September 16, 2019 meeting minutes

SUNA Board Meeting Minutes 

Monday, September 16, 2019  7-8:30pm

Edison faculty lounge

Guests: Jeff Petry, City of Eugene Parking; Matt Roberts, UO Community Relations

Attendees:  Nancy Meyer, Pamela Miller, Kari Parsons, Bill Aspegren, Carolyn Jacobs, Matt Roberts (UO)

Guest Report:  Jeff Petry, City of Eugene Parking 

Olympic Trials Parking Planning

  • TrackTown is looking for new ideas to deal with parking/cars/shuttles.  David Reeser and Jeff are on the Trials Transportation Committee, others with fresh ideas.  Entrance to new stadium is on the north side; no south side entrance.  They are trying to figure out how to loop busses to that location.  
  • Neighborhood parking permit plan can move forward; more support this year than in the past from TrackTown.  
  • How can participation be incentivized? People may just take the ticket.  Citations might be a temporary double or quadruple fine, or tow (although towing is cumbersome and likely unrealistic). 
  • Signs would go up that say, “permit only.”  This would actually mitigate parking demand, easing concerns of neighbors.  Last Olympic Trials the parking was packed. 
  • Carolyn asked about how they figure out how many spaces there are available.  Jeff said they have to give five permits per property.  They are nowhere near the number of permits they can give out.  There will be a lot less demand in June because UO is closed.  They’ll survey the neighborhood. 
  • Need to figure out parking and permits when we go through the short-term rental discussions.  Residential parking has not been updated since the 1990’s.  
  • In January, there will not be paper permits any longer.
  • Online “report a parking complaint” on the parking website.  It goes into a database. 
  • December the Transportation Committee wants everything ready to go. 
  • Can we use the dollars after paying their hard costs go to University Park?  Jeff says “yes.” 
  • Jeff may be able to bring to our General Meeting counts and photos of parking last time. 
  • Patrolling would be increased. 
  • Discuss neighborhood parking permit program for the Olympic Trials at General Meeting, then iContact and NextDoor app in follow-up with a survey.  Launch administrative process in February so it is done in March. 
  • The schedule is out and some events don’t start until the afternoon, so let neighbors know 
  • ACTION:  Run postcard by Jeff.

Alley Parking

  • It is legal to park in an alley for 30 minutes, even if blocked.  Challenge to enforce.  
  • Will be moving to regular cars with cameras; no longer chalking over time (they will be doing testing in the residential neighborhoods and letting neighbors know).  Parking has to observe the infraction; doesn’t help for us to report it.
  • Construction permits are $5-$15 a day. 


Standing Items & Short Announcements

  1. August minutes
    1. Nancy completed the minutes.  Approved as written. 
  2. Treasurer’s report/City $
    1. $161.31 in our account
  3. University updates
    1. School starts late:  October 2.  Move-in: 26th/27th.  Chief Carmichael is doing a flyer for nearby neighbors to contact them if there are issues.  ACTION: circulate flyer to our iContact list.
    1. Bean will be open and newly renovated. 
    1. Oct 5 football game (Berkeley). 
    1. Oct 11/12 Black Culture Center opening; some events around this.
    1. Science center construction is on time.
    1. Hayward construction is on time and complete by the PAC12 Championships (May) and for the NCAA Championship, and Olympic Trials. 
      1. Will shuttle people during events. May open lots on campus for weekend events. Schedule for Trials is online.
      1. TrackTown will be at our General Meeting – they run the Trials; UO just rents the stadium to them.  ACTION:  This fact is important for us to inform the community.  
      1. Matt recommends having a pre-meeting with TrackTown, UO Athletics, and UO Transportation Services in early October so they know what we are hoping they will talk about. ACTION:  Between now and then, we need to think about what talking points we want, e.g. logistics, plans, impact, goals etc.
      1. The number of large meets will remain the same as in the past. 
      1. A neighborhood tour once complete is possible. 
      1. Steam plant is going to be community activities (food carts, pubs), and shared offices (developers:  Miksis and Frohnmayer).
      1. Student food pantry: Pamela asked who runs that.  Matt thinks the Lutheran Church runs it, but he recommends calling ASUO leadership and telling them you are interested in the food pantry and supporting it. 

Continuing Business/Reports

  • Report: Edison Block Party
  • There was one person who expressed interest.  ACTION: Kari will reach out to this person and invite her to a future meeting. 
  • There was low interest.  Kari and Marsha provided feedback. 
  • Disaster Preparedness Committee Update
    • They are working on getting small block groups engaged and successfully.
  • Housing: Updates re: codes/Density efforts
  • Marsha received a postcard offering cash for her house and wondered if others have also received it. 
  • Carolyn and Bill say that increasing the density of R-1 is not being planned at the moment.  They can still say it is okay to build a multi-plex on an R-1 lot, but if they don’t change the density, it will have to be a large lot to make that reasonable. 
  • Bill says we need to advocate for the City Council to talk about how to overturn HB 2001. 
  • Owner-occupancy requirement is gone, due to LUBA directive. The only reason it is still being discussed is the no parking requirement for an ADU. Clark recommended a 10-year tax break for building an ADU; to get the benefit, you have to create a parking space and have an owner-occupant on the lot. 
  • Sept 23 work session on short-term rentals. Bill will send an email to us. 
  • Edison updates: Rebuilding
  • Nancy has written 4J and architects with several SUNA concerns:  
    • saving the Little Library (hopefully in its current location)   
    • creating a top-level safety location (in terms of seismic activity) 
    • creating a space to store supplies for the community in case of a disaster (medical, water, food, etc).  
  • Nancy also included an offer for a member of the committee to speak at a general meeting with updates to share  
  • Fall General Meeting Planning: 
  • Wednesday, Oct 23 7pm, Edison 
  • Topic:  SUNA and the Olympic Trials:  What you need to know
    • Announcements:  Include positive shout outs/update from 4J re: Edison/Encourage Edison parent to join SUNA/Other ideas? Updates on housing? short term rentals? (15 minutes)
    • Jeff Petry:  parking ideas
    • TrackTown:  How can we work together.  Speakers on logistics, plans, impact, goals etc. Matt Roberts will work with Nancy for speakers for short presentations/Q&A
    • Connie:  Present information for neighbors about renting homes, possibly with a neutral format. 
    • 4J: will come to our next General Meeting to talk about Edison. (20-30 minutes) ACTION: Nancy will follow up with district to ask for them to send one of the architects. 
    • ACTION: Get info for postcard to Connie by October 4.
  • January General Meeting Planning:  Mid-January tentative
    • Future General meeting:   January 24 for Great Shakeout Day –  having a General Meeting near that time would support the state and local news blast about potential earthquakes. 
    • Lauren will work on getting the film (“Unprepared”) and speakers for our January meeting. We can screen some of the film and have a few panelists to field questions.  The Board will work with Dave Regnier to determine how to balance the PBS/speaker information with the local planning.
  1. City of Eugene Hate/Bias information
  2. We could have a stand-alone meeting that we would sponsor in conjunction with other neighborhood associations. But is it a more intensive activity. They want 25 people signed up at least to do the training. 
  3. Carolyn can give us more details next month.  This could be a spring activity, but not a General Meeting. 

Good of the Order and Neighborhood updates/announcements     

  • Wayne Morse Speaker Series:  Nancy recommends.  The next one is on October 15 and then January 23 on Environmental Disasters and Resilience Events
  • Speed bumps on University Street?  Jeff says, “No.”   

Next meeting: Monday, October 21st