Howard Meadows, an under construction Middle Housing development at Lake Drive just north <br />of Howard Avenue, illustrates our concern. The project consists of 11-fourplex lots, appearing to <br />have 2 on-site parking places each. The planned Safe Routes to School project to be built this <br />summer will prohibit on -street parking on the south side of Howard Avenue. Howard Meadows <br />residents with additional cars will be parking to the north on Rosewood Avenue which is a one - <br />lane County Local Access Road with limited off-site parking opportunities. Eight other nearby <br />streets are also under County jurisdiction with neither capacity nor authority to regulate parking. <br />This and many other middle housing projects in our neighborhoods will likely result in parking <br />conflicts for neighbors just like we have seen on the streets surrounding ECCO apartments off <br />River Road. <br />We request that the City Council direct the City Manager to explore and report to the <br />Council potential solutions to the parking issues in our Neighborhoods as part of the <br />Climate Friendly and Equitable Community Parking Reform process. <br />2. Potential Loss of Commercial Properties: When we asked our neighbors to set goals for <br />the Neighborhood Plan, they placed strong emphasis on having more commercial opportunities, <br />especially restaurants, gathering spots & groceries. They also called for 20 Minute <br />Neighborhoods-- businesses they could easily walk or bike to. However, the staff decision to <br />eliminate the proposed Corridor Mixed Use zone which would have required commercial use on <br />the ground floor leaves the majority of our current commercial properties in the C-2 Community <br />Commercial Zone. This zone allows 100% of the properties in the zone to be residential with no <br />commercial. <br />The economic study included in Sera Architect's River Road Corridor Study showed that <br />economic demand for housing is high and commercial use is low. Without regulation requiring it <br />or some kind of incentive to encourage it, the commercial facilities we currently have may well <br />be replaced by multifamily housing that ironically will create an even greater need for the <br />commercial properties they replace. <br />21 <br />