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2 <br /> <br />development. The original proposal included construction of <br />a single story 50,000 square foot grocery store. Eliminating <br />the two story requirement for the interior buildings would still <br />result in some two and perhaps three story construction along <br />the outer edge of the project. The ideal solution here is a <br />mix of single story and multiple story structures. <br /> <br />No Drive Up Services <br /> <br />This requirement eliminates ATMs and pharmacy drive up service. <br />It is our understanding that such drive up services are permitted <br />at other node developments in Eugene. There is no apparent <br />reason why such a restriction should be applied at Chase Gardens <br />if not at the other nodes. The traffic generation argument <br />is negated by the gains made where the 5,000 plus people who <br />now live in the Chase Gardens area would not have to drive two <br />miles out and two miles back, a round trip of our miles, to <br />obtain drive .up services. The advantage of available close <br />by services is increased by the fact that some users would <br />come in by foot or on bikes. <br /> <br />Committees from the Harlow neighborhood began working on an <br />effort to obtain a wide variety of retail and commercial services <br />as far back as the 1990s. High density apartment development <br />was allowed in the area without a thought about providing easy <br />access to the physical services required by all apartment <br />dwellers. The node study funded by the Oregon Department of <br />Transportation and DLCD resulted in seven different proposals <br />which would solve this problem. Now we are confronted by the <br />possibility that all of the available ten acres will be devoted <br />exclusively to medical services buildings while the retail needs <br />of the people who live in the area continue to go unmet. <br />Reducing the need to drive four miles to obtain services will <br />result in improvement of the air pollution problem created by <br />existing circumstances. On the basis of providing the greatest <br />good for the greatest number, these three restrictions should <br />be eliminated to expedite execution of the goalS listed in the <br />City of Eugene study carried out by Satre Associates. <br /> <br />Respectful~ted,Torry~ite <br />Harlow Neighbors Chase Gardens Committee <br /> <br />Terry Froemming <br />Chairman, Harlow Neighbors <br /> <br /> <br />