~Ab - (0-~- <br />Eugene Hearing Official <br />Eugene Planning and Development <br />Atrium Building <br />99 West 10th Ave. <br />Eugene OR 97401 <br />Re: Citizen Comment Document Regarding the Oakleigh Meadows Tentative Planned Unit. Development <br />(PDT 13-0001), Willamette Greenway Permit (WG 13-0001) <br />Dear Nearing Official, <br />I object to the proposed PUD for the reasons stated in the Comments of Lauren Regan and Bryn <br />Thorns, and all additional objections incorporated by reference. into that Comment. I am also a member <br />of the River Road Community Organization and submit my comment on behalf of the RRCO as well.. <br />Please include this letter as part of the Public. Comments on this PUD. <br />live with my partner and 1 year old son at 116 Oakleigh Ln, where we have resided for 3 years. <br />would like to express a number of my concerns regarding the Oakleigh Meadow Cohousing (OMC) <br />project: <br />Upon first hearing of a•cohousing project being planned on Oakleigh, I was intrigued. While not <br />a method of housing I think I would thrive in, I think such ideas are interesting and worthy of <br />consideration. My partner and I attended an early outreach event, and learned that th.e property would <br />be developed into 7-10 houses. At such.a level, I feltthatthe project, being low density, would have <br />minimal impact on the street, and perhaps even be a nice addition. I continued in this belief until very <br />recently, when the public hearing notices came out. I was surprised and concerned that this project I <br />had believed to be low-density had suddenly ballooned to 28 units, 3 to 4 times the size we had <br />originally been told. My subsequent further understanding of the issues related to the project has only <br />served to deepen my concern. <br />Regarding the Greenway (OAR 660-015-0005): It was only recently that I realized the project <br />actually falls in the Willamette River Greenway. Had I known when I first heard about OMC, I would have <br />had serious reservations about the development. Knowing that now, and knowing that the development <br />is much, much larger than first proposed, I think the idea of using Greenway land for this project is <br />unconscionable. The Greenway is an expression of Oregonians' long-standing and deep belief that the <br />Willamette River and its watershed are both a resource to be treasured, and something we as a <br />community must protect. The huge amount. of excavation and fill the development requires in order to <br />mitigate flood risk due to being in the Greenway, surely does not fall in line with the ideas of protecting <br />the resource and preserving native soils and species. Further, this would be some of the highest impact, <br />highest density development ever to occur in this portion of the G.reenway. Precedent is a powerful: <br />thing. Once the door to such significant development in this part of the Greenway is opened, it will be <br />difficult to shut. <br />1204 <br />