‘Howard Meadows’ to absorb/accommodate any overflow parking – which leaves Howard Ave. (with its new <br />‘Safe Routes to School’ project starting soon) as the nearest parking option – unless parking arrangements can <br />be made with Howard Elementary or …? Commissioners are aware of the parking situations created when the <br />‘ECCO Apartments’ complex was constructed at River Road and Hatton Ave. – with overflow parking from the <br />units now clogging Evergreen and other surrounding local County streets. <br />Related Neighborhood Plan references and recommendations: <br />Goal 11: Support development that is well designed and economically, socially, and environmentally <br />sustainable. <br />Action Plan 11.1.1, “Revise the Neighborhood/Developer meeting process that requires developers to <br />meet with the River Road or Santa Clara neighborhoods at least one month prior to submitting a land <br />use application …”: I also suggest adding a City Planner to the required guest list – to see the site, to bridge <br />the developer/neighbor information gap, to bridge the City/County information gap and to definitively answer <br />code and related questions. <br />Action Plan 11.2.1, Minimize land use conflict by adding code requirements that adjoining low density <br />and higher-density residential land are designed to be more compatible, as well as between residential <br />and non-residential uses. Develop and adopt development standards that provide form and site <br />transitions such as sloped setbacks, balcony offsets, and buffering between properties zoned low-density <br />residential and denser development in adjacent multi-unit housing and commercial zones. Prohibit upper <br />story balconies on housing walls that abut R-1 rear yards unless the buildings are at least 50 feet from the <br />property line.”: I strongly suggest this action apply to any/all community residential infill projects. <br />Goal 14: Promote land use and development that protects and enhances neighborhood character. <br />Action Plan 14.1.1, Develop transitions between R-1 properties: I suggest difficult puzzles are the most <br />satisfying to solve and certainly worth the effort. <br />Action Plan 14.1.2, Increase minimum required parking standards when higher density development <br />abuts R-1 zoning and the adjacent streets (i.e., lanes) aren’t developed to Eugene’s local street standard <br />or higher to avoid spillover parking problems. Do periodic review as automobile usage changes. I suggest <br />this issue regarding residential infill and parking and prior-existing neighborhood conditions deserves some <br />serious discussion and expedited action. <br />Above are ‘before’ (left) and ‘current’ (right) photos of the NE corner of ‘Howard Meadows’ – where the new <br />City section of Lake now abuts the old County section of Rosewood Ave. This section of Rosewood Ave. is 12’ <br />wide and classified as a Local Access Road (LAR). Neighbors who front Rosewood have always maintained the <br />7