<br />BROWN Daren M <br />From:Ocean Howell <ohowell@uoregon.edu> <br />Sent:Thursday, March 22, 2018 10:02 AM <br />To:GIOELLO Nick R <br />Subject:NO RESPONSE -- Fw: public comment on Capital Hill PUD (PDT 17 Ï 01) <br />Dear Nick Gioello, <br />IwroteyoucommentsabouttheCapitalHillPUD(PDT17Α01)onMarch5,2018(pleaseseeforwardednote <br />below).Ihavereceivednoconfirmationthatyouhavereceivedthecomment,andIdon'tseemynoteamong <br />city'swebsite. <br />thepubliccommentsthatwererecentlyuploadedtothe <br />Pleaseconfirmreceipt,andpleaseenterthiscorrespondenceintothepublicrecord. <br />Thankyouforyourtime, <br />OceanHowell <br />2480MalabarDr. <br />CƩƚƒʹOceanHowell <br />{ĻƓƷʹMonday,March5,20188:13PM <br />ƚʹnick.r.gioello@ci.eugene.or.us <br />{ǒĬƆĻĭƷʹpubliccommentonCapitalHillPUD(PDT17Α01) <br />Dear Nick Gioello, <br /> I am writing about the Capital Hill PUD (PDT 17 – 01). I ask that you enter this letter into the record <br />and that you confirm receipt of this letter. <br /> I am stunned to see that the Planning Staff Report of 2/28/18 recommends approval of this project. I am <br />concerned about the impact on Hendricks Park and the Ribbon Trail, as well as on property values for the entire <br />neighborhood, but I am particularly worried about safety along Capital and Spring. <br /> I live at 2480 Malabar Dr., near the 5-way intersection of Madrona, Spring, Capital and <br />Woodlawn. From my kitchen window I watch multiple cars a day speed through this intersection without even <br />braking, mostly coming down Capital. I am a professor--an historian of urban history and urban planning--at <br />the University of Oregon, and I commute by bicycle. The ride is threatening. The roadway is narrow, with <br />multiple blind curves. I have had countless close calls with cars, particularly when returning up the hill, and a <br />car passes me on a blind curve, only to encounter opposing traffic. If I'm at the office after dark, I will not bike <br />home because reflective clothing and bike lights are not enough to make a rider visible. I do not feel safe. I <br />commuted by bike, during rush hour, on Market Street into downtown San Francisco for five years, and I had <br />nowhere near the number of close calls that I have had in just two years on Spring. I'd like to add that I am an <br />1 <br /> <br />