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FT, R -5 tc),(Icjr~!) v: a developing sustainable neighborhoods October 15, 2013 Eugene Hearings Official Attn: Becky Taylor, Planner City of Eugene Planning 99 West 10th Avenue Eugene, OR 97401 RE: Oakieigh Meadow Cohousing, PUD Application (PDT 13-0001) I am writing to address the concerns raised regarding the proposed gravel parking spaces creating dust. I have personally lived and parked my car on just such a parking lot design.for the last 6 years in my own cohousing community in Nevada City, CA where we have much drier summers with much greater potential for dust. I assure you that, even in this drier climate, there is not a `dust problem from this gravel parking space design. The gravel is larger stone (1/2 _ 1") so that it interlocks and stabilizes, rather than smaller gravel that would create dusts. We are proposing to use it in the parking spaces, not in the drive aisle, so that cars are moving very slowly on it as they turn into the parking space. In addition, like the design for the Oakliegh Meadow Community, we laid a layer.bf drain fabric below the gravel to keep the gravel from working into the soil below and the soil from working its way up thru the gravel. We have found this design that combines an asphalt drive with gravel parking spaces to hold up well over time, while at the same time slowing the storm drainage run off. The California State Water Resources Control Board, which carefully monitors stormwater run off in new developments, considers this approach as one of its Best Management. Practices for slowing stormwater run off and reducing the pollutants in that run off. Sincerely, Kathryn "Katie" McCamant, President a n . a . a • s . a ■ ■ a • . s . n • . a ■ • a . ■ . • ■ a s a ■ e • • • ■ • ■ • . . www.cohousingpartners.com Nevada City 241 Commercial St., Nevada City, CA 95959 Tel : 530.478.1970 Fax : 530.265.4398 574