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My name is Lauren Hulse and I live in Ward 3. <br />I am speaking now to the Parking recommendations made by the Planning Commission. <br />While I applaud the use of “shared cars” to lessen the number of cars on the road, I do not <br />agree with the idea of allowing developers to eliminate 3 parking spaces for every 15 <br />parking spaces they are required to provide, up to a potential reduction of 9 spaces minus <br />the space or spaces required for the “shared car”. <br />This would require signing an agreement with the city that a shared car could be <br />available. Our cities enforcement of code is “complaint driven” at this time and we do <br />not have the resources available to start a “proactive” enforcement program to check on <br />the varied agreements made between developers and the city. This means that neighbors <br />would once again have to “enforce” the agreements made by the city with developers. <br />If “shared” cars prove to be economically unviable, an unintended consequence would be <br />that a development could end up with up 9 fewer parking spaces that would have been <br />required and NO “shared car”. How would developers add back parking spaces? What if <br />they could not lease additional spaces from a neighboring property within 1/4 mile? <br />Would the city require that a property stop leasing a certain number of bedrooms to <br />compensate for the reduced parking? <br />Until the day we have a viable “proactive” enforcement program and we remove the onus <br />of neighbor’s having to report violations, the city should find an alternative way to <br />incentivize the use of “shared” cars. We all know we need to reduce the use of cars but <br />this is not the answer at the moment. Let’s wait 2 or 3 years and see how “shared” cars <br />work in Eugene and then once again discuss the issue. <br />I ask also that you please remove the provision that allows tandem parking off an alley all <br />the way to the front setback. Instead, it should be at least 30' from the front setback. We <br />prefer not to have parking lots for front yards. <br />Thank you. <br />Lauren Hulse <br />th <br />1256 E. 20 Avenue <br />Eugene, OR 97403 <br />