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Home My WebLink AboutPublic CommentP C A g e n d a - P a g e 2 4 P C A g e n d a - P a g e 2 5 P C A g e n d a - P a g e 2 6 P C A g e n d a - P a g e 2 7 P C A g e n d a - P a g e 2 8 P C A g e n d a - P a g e 2 9 P C A g e n d a - P a g e 3 0 P C A g e n d a - P a g e 3 1 P C A g e n d a - P a g e 3 2 1 O'DONNELL Heather M From:Shirley Richards <shirleylr@comcast.net> Sent:Thursday, July 09, 2015 10:02 PM To:O'DONNELL Heather M Subject:Re: Rest-Haven Planning Commission materials We were thinking of all the past times we have been to meetings about the cemetery, not just the last issue, going back to the time he wanted to put low rent apartments across the top of the property. On Jul 9, 2015, at 8:30 AM, O'DONNELL Heather M wrote: Hi Shirley, Sine this is a new application (for instance it's just Rest-Haven proposed for rezone by the owner whereas the 2014 application was several sites throughout the city proposed for rezone by the city), we don't bring forward materials from the last application unless someone submits it into the record. If you want to forward me your comments (or anything) from the 2014 application I can definitely send those to the planning commission. I'm out of the office today and tomorrow but we'll get any new testimony to them. Thank you, Heather From: Shirley Richards <shirleylr@comcast.net> Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 7:31:00 PM To: O'DONNELL Heather M Subject: Re: Rest‐Haven Planning Commission materials We do hope all previous testimonies about the cemetery from the many meetings already held will be given to the commissioners in advance. We still do not want to see any kind of housing on the property, but hope it will always be used as a cemetery as originally planned. Thank you for the E-Mail. Shirley Richards On Jul 8, 2015, at 10:30 AM, O'DONNELL Heather M wrote: Good Afternoon, Thank you for your comments on the Rest‐Haven proposed map amendment and zone change. I wanted to let you know that they have been forwarded to the Planning Commission for their consideration. Below is a link to the planning commission agenda and staff report (memo to planning commission and draft findings). Please note that the links embedded within the memo to the planning commission are currently broken, we are working on fixing them. The link below works. Best, Heather ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 2 The July 14, 2015 Planning Commission materials are now available at the following link: http://www.eugene‐or.gov/AgendaCenter/Planning‐Commission‐2 AGENDA TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 – 6:00 P.M. I. PUBLIC HEARING: REST‐HAVEN MEMORIAL PARK (City File No. MA 15‐1 and Z 15‐1) The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on a metro plan amendment for a land use designation change from Parks and Open Space to Low Density Residential for the entire property, and a zone change from PL Public Land to R‐1 Low Density Residential for the northern approximately 28 acres of the property currently in cemetery use (resulting in the entire property being designated Low Density Residential and zoned R‐1 Low Density Residential). Lead City Staff: Heather O’Donnell, 541‐682‐5488 heather.m.odonnell@ci.eugene.or.us Heather O'Donnell Senior Planner, AIC | City of Eugene Planning 541-682-5488 Messages to and from this e-mail address may be available to the public under Oregon Public Records Law 1 O'DONNELL Heather M From:Nicole Smith Dahmen <nicole.dahmen@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, July 09, 2015 12:05 PM To:O'DONNELL Heather M Cc:William Dahmen Subject:Re: Question on development plan Heather, Two primary concerns: 1) There is too much ambiguity as to what could be built on this property (single family homes are quite different from apartments). 2) There are a large number of homes already for sale in the neighborhood that are not selling (for example, there are at least three homes for sale on our short street alone and most of those have been for sale for at least a year). Again, we are opposed to this re-zoning. Thanks, Nicole and William Dahmen On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 8:36 AM, O'DONNELL Heather M <Heather.M.ODonnell@ci.eugene.or.us> wrote: Hello, I can submit the email below to the Planning Commission which notes your opposition or if you want to write something more I can wait and submit that to them when you send it to me; such as why you oppose it and addressing the approval criteria if you can. Best, Heather ________________________________ From: Nicole Smith Dahmen <nicole.dahmen@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2015 7:39:17 AM To: O'DONNELL Heather M; William Dahmen Subject: Re: Question on development plan Thank you for this explanation, Heather. My husband and I are opposed to allowing the zoning changes. We are homeowners in the affected neighborhood. Is there something we should sign? Or can you note our opposition? Thanks, Nicole and William Dahmen On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 2:15 PM, O'DONNELL Heather M <Heather.M.ODonnell@ci.eugene.or.us<mailto:Heather.M.ODonnell@ci.eugene.or.us>> wrote: Good Afternoon and thank you for your email. 2 The subject site is about 74 acres. The property is currently designated on the Metro Plan map (the City’s long- range land use blueprint map) for Parks and Open Space uses and is currently split zoned; for R-1 Low Density Residential uses (southern portion of site) and PL Public land uses (northern cemetery portion of site. The current owners seek to change the Metro Plan map designation and the zoning of the subject property so that the entire property is designated on the Metro Plan as Low Density Residential and the entire property has a matching zoning of R-1 Low Density Residential. To give you an idea of what a Metro Plan designation of Low Density Residential and R-1 Low Density Residential can look like, the proposed designation and zoning would match that of the surrounding neighborhood; which is developed with single-family, some multi-family, a church, etc. Low Density Residential is typically developed with single-family housing and duplexes. Other uses that we see in Low Density Residential areas area non-residential uses such as religious institutions, cemeteries, parks, and neighborhood scale commercial and sometimes, apartments or townhomes (for instance, the property owner has had an application pending in the Planning Office since 2001 to do apartments on site). New housing in the south hills, west of Willamette street, typically has to be no more than 5 homes per acre, unless otherwise accepted (elsewhere in the city, the maximum allowed housing in Low Density Residential is up to 10 homes per acre). At this time, there is no development plan proposed. The proposed re-designation and rezoning is an earlier step in the process than submitting a development plan. However, the applicant’s written materials indicate they would like to enable residential uses for the portion of the site not in or platted for cemetery use. I hope this is helpful. Please let me know if you have any additional questions. Thank you for letting me know about our sign as well. Best, Heather From: Nicole Smith Dahmen [mailto:nicole.dahmen@gmail.com<mailto:nicole.dahmen@gmail.com>] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2015 9:58 AM To: O'DONNELL Heather M Cc: William Dahmen Subject: Question on development plan Good morning, Heather. My husband and I are residents of the Brookside Drive area. We have seen your signs and we have some questions. The map is impossible to read because it is so blurry. Can you please explain to us in detail the proposed zone change? We would like to know exactly where it will be and what is being proposed to be built (low density housing doesn't give us sufficient detail). Thanks so much. William and Nicole Dahmen