Eugene Nearing Official <br />Eugene Planning and Devel_opi7ient <br />Atrium Building <br />99 West 10th Ave. <br />Eugene OR 9740.1 <br />Re; Citizen Comment Document Regarding the Oakleigh Meadows Tentative Planned Unit Development <br />(PDT 13-0001),. Willamette Greenway Permit (WG 13-0001) <br />Dear Hearing Official, <br />I object to the proposed PUD for the reasons stated in the Comments of-Lauren Regan and Bryn <br />Thoms,.and all additional objections incorporated by reference-into that Comment. I am also a member <br />of the River Road Community Organization: and submit my comment on behalf of the RRCO as well.. <br />Please include this letter as part of the Public,Comments on this PUD. <br />I live with my partner and 1 year old.son at 116 Oakleigh Ln, where we have resided for 3 years. I <br />W' uld like to express a number of my concerns regarding the Oakleigh Meadow Cohousi.ng (OM`C) <br />protect. <br />Upon first hearing of a,co.housing project being planned on Oakleigh, I Was'i-ntrigued, While not <br />a meth.od of housing I think l.would thrive in, I think such ideas are interesting and worthy-of. <br />consideration. My partner and I attended an early outreach.event, and learned that th e property would <br />be developed into 7-10 houses. At such. a level, I felt that the project, being low density, wo,ul.d have <br />-minimal impact on the street, and perhaps even be a nice ad_ditior~. I continued iri this belief until Very <br />recently, when the public hearing notices came out. I was surprised a.n.d concerned that this project I <br />.had believed to be low-density had suddenly ballooned to 2.R units; 3 to 4 ti mes the size we had <br />originally been told. My subsequent further understanding ofthe issues related to the project has only <br />served to deepen my concern. <br />Regarding the- Greenway (OAR 650-015-0005): It. was only recently that I realized the project <br />actually.falls in the. Willamette River Greenway. Had I known when I first heard about OM.C,. I would have <br />had serious reservations about the development. Knowing that now, and knowing'tha.t the development <br />is much, much largerthan first proposed, I think.the idea of using~Gceenway land for this projectis <br />unconscionable. The Greenway is an expression of Oregonians' long-standing and deep belief that the <br />Willamette River and its watershed are both a resource to be treasured, and something we as a <br />cot-nmunity must protect. The huge amountofexcavatlonand fill the development requires in order to <br />mitigate flood risk due to being- in the Greenwa.y; surely does not fall in line with the ideas of protecting <br />the resource and preserving native soil's and species. Further, this would be-some of the highest impact, <br />highest density development ever to occur in this portion of the Greenway. Precedent is a powerful <br />thing; Once-the door to-such significant development in this part of the Greenway is opened, it will be <br />diff icultto shut. <br />1204 <br />