br />stop all ways. <br />Also, the Hearings Official ignores a subsequent document regarding the limited and potentially <br />impossible conditions for emergency vehicles to navigate within the existing primary travelway <br />to the development site. A joint letter from Traffic Engineer Matt Rodrigues (Eugene Public <br />Works Maintenance) and AIC Fire Marshal Amy Linder (February 26, 2018) announced <br />issuance of Administrative Order 58-18-01 (February 23, 2018) to remove parking along Capital <br />Drive from Spring Boulevard to Crests De Ruta, effective April 30, 2018. Regardless of whether <br />this Order is carried out, this letter further attests to the significant and dangerous conditions <br />already existing on Capital Drive - and also Spring Boulevard, which has posted no parking for <br />its length up to Capital Drive. <br />"Currently, Eugene Springfield Fire has difficulty navigating Capital Drive when vehicles are <br />parked on the street due to the curvature of the street and sub-standard street width of 18-feet. <br />Fire apparatus are often approximately 10-feet in width from mirror to mirror. When a vehicle <br />is parked on that section of Capital Drive it requires the fire apparatus to slow to avoid <br />striking a parked vehicle and, in some cases, the fire apparatus may not be able to pass around <br />the parked vehicle. In addition, Eugene Springfield Fire has stated that removal of on-street . <br />parking would help to facilitate a large scale evacuation, such as might take place during a <br />wildfire event. Eugene Springfield Fire has identified Capital Drive between Spring <br />Boulevard and Cresta De Ruta Street as a primary escape route in case of a nearby wildfire" <br />(p• 1)• <br />The Hearings Official errs in not finding that evidence regarding emergency response is <br />sufficient to determine that the proposed CHPUD would cause off-site impacts to be greater than <br />"minimal." Criterion 11 is not satisfied and the Application should be denied. <br />2. Environmental quality. Development of the proposed CHPUD would permanent damage and <br />deplete the environmental quality of the wooded hillsides not just within the site but certainly off <br />site in the adjacent neighborhood areas and beyond in the city view-shed wherever visible to <br />anyone looking at the impacted areas. The proposed CHPUD would impact the ridgeline area of <br />the South Hills, Ribbon Trail, Hendricks Park, and the integral view-shed that is a defining <br />quality and heritage of Eugene's environment. <br />The degradation of the natural environment and the quality of life for existing residents in the <br />neighborhoods, as well as in the city at large, has been one of our primary concerns argued <br />throughout our review of the Application. Regarding claims of preservation and conservation, <br />the application does not present evidence that impacts on the environment and natural habitat <br />would be less than minimal if existing forested slopes were cleared for residential housing lots <br />and fencing were allowed between lots and at lot boundaries adjacent to the Ribbon Trail. <br />The Forester Mehrwein's Report details the impacts on the environment from harvesting the <br />trees proposed to be cut: a discernable void in the forest canopy, an increase in the likelihood of <br />slope failure, and a vulnerability for windthrow and damage for remaining trees adjacent to and <br />on the site. There is no feasible estimate of how many trees would be cut for initial site <br />32 <br />