1,2 <br />TAYLOR Becky G <br />From: phil <talkingraven@yahoo.com> <br />Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 8:11 AM <br />To: TAYLOR Becky G <br />Cc: talking raven@yahoo.com <br />Subject: Oakleigh Meadow Project <br />Ms. Taylor <br />I urge you to reconsider any permits granted to the developers of the Oakleigh Meadow. Not only would it destroy the <br />character of our neighborhoods, they have also lied to the neighbors and the city about their proposed plans. A 10 unit <br />development that could process all of its storm water and be a sustainable co-housing project was the one that was <br />discussed. Now it's a 28 unit condo project that will cover the meadow with gravel, widen the streets, and only can handle <br />half of the storm water, dumping most of it into parkland. The developers.who are from California can't seem to <br />understand that this is not the way we do things here. <br />Increased traffic from the trucks delivering the gravel would most likely be coming down West Hilliard, since its the new <br />shortcut from NW Expressway to River Rd. I expect more traffic from these units would be traveling on this street too. This <br />is the street where I live. This woulsd destroy the street which already has lots of cracks in it. <br />I worry that this project will set an ugly precedent that will allow condo style housing in the greenway and on other land <br />zoned agricultural. There are many dead end streets in Eugene that are connected to precious green spaces and i would <br />hate to see us lose any more of them. The land by the river should be protected and not become what it is on the east <br />side.(Built right up to the path) <br />I noticed at the meeting that the designer of the project, did not address the code violations brought up, but resorted to <br />speaking of the irony of people using a path for years , across supposedly private land. I thought these became public <br />right of way years ago. There have never been no trespassing signs. There is a big filbert grove there, that is open to <br />everyone.The folks who bought the meadow gave the impression they bought it to save from development. Perhaps the <br />city could buy to preserve it. <br />Thank you for your time. <br />Phil Rizzo <br />875 W.Hilliard Lane <br />Eugene,oregon 97404 <br />206-819-3702 <br />912 <br />