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Regarding Neighborhood character (PUD Code 9.8320.13): The neighborhood character issue is a simple one. This street and those.surrounding it consist of small, almost exclusively single-family dwellings. The addition of such a massively dense, multi-story, multi-family development flies in the face of decades of architectural precedent seen on the street. The Lower River Road Concept Plan, created by the neighborhood organization, RRCO, recommends that in keeping with the current character of the neighborhood, this area should see commercial development along River Road near O:akleigh, "Medium Density" Residential development South of McClure and "Low Density" Residential in the Oakleigh- McClure area. Twenty-eight units and 47 cars on 2 acres is not low-density in this area. Typical homes on Oakleigh and McClure are on about a quarter acre, or about 4 homes per acre. Compare that to the OMC plan of 14 per acre; and it's clear that the: development is not in keeping with neighborhood character Regarding traffic (PUD Code 9.8320.12): The application from OMC.states that their development will not increase the traffic load on our street to a threshold that requires a formal traffic study. There are 20 houses on Oakleigh currently. The idea that more than doubling the population of this one-block street by adding 28 units will not significantly increase traffic is simply astonishing. The OMC application refers to Oakl0gh as having a "country lane" feel. Well, apparently that means a small dead end street, with no sidewalks, barely enough width for two cars to park opposite each other, a doctor's office, a used car dealership and small strip mall at the top of the street. Havingthat commercial cap on the street significantly increases the traffic on Oakleigh, particularly in regard to left turns onto the street, a fact seemingly ignored in the OMC traffic calculations. OMC's plans call for 47 parking spaces on the site, not quite two per unit. If there are 47 parking spaces, there will be 47 cars. If there are 47 additional cars, logic dictates that those cars will, at some point, be driven up and down the street. In conclusion, the fact that the vast majority of Oakleigh residents (and a number of McClure residents), those most directly affected by this development, are opposed to this development should make obvious that there is a serious issue here. Further, that a number of those now opposed originally worked alongside OMC members in helping.clear and clean up the meadow should show that we are not opposed to the idea of cohousing, or development.in general. I hold no ill will whatsoever toward the concepts of cohousing, or the individuals involved in the project. I simply think that their plans are not compatible with this neighborhood, and previous planning that has taken place for this area in the forms of the Lower River Road Concept Plan, the. River Road/Santa Clara Refinement Plan, and the Statewide Planning Goals. Sincerely, Terrence S. Killian 116 Oakle.igh In Eugene OR 97404 1205