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Home My WebLink AboutCorrespondence PLANNER 5/15/2007 , KARP Gary From Sent To SubJect KARP Gary Tuesday, May 15, 2007 7 31 AM 'LaurI Segel' RE Marcola Meadows PAPA comments The attached comments wlll be 10 the record and part of the CauDell packet for thelr June 18th meetlng -----Orlglnal Message----- From Laurl Segel [mal1to laurl@goall org] Sent Monday, May 14, 2007 4 50 PM To KARP Gary SubJect Marcola Meadows PAPA comments Importance Hlgh Gary Please enter the attached comments lnto the record of plannlng actlon LRP 2006-00027 and ZON 2006-00054 Please conflrm recelpt of these comments as well Thank you Laurl Segel Communlty Planner Goal One Coalltlon 642 Charnelton, SUlte 100 Eugene OR 97401 Phone Fax 541-431-7059 541-431-7078 1 Page 1 of 1 KARP Gary From Sent To Cc SubJect JONES Brenda Tuesday, May 15, 2007 11 16 AM SOWA Amy MOTT Gregory, KARP Gary RE Stu Burge Records Request That's great news Thanks Brenda CBrenda Jones p{annl1lg Secretary 225 'Fiftli Street SpnnEIfieY, Oregon 97477 541-726-3610 'FflX 541-726-3689 h;flnp'l1iln,~11l1fJfiekLoLYS If you wourd u~ to see wliat J new at tlie Oty of SpnnEIfieY, go to www aspnnlJfjgU nr 11< From' SOWA Amy Sent Tuesday, May 15, 2007 10 59 AM To: JONES Brenda Subject: Stu Burge Records Request Brenda, I spoke with Stu Burge this morning and he has dropped hiS records request that was on the emall he sent to Dave Ralston on May 14 regarding the Pierce Property Thanks, Amy 5/15/2007 , .. '......J ~, ,- , RECEIVED MAY 1 5 2007 BY_ Chfflvelson 2595 MaIGOla Road Spnngfield, Oregon 541-747-4037 [ would like to oppose the plOposal to devclop MaIcola Meadows The additIon of435 two and three StOlY dwelhng~ would hou~e 500 mll1nnally and wIth Just 4 per household 1740 adchtlOnal people ThIs type of hIgh density housll1g WIll have unfavorable consequence~ impacting the sUlTounding neighborhoods and ~chooh The avel dge home has 2 vehlcle~ occa~lOndlly 3 01 4 which 1I1Clea~es the dally traffic by 870 +/- vehIcles multlphed by thc number of tllpS taken each day Il1 an aIea whele tIaffie conge~tlon IS alIeady at an uncomfortdble level Thele arc many tlmc, when I must walt [01 10 CaIS 111 each clnectlOn to pa~~ befOle eXltll1g my dllveway on Malcola Road with the current clIcumstances The ploposed tlaffic llnplOvement~ wIll not lelIeve the cunent conge~tIon and wIll easIly add an addItIOnal 1000 vehicle tllpS dally to this equatIon I am concelned about the dl ainage and sewage ,y~tem with this type of Il1CleaSe That alea already expellence~ pOOl chall1age I would reel mOle comfOliable If an evaluatIOn from Splll1gfield UtIlIty BOaId wa~ perfol111ed and made avaIldble to the pubhc lea~~ul1ng us thdt tIllS plOposal wa~ actually feaSible and development IVould not be at the tcnpayel '.\ expense I am also concerned about the qualIty of educatIOn the cl1l1dlen 111 tlm plOposed development would have access to There could potentially be ovel 1000 chIldlen 111 the plOposed development What ~chools would the~e chIldren be assIgned 01 dzstlzbuted to? WIll the commul1lty plovlde transportatIOn at the taxpayer's expen~e? Would adchtlOnal schools be requlled and Iho why aren't they Il1cluded Il1 tlm proposal? I cmrently have chIldl en attendll1g school ancllt IS no secret that the teacher / student ratIo IS already dangelOusly excessIVe andll1adequate without the additIon of another 1000 student~ I would lIke to see finn documentation avaIlable to the pubhc flOm !>everal members of the school board confil mll1g that the additIOn of potentially 1000 students Il1 thIS Immechate dlea wIll not fmiher comprOlnIse or Impact the education of the CUITent commul1lty enrollee's . , . . " "'-~ FUlihel mOle, what Impact wIll this hdve at the commumty collegc level that IS currently elllnInatmg classes due to a lack of funds? Where \Vl1I these chIldlen play? They have plOpo~ed one pmk fOl potcntwllylOOO chIldren? Most PI'opo,ed lots have I11l1umal or no yal d The open alea plOposed although "attlactlve" I~ not "usable" You could most cel tamly anticipate the ~hop pal kmg lob wIll be used a~ thell lecreatlOnal drea for 100tenng, bIke and skatebomd dctlvltles What wIll thiS "ant hilI" type ofhousmg do to my plOpelty value? How wIll thl~ "change" affect ploperty taxe~? I know I celtamly would not want to live next to tl1lS type ot development so most likely thele wIll be little mtelest trom buyels for my home IfI were to t1y to sell andlelocate especially with such a poor real e~tate mmket Last but ceiiamly most IInpOl tant IS why would a proposal tor an dddltlOnal 435 residences be apPlOvedllght now when there IS I/O need fOl that level of additIOnal housmg? All of the above consldelatlOns would most likely have consldeIable Impact on the ~urrounchng nCIghbOl hoods even If the plOposed al ea wa~ developed with the current style of ~mgle level home and lot ~Ize as the ~ulloundmg nelghbOlhood~ and celtamly evclyone IS awale thdt the elln ent I'eal estate mal ket " already ~atUlated with homes for sale fOl all mcome levels that no onc IS mtelested, able 01 qualified to pUlcha~e I am not m fdvor of developmg thl~ area and destroymg the habltdt that It cUlIently suppOlis although 1 a~sume that the 100 + geese that spend most mghts thcre wIll, out of nece~slty, find another place Perhaps not, perhap~ they will Just Sit m the parkmg lots aftel they me developed Watchmg everyone shop and Sip coffee from yet dnothel colfee 01 shoppmg establishment thIS community ~Imply could not do Without I also ~u~pect that It won't ~top people flOm dlOppmg off theIr unwanted pets, the shops and tra~h bm~ will allow the lucky ones that don't get hit by a cm due to the mcreased traffic adclItlOnal sUlvlvallesources Thank you fOl glvmg the above neIghborhood concel11S YOlll conSideratIOn .--- --- --- --..,... ~ .-.-"", "#....~i.-,.""..''-..:I'~ -........,,'t\....., _ /ff$1(~ -.~ :.1\>-"- Ilf CdrffiU-/~ ~, " --.~ ,... ........ .--- ~ ~- ~CE'T MAv 1 - V~D b A I;> '::00/ ~:.. 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