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Ultimately, we decided to recommend proceeding with the project. The <br />Board’s major concerns centered on distance to the bus, the lack of <br />sidewalks, and the density issue. <br /> <br />Some of the concerns may well be ameliorated as the project moves forward <br />(it will be over two years before actual occupancy can begin; City staff is <br />already working on the sidewalk issue). Perhaps the most contentious issue <br />is that of density and the housing dispersal policy. <br /> <br />We felt a number of factors support the proposed density: the great need for <br />affordable housing in Eugene, the plan designation and zoning (which would <br />actually allow as many as 162 units), the density being no greater than <br />similar projects the City has supported, and the efficiencies of scale in both <br />financing and managing such a project. <br /> <br />Most of us also felt the project does not violate the housing dispersal policy: <br />the 74 proposed “family” units exceeds the policy’s aspirational goal of 60, <br />but the size of the site (almost 6 acres) and the other factors just cited more <br />than balance that. <br /> <br />We urge you to approve the Bascom Village project. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2 of 2 <br /> <br />