commercial lots at the intersection of Oakleigh Lane and River Rd. do affect the ease with which <br />residents may leave the streets in cars or on foot or bicycle, But they do not impact the <br />residential life on the street, . When considered as total percentage of the cars that will actually <br />drive by homes on Oakleigh, where children play and neighbors congregate, the total number of <br />trips estimated for OMC represents a much larger percentage increase of traffic. <br />The street is narrow and pedestrians, cyclists, and cars all share a small space. My son is one <br />year old, and We are one of the. 7+ households on the street that have small children in residence. <br />The children use the street for recreation, and around them neighbors meet and commune daily <br />while watching our children. Thus the amount of traffic actually moving down the street,. <br />rather than the total number of trips including those whose destination is the commercial. <br />cap, is most critical for residents for evaluating the compatibility and harmony of the PUD <br />with the current neighborhood, I ask that you take this into account, minimally, requiring the <br />applicant to conduct a traffic study that would take into account all traffic moving. into the street <br />as well as total trips at the cap of the street. <br />Many ofthe community's objections to the development as currently proposed hinge on the <br />incompatibility of the development with the surrolnding area. To recapitulate what is no doubt <br />familiar, the 0MC's (1) many, very large buildings - several 4 times the size of average <br />buildings on_ the street, (2) doubled or still-inore-increased traffic, and (3) densely packed (4) <br />multi-family units in an area of single-family residential development on quarter-acre lots is <br />incompatible withthe current character of the neighborhood, <br />Since_ compatibility with surrounding. area is part of the special burden on applicants hoping to <br />change use in the Oreenway, these 'arguments should have particular force in this portion of the <br />meadow development. They are also a requirement of the city, a requirement that I argue is not <br />being:met here. <br />Very truly yours, <br />d' <br />Lara Bovilsky <br />938 <br />