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1 <br />LAWLER Daniel R <br />From:Margie James <margjam57@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Wednesday, September 12, 2018 3:17 PM <br />To:*Eugene Mayor, City Council, and City Manager; LAWLER Daniel R <br />Subject:Measure 49 (Moore) Claim <br />Dear Mayor and Councilors, <br />As active leaders in Friendly Area Neighborhood (FAN), the neighborhood in which Mrs. <br />Moore's property lies, we have been following planning department recommendations <br />and other testimony provided and we urge you to deny her Measure 49 claim. <br />We have concerns that if city council approves this claim, there will be more M-49 filings <br />, and handling claims on a case by case basis is not efficient for an already strapped <br />planning department, nor is it solving the underlying problem which has to do with code <br />for maximum dwelling size for alley access lots. It seems that initiating a code <br />amendment to increase the size of dwellings allowed on alley access lots would be a <br />better approach, currently 10% of lot size... what about 20%? 25%? <br />There needs to be consistency in council response to M-49 claims. Providing improved <br />code for maximum dwelling size on alley access lots would benefit property owners who <br />have been "caught" in the rule change that doesn't change a property owner's ability to <br />build housing, but does change what that housing might look like. At the same time, not <br />having to deal with additional M49 claims would free staff time to move forward with the <br />many other projects on their table. <br />Please deny the current Measure 49 claim (Moore) and initiate change in code for <br />maximum dwelling size on alley lots that is more reasonable for property owners than <br />current code, and allows city staff to use their time more constructively. <br />Thank-you, <br />Margie James <br />Pam Wooddell <br />FAN co-chairs <br />September 24, 2018, Meeting - Item 3