Veofd 1bl2f 13 <br />To the Hearing Official of the Eugene Planning Commission: <br />The below is a more complete treatment of the points I made testifying at-the hearing held on <br />Wednesday, October 2. <br />I live with my one-year-old-son and partner at 116 Oakleigh Ln. We've lived at that address for <br />3 years; before that,.I lived for two years on East Hilliard Ln., one block north; My entire time <br />in Eugene has been spent living in the lower River Road area. I and my family make daily use of <br />the Ruth Bascom trail. system, walking, running, and biking next to the river, and. using its parks. <br />I believe that you should rej ect the PUD submitted, by Oakleigh Meadow Cohousing as <br />containing numerous elements that are incomplete and inadequate and otherwise failing to <br />confoitn to the requirements of the Eugene City Code,. as well as the Lower Rive` Road Concept <br />Plan. The PUD as submitted i s incompatible with the existing neighborhood and asks for <br />numerous exceptions and easements to code that I urge you not to grant. . <br />In the arguments below, I focus entirely on issues related to the special permitting process <br />required to build or change use on the Willamette River Greenway and on issues related to traffic <br />and the question of neighborhood compatibility. But.I also conctir with the arguments made by <br />Bryn Thorns and Lauren Regan., as well as with the arguments made by Rick Rubin about <br />stormwater disposal on the proposed site. <br />' Like the other residents of Oakleigh and McClure Lanes (which is to say; all. of the residents of <br />Oakleigh and most of those .on. McClure) who are opposed to the PUD; I'd like to state onct <br />again that I support co--housing and both could and did support. a smaller development in <br />Oakleigh Meadow. <br />As you know, the meadow is privately-owned land that is part of the Willamette River <br />Greenway;. land bordering the Willamette River from south of Eugene up through Portland. The <br />Greenway was established by the State Legislature in 1967 in order to preserve and protect the <br />"natural, scenic-and recreational" qualities of land alongside the Willamette River: These goals <br />are affirmed in the Eugene City Code (EC 9..8800) and the Eugene Metro Plan (III-D-3, Finding <br />10 - the plan states it as a required "protection to maintain and enhance natural, scenic, <br />environmentai,.and economic, qualities of these waterways"). <br />The code governing pennits. to build or implement a change of use in the Greenway is strict, <br />requiring "special eonsijeration" (EC 9.8800; LC 10-322.10. OMC runs. afoul of several of its <br />components; as I will specify, the PUD also is incompatible with the Lower River Road Concept <br />Plan. <br />Incompatibilities with the Lower River Road Concept Plan. <br />The Lower River Road Concept Plan (LRRCP) was prepared by the City of Eugene in <br />extensive consultation with a Community Advisory Committee, specially forrriod for-that <br />purpose in 2007. The LRRCP was "adinowledged" by the Eugene Planning -Commission oti <br />June 22, 2009 (LRRCP, initial unnumbered page). The plan establishes a way of balancing <br />935 <br />