To: Nick Gioello, Associate Planner, NGioello@eugene-or.gov <br />From: Joseph Sventek, Professor Emeritus, UO Computer Science Department, <br />jsventek@gmail.com <br />Date: 19 February 2026 <br />Subject: Comments on SDR 25-02 <br />Thank you for this opportunity to comment on SDR 25-02. The executive summary is that <br />this application does not fulfill/address a number of Goal 5 city codes, and, as such, the <br />application should be denied. <br />EC 9.4920(2)(b) <br />The wetland on the property is a Category B wetland requiring a 25-foot buƯer. The map <br />provided with the application clearly shows places where the wetland is wider than the <br />conservation setback on the map; the application, therefore, does not meet the 25-foot <br />setback requirement. <br />EC 9.4920(3) <br />During the approval process for the Tentative Planned Unit Development, the City <br />determined that the entire property was Goal 5. This code states that if a wetland and <br />stream exist together, the /WR conservation area is the total footprint of the /WR <br />conservation areas combined. This leads to several violations of this code. <br />1. The proper /WR conservation area has not been determined, as the /WR <br />conservation area for the wetlands was not calculated or mapped at all. The total <br />combined footprint was also not calculated or mapped. <br />2. The application must properly include the 25-foot setback for the wetlands <br />combined with the 40-foot setback for the Category C stream. <br />3. The resulting setback will exceed that of the site plan in several places. <br />Furthermore, the site plan must: <br /> identify and note all wetlands within 50 feet of property lines, <br /> identify/indicate all trees by species and dimension on the site plan, and <br /> show and provide information regarding critical root zones for trees to be preserved <br />within the /WR conservation area. <br />EC 9.4930(3)(e) <br />The application does not discuss how the required backfill of excavated areas with existing <br />native soil will be addressed.