F4 I ~0 <br />JANISCH Amy C <br />From: TAYLOR Becky G <br />Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 9:45 AM <br />To: JANISCH Amy C <br />Subject: FW: Oakleigh Meadow cohousing <br />Follow Up Flag*, Follow up <br />Flag Status: Flagged <br />Please add to PDT 13-1 record and IP list. <br />Becky Taylor, Associate Planner <br />City of Eugene Planning <br />99 West 10"' Avenue <br />Eugene, OR 97401 <br />541-682-5437 <br />From: Clare Strawn [mailto:clarestrawn@gmail.com] <br />Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 12:35 PM <br />To: TAYLOR Becky G <br />Cc: rgletters@registerguard.com; bovilsky2@gmail.com <br />Subject: Re: Oaklelgh Meadow cohousing <br />Please note changes to original letter in text below. Apologies to Ms. Taylor for referencing her name instead of <br />the article's author, Ms.Bovisky. <br />Clare <br />Dear Ms. Taylor - <br />I am speaking up to support Oakleigh Meadow Cohousing. The proposed cohousing should be supported as a <br />project for ecologically and socially sustainable dense cooperative housing, which, as a PhD in urban studies, I <br />can say is a model being adopted widely around the world as an alternative to sprawling growth. I live in the <br />neighborhood and have been active in creating a sense of community and place here. OMC organizers live <br />adjacent to the property and are invested in the quality of live of the community I have met them while <br />volunteering to improve the filbert grove, but have never seen constructive contributions from <br />Ms.Bovisky. The property is not owned by a for profit property development corporation but by members of <br />the community and Ms. Bovisky's neighbors. <br />Ms.Bovisky's objections, as articulated in the Weekly, appear to be driven by fears rather than dialogues with <br />the community. A review of the OMC project website reveals that the are not property developers along the <br />lines that Ms.Bovisky fears. They are not erecting ugly infill housing like other properties in the area, nor are <br />they proposing huge low income apartment buildings such as those planned for River Road or the big <br />construction currently being erected just across the river on the greenway. <br />The only objection that I think has merit is the need for 50 parking spaces to serve 28 units. I don't know if this <br />is required by housing regulations, but I would suggest that the city support the community to adopt a car <br />sharing model that limits the number of cars needed. <br />1226 <br />