HE-t <br />Greetings- <br />we are <br />and have lived <br />moved to River <br />renting (on E. <br />oakleigh-concerns-PUDhearing.txt <br />homeowners at 111-oakleigh Lane <br />in the neighborhood since 2005. <br />r~c(d I iD/_,?,/3 <br />since 2007, <br />while we <br />Road somewhat randomly, after two years <br />Hilliard) we jumped at the opportunity <br />buy. The open and inviting character of the community <br />of <br />to <br />here <br />-is what encouraged us to stay in the area-, and it is our <br />concerns about the future of this community that cause us to <br />write now. <br />we've watched from a slight distance as the oakleigh <br />Meadow Cohousing effort has come together, initially excited <br />by the potential of having more neighbors interested in <br />sustaining what we see as the values, assets, and character <br />of the neighborhood. At the onset of the project, the oMC <br />group discussed a small, low-impact housing development <br />anchored in neighborly relationships and collective <br />stewardship---basically an extension of what we had <br />experienced since buying our home in 2007. over the past <br />year and a half, the 0MC project had shifted considerably in <br />size-and, consequently, impact. Informational meetings <br />(hosted at the RROC Annex) and the public posting of the <br />development plans/drawings occurred while we were out of the <br />country, and we have spent-the past month getting up to <br />speed with the current efforts on the part of the OMC as <br />well as the neighbors in the area who are not happy with the <br />turn the development has taken. Living on the west end of <br />oakleigh Lane; our concerns about the impact are somewhat <br />different from neighbors and friends living closer to the <br />east end of the street, but we stand with all those on the <br />street who feel that the current land use plans for the OMC <br />development do not mesh harmoniously with the character or <br />scale of our neighborhood. <br />Two section of the PUD code in particular offer framework <br />for our concerns: <br />"9.8320 (12) The proposed development shall have minimal <br />off-site impacts, including such impacts as traffic, noise, <br />stormwater runoff and environmental quality."- <br />of specific interest to us here is the potential <br />increase in automobile traffic; we are parents of two <br />children (both under 12) and enjoy the freedom of riding <br />bikes and such on our relatively low-traffic street. The <br />Page 1 <br />1080 <br />