BERG-JOHANSEN Erik <br />From: Kathy Poole <poole2895@comcast.net> <br />Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 5:19 PM <br />To: BERG-JOHANSEN Erik <br />Subject: Amazon Corners comments for public hearing <br />Follow Up Flag: Follow up <br />Flag Status: Completed <br />March 1, 2017 <br />Dear Erik Berg, Eugene Hearings Official, <br />I am a homeowner and resident in south Eugene in a neighborhood that will be directly affected by the proposed <br />Amazon Corners development. My contact information is as follows: <br />Kathleen Poole <br />3140 Nob Court <br />Eugene, OR 97405 <br />Email: poole2895@comcast.net <br />Phone: 541-953-9635 <br />I wish to register the following concerns regarding the proposed Amazon Corners development: <br />- I am in favor of appropriate development of the commercial corridor on South Hilyard Street. <br />- The Amazon Corners development as it is envisioned is not consistent with the surrounding neighborhood in terms of <br />building height (a 5-story building proposed in a residential neighborhood with one- and two-story homes and <br />commercial buildings); residential density and resulting new residential and business traffic. The proposed building is <br />out of character with the surrounding residential and commercial neighborhood. <br />- The proposed building that would house more than 100 new renters would place an unsustainable burden on traffic <br />flow on Hilyard, 30th, 31st, 32nd, and East and West Amazon in particular. <br />- Currently it is nearly impossible to make a left-hand turn from 32nd Street on to Hilyard, heading south, at any <br />time of day, and particularly during morning and late afternoon rush hours. It is already a dangerous intersection that <br />would be made significantly more dangerous with 100+ additional residents at Amazon Corners and the added traffic <br />that would be attracted by new business(es) and residents in the building. <br />- On-street parking would be significantly impacted in the neighborhoods surrounding 32nd and Hilyard. The number of <br />parking spaces proposed by the developer of Amazon Corners does not sufficiently address the level of use of this new <br />building and its occupants. Overflow parking on surface streets and in the surrounding neighborhoods would adversely <br />affect homeowners and residents of the area. <br />- The added residents and businesses at Amazon Corners would result in increased traffic flow on residential side streets <br />in the neighborhood, adversely affecting the safety of the household residents in,the surrounding neighborhoods, <br />particularly all side streets from Hilyard to Harris Street and 30th to 34th. <br />As a property owner on Nob Court, just a few blocks from this proposed development, I am concerned about the impact <br />of significantly more traffic, in addition to the inconsistency of the 5-story building with the surrounding architecture <br />and building heights, both commercial and residential. Added residential and business occupancy in the 5-story building <br />will result in increased traffic flow that poses a significant hazard to vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian traffic in the area and <br />will likely result in overflow parking in the surrounding residential neighborhoods, adversely affecting homeowners and <br />residents in the area. <br />