BOHNER Rodney T <br />From:Dennis Sandow <dsandow@earthlink.net> <br />Sent:Friday, June 15, 2018 11:05 AM <br />To:BOHNER Rodney T <br />Subject:Lombard Apartment Transportation issues: Public testimony <br />HelloRodney, <br />Iwouldliketorequestthatthisbeplacedinthepublicrecordanddistributedtostafffortheirconsiderationpriorto <br />theirJune20recommendations. <br />TheproposedLombardApartmentdevelopmentwillimpactathreeplusacreparcelofopenlandadjacenttoour <br />neighborhood.SandwichedbetweensingleresidencesoneithersideandtheWillametteRiverandRiverRoadthe <br />developmentwillcertainlyhaveasocialimpact,notonlytousbuttothecitizensofEugene. <br />TheproposeddevelopmentwilluseRiverRoad,FirLaneandLombardLaneforaccess.WithinthedevelopmentLombard <br />LanewillbeЋЉ͸widewithaЍЎ͸publicrightofway.ThiswillconnecttotheexistingLombardandFirLanesthatare <br />approximatelyЊЏ͸andЊВ͸wide.Currentlybothlanescanonlyaccommodateasinglelaneoftraffic. <br />WhileIunderstandthatatrafficimpactstudyisnotrequiredforlessthan100units,Ialsounderstandthatsuchcriteria <br />areestablishedforaverageornormaltrafficstatistics.Thecurrentneighborhoodtrafficpatternisfarfromnormal.This <br />isevidencedbytheCityofEugene'sinvestmentinthepedestrian/cycliststriplocatedonthenorthsideofFirLane. <br />Theseunusualcircumstances,makethecaseforathoroughtrafficstudyansweringquestionssuchas: <br />1.WhataretheleftturnwaittimesfromFirLaneontoRiverRoad? <br />2.WhataretheleftturnwaittimesfromtheproposeddevelopedontoRiverRoad? <br />3.WhataretheleftturnwaittimesfromRiverRoadontoFirLane? <br />3.aHowwilltheexistingleftturnlanefromRiverRoadtoFirLanethatcurrentlyaccommodatesonecaronlybe <br />impacted? <br />4.HowwillthedevelopmentimpacttheexistingLombardandFirLanes? <br />TothelastpointIwouldliketoaddtwopoints. <br />1.YourpredecessorAltheaSullivantoldmethatshehadassumedthattherewouldbenoimpactonLombardandFir <br />andthattheywouldremainastheyare. <br />2.Despitemultiplerequeststoplanning,publicworksandthecountyfordataconcerningtheimpactofthe <br />developmentonFirandLombardLane,asoftoday6/15/18therehasbeennotoneresponse.InaconversationwithCity <br />publicworks,weweretoldthatwewouldhavetowaitforthedecisionsfromtheupcominghearingtofindoutwhatthe <br />impactsare.Howcanwe,thepublic,prepareforthehearingwhentheimpactswillbedeterminedbythehearing?This <br />circularlogicunderminesthecitizenscapacitytoengageplannersbecauseweareuninformedbytheplanning <br />community. <br />Sincerely, <br />1 <br /> <br />