Pze'd /c)-/ D/~3 <br />December 5, 2013 <br />Eugene Planning'Commission <br />c/o Becky Taylor,'Associate Planner <br />City of Eugene <br />99 West 10th Avenue, <br />Eugene, OR 97401 <br />Re: City File No. PDT 13-1; Oakleigh PUD <br />Opposition to Hearings Official Decision <br />Dear Commissioners: <br />This letter is in opposition to the Hearings Official decision on November 12, 2013 approving a <br />29-unit planned unit development on 2.3 acres at the very end of Oakleigh Lane. <br />Preface <br />This letter provides further explanation of errors that are enumerated in the Appeal Statement <br />submitted November 22, 2013 ("Appeal Statement"). <br />Not all assignments of error are addressed in this letter. This letterfocuses mostly in traffic- <br />related issues. In most cases, the Appeal Statement provides an adequate explanation of the <br />assignments of error not covered in this letter. The fact that an assignment of error is not <br />covered in this letter doesn't indicate that it is unimportant. <br />Introduction <br />The Hearings Official m-ade multiple. substantive errors, as described in the Appeal - Statement. <br />Many of these errors arise from the Hearings Official's failure to properly evaluate the impacts <br />of increased traffic that would be generated by the PUD and the Hearings Official's failure to <br />properly evaluate the inadequacy of Oakleigh Lane to safely and adequately handle the <br />resulting traffic volume. <br />At the heart of the traffic-related issues, the Hearings Official made a fundamental error in his <br />findings. Distilled down to their essentials, the Hearings Official made the following findings: <br />• According to an extensive evaluation by-the Eugene Public Works Department (PWD), <br />Oakleigh Lane would be unsafe in its current configuration after the PUD was built. <br />• However, Oakleigh Lane would be made sufficiently safe just by widening the right-of <br />way for the last 50.feet of this approximately 1,000 foot long, dead-end street, and <br />Conte Testimony-- December 5, 2013 PDT 13-1 Page 1 <br />257 <br />