Item 3: Ordinance Concerning Jefferson/Far West Plan Amendments

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I- u.. < unprecedented level of noise and traffic. Many such apartment buildings\vou.ld change the character of the neighborhood due to parking, noise, traffic and crime. He asked the Commission to consider the university neighborhood that had that type of housing~ noting the University of Oregon (DO) students had moved from the universitjT neighborhood to escape the noise and crime. He asserted R-2 designation would e'ventuall~y hand the neighborhood over to developers, investors, and absentee landlords ""lhodid not have a stake in the livability' ~f the neighborhood. He asked for a less extreme plan., that would limit the height of buildings to conform to existing. stru.ctures that would help alleviate the spra\vl of illcreasedpopulation and maintain the desirability of the neighborhood. Angela Rooney, 521 Vvr est Fifteenth Avenue, said she lived in a rn,odest home and lived on a limited pension. She can still afford to own a home in the JWN which is a safe neighborhood in which she can ,,,ralk to stores, the library and her church. She did not \vant to shut people out of the neighborhood but did not want to lose tIle livability because of inappropriate .infill. Michael Webb, 1492 VlashingtonStreet, had been a homeo\\ner ill the JWN for eighteen )'cars. He asserted future planning ShOll1d preserve the c,haracter and safety of the neighborhood. He regularly observed hundreds of pedestrians and bikers used tIle street and Alnazonpath foraltemative transportation alldexercise. Increasing densit)! \vould also increase automobile llse. Safety and alternative transportation should be COllsidered in .planning. Area 15 ""vas a diverseneighborllood consisting of primarily single-falnilyd\vellings with some smaller scale rental properties such as duplexes and multiplexes that had been built ill sc,ale with other neighborhood houses that housed single people, single. parent families, college stll.dents, arId families that ~o'Vvlled or rel1ted the properties they Ii'ved on.. TIle lleighborhood asked government leade-rs to careful I)! consider and adopt infill standards for future gro\\rth to ellable the resid.ents to elljoy t:~eir neighborhood theyc,are a.bout. Alice Colocoat, .1331 VvYashington Street~ north of Anlazon Creek, lladmo\!ed fronl tIle \VestIJniversit)1 N'eighborhood (\\t1JN) \vhen the neighborhood ch.a.r,lcter changed. She MINUl<ES~Eugene Planning C01111111Ssion Public. Hearing Dec,enlber 5~ 2006 Page 8