JANISCH Amy C <br />From:Rachel Stedman <dazzleshine@icloud.com> <br />Sent:Monday, September 09, 2013 9:27 PM <br />To:TAYLOR Becky G <br />Subject:No on Oakleigh Lane Co-housing <br />Follow Up Flag:Follow up <br />Flag Status:Flagged <br />Hi Becky, <br />Can you please add this email to the public record. <br />Thank you, <br />Rachel Stedman <br />It has been brought to my attention the community has not heard the opposing views of the Oakleigh Lane Co- <br />housing Project In 2004, when I was buying my home across the street from Oakleigh Meadow on Oakleigh <br />Lane, I inquired about the potential development that could occur on the empty property. I learned from the <br />county that it was zoned for no more then two, four unit buildings. I did not want to purchase a home that <br />would have apartments, condos, or large shopping buildings in my front yard. It was this understanding about <br />what could be built here that influenced me to buy my home. <br />My husband, his parents, and myself went to the first co-housing meeting in the meadow. We were all <br />concerned with our neighbors building project. They gave their sales pitch of that they were going to create <br />something great for the neighborhood. They were going to build up to twelve single attached houses with one <br />cookhouse and guest house. This was going to be a co-housing residence with shared chores and duties. All the <br />residents would be hand picked for who lived there. This was going to be low impact on the meadow and <br />everyone would be encourage to ride bikes so there was no need for mass parking. I told them that 12 dwellings <br />was to many for the area. I told them last I checked there could be no more then eight units. They said that this <br />was their plan of action and that this was better than someone developing apartments. It seemed odd to me, <br />that how much they praised co-housing living they were going to continue living in their large family home and <br />not actually living in the co-housing community. <br />My husband and I have been upset with the increase in traffic in front of our house for the Meadow meetings, <br />and the eye soar of the yellow tape that they use to block traffic from our other neighbors property across the <br />street from our front door. Sometimes the yellow tape is up for several days. There has been an increase of <br />wandering strangers standing in front of my house looking over the meadow ,and cars parked on my rock gravel <br />pad next to my front lawn. We do not like all the poster, fliers, and advertisement around town and in the <br />Eugene Weekly, etc; inviting people, strangers, to come down our dead end street, and in front of my <br />house. We have felt that the owners of the property should be using their residential street, McClure Street, to <br />invite their guests. The traffic reminds of a neighbor who has a yard sale every weekend. <br />McClure Street is a "private road", that is why the meadow meetings are directing their traffic on Oakleigh <br />Lane. How do we make our street private? Our street is narrow and it is a Lane. <br />1 <br /> <br />