Public Testimony – Open Record Part 3 – July 31 to August 14, 2024

My husband and I own a home at 3139 Herald Lane, Eugene, 97405. Our property boarders on the park and conservation zone next to the proposed development area in the Vidalia Oaks area you are currently evaluating. I want to add to my husband, Terry Nagel’s comments previously submitted to you almost a month ago. We watched the video conference held on July 10 and are hoping you are very carefully considering what action you will take on the developer’s concerning proposal. After listening to all the comments made during that video meeting, here are my main concerns. ēôϙıÍĖĲϙĺŽôŘÍīīϙŕĺĖĲťŜϙƅĺŪϙŜēĺŪīîϙæôϙèĺĲŜĖîôŘĖĲČϙƱŘŜťϙÍĲîϙċĺŘôıĺŜťϙÍŘôϙÍĲƅϙĖıŕÍèťŜϙťēĖŜϙ development proposal will likely and, in most cases certainly, have on citizen safety. From the .points made by the people who presented testimony, it is clear and obvious that the residents currently living in the long-established neighborhoods surrounding the property in question, will be be placed in great danger to loss of life and property from impacts of this proposal being implemented. In addition, any new residents, unfortunate to purchase any of the new dwellings will join them in this dangerous situation and incur dangers of their own. ēôŜôϙîÍĲČôŘŜϙſôŘôϙĺŪťīĖĲôîϙèīôÍŘīƅϠϙŜèĖôĲťĖƱèÍīīƅϙÍĲîϙīĺČĖèÍīīƅϙæƅϙıƅϙĲôĖČēæĺŘŜϙſēĺϙťôŜťĖƱôîϙ îŪŘĖĲČϙťēôϙŽĖîôĺϙèĺĲċôŘôĲèôϟϙϙēôƅϙĖĲèīŪîôϙÍϙČŘôÍťϙĖĲèŘôÍŜôϙĖĲϙîÍĲČôŘϙťĺϙīĺŜŜϙĺċϙīĖċôϙċŘĺıϙƱŘôŜϙċŘĺıϙ without and within the immediate neighborhood, a certain disaster from ƱīīĖĲČϙĖĲϙťēôϙſôťīÍĲîϙÍŘôÍŜϙ ŕŘĺŕĺŜôîϙæƅϙťēôϙîôŽôīĺŕôŘϙÍĲîϙťēôĖŘϙĖŘŘôŜŕĺĲŜĖæīôϠϙĖĲŜŪƯĖèĖôĲťϙıĖťĖČÍťĖĺĲϙЊŕīÍĲЋ, particularly to the neighborhood immediately downhill and to any new buyers of property within the proposed development, but impacting the entire area, as well. ēôϙıĺŜťϙîÍĲČôŘĺŪŜϙÍŜŕôèťϙĺċϙťēôϙťēŘôÍťϙťĺϙÍŘôϙŘôŜĖîôĲťŜЍϙīĖŽôŜϙċŘĺıϙƱŘôŜϙèĺıôŜϙċŘĺıϙťēôϙĖĲèŘôÍŜôîϙ ťŘÍƯĖèϙĖıŕÍèťϙťĺϙťēôϙÍŽÍĖīÍæĖīĖťƅϙĺċϙŜÍċôϙôŽÍèŪÍťĖĺĲϙŘĺŪťôŜϙťĺϙÍèèĺııĺîÍťôϙÍīīϙťēôϙĲôĖČēæĺŘēĺĺîŜϙĖĲϙ the area, which mostly use Hawkins as the primary route out. We have seen what has happened in places like Lahaina, Maui and Paradise, California, where so many people were trapped because the routes out became quickly blocked. Hawkins is a long, narrow winding road down the hill and there are already many neighborhoods up above and to the west of us who use it as their main route îĺſĲϙťēôϙēĖīīϙċĺŘϙťēôĖŘϙîÍĖīƅϙæŪŜĖĲôŜŜϟϙϙbĺϙťŘÍƯĖèϙŜťŪîƅϙēÍŜϙæôôĲϙîĺĲôϙĺĲϙĖťϙĖĲϙ͔͑ϙƅôÍŘŜϠϙťēĺŪČēϙıÍĲƅϙ new homes have been built whose residents funnel down basically two choices out, both narrow and winding through mostly forested areas. If the proposed new homes with all their cars is added, the only egress options from all these neighborhoods will converge within a block of the top, where ťēôϙťŘÍƯĖèϙſĖīīϙÍīīϙċŪĲĲôīϙĖĲϙťĺϙťēĖŜϙĲÍŘŘĺſϙŘĺÍîϙċŘĺıϙîĖƯôŘôĲťϙîĖŘôèťĖĺĲŜϙſĖťēĖĲČϙÍϙèĺŪŕīôϙĺċϙæīĺèħŜϙĺċϙ each other. If you add to this the new homes with there tiny limited streets for the number of cars, only one way out, ÍĲîϙĖıŕĺŜŜĖæīôϙÍèèôŜŜϙťĺϙƱŘôϙťŘŪèħŜϙÍĲîϙôıôŘČôĲèƅϙŽôēĖèīôŜϠϙthat neighborhood alone will be a death trap, not to mention its impact on surrounding neighborhoods. ēôϙĲôƄťϙıĺŜťϙîÍĲČôŘĺŪŜϙÍŜŕôèťϙĖŜϙťēôϙĖĲÍîôŗŪÍťôϙÍĲîϙĖŘŘôŜŕĺĲŜĖīæīôϙЊıĖťĖČÍťĖĺĲϙŕīÍĲЋϙťēôϙ îôŽôīĺŕôŘЍŜϙŘôŕŘôŜôĲťÍťĖŽôϙĺƯôŘŜϙċĺŘϙťēôϙèīôÍŘϙÍĲîϙĺæŽĖĺŪŜϙĖıŕÍèťŜϙĺċϙťēôĖŘϙŕŘĺŕĺŜÍīϙĺĲϙťēôϙ wetlands, water retention and the established neighborhoods below the development area. (This was thoroughly, clearly and competently presented by our engineer neighbors in the video meeting.) The above issues are the most imminent dangers to life and property this irresponsible proposal threatens. The city planners’ most important responsibility in any decision made on