TAYLOR Becky G <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To: <br />Subject: <br />Dear Ms. Taylor, <br />Suzanne Kelley <kelley.suzanne@gmail.com> <br />Saturday, September 28, 2013 8:33 PM <br />TAYLOR Becky G <br />Oakleigh Meadow Cohousing Development <br />As a resident of Eugene, I'm deeply concerned about the development of Oakleigh Meadow in the Willamette <br />Greenway. At a recent lecture for the Native Plant Society of Oreogn, Whitey Lueck, instructor for the U of O <br />Department of Landscape Architecture, started out by reminding the audience about the obvious but frequently <br />forgotten fact that there is only one Willamette Valley on the earth and, as he states on his website as <br />well, "Every square foot (of the Willamette Valley) that is covered with buildings, pavement, mowed grass, <br />bark mulch or non-native plants ...is a square foot of once-productive habitat (grassland, savanna, or forest) that <br />has been lost." <br />Please protect the Willamette River Greenway from losing precious square feet of riparian habitat by not <br />approving the permit for the Oakleigh Meadow Cohousing development and thereby preventing a precedent for <br />more development along the river's edge. <br />Sincerely, <br />Suzanne K. Kelley <br />3765 Kincaid Street <br />Eugene, OR 97405 <br />1111 <br />