F~4- 4-9 <br />TAYLOR Becky G <br />:rom: Water Judy <scott2758@comcast.net> <br />Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 7:51 PM <br />To: TAYLOR Becky G <br />_Cc: BELCHER Jon (SMTP); michael@dreamteammedia.com; Water Judy; <br />saveoakleigh@gmail.com <br />Subject: Oakleigh Meadows Co-Housing <br />Hello Becky, <br />I received your voicemail which was a returned call from me. I appreciate you calling me back. This call was in regards-to <br />my input about the Oakleigh Meadows parking issue on McClure Lane. As requested, I will write down my concerns <br />about the Oakleigh Cohousing vehicle problem. <br />I have lived on McClure Lane for 25 years, as many of the people have on the street. We are a tight-knit group who have <br />watched each other's children grow up and elder neighbors pass and everything in between. We are much like a family. I <br />love living here, am so very grateful for being close to the river and appreciate the relative quite. McClure Lane is a one- <br />lane, dead-end road. It is generally devoid: of cars in the road because it IS a one-lane road. At times, there will be a car <br />or two parked in front of someone's home who is visiting and that is to be expected. Since the Oakleioh Housing <br />development plan started, the story is different. At the beginning, it was "rumored" that Oakleigh-interested visiting cars <br />were not going to park on McClure Larie at all. This was not told directly to a lot of us; we found out by overhearing others <br />speak. As time passed, more cars have appeared when an Oakleigh gathering has been planned. Then, a few weeks <br />ago when there was an Oakleigh Meadows open house, there were cars in front of nearly every home on McClure Lane <br />up to 7-11. When I say "in front of houses" I mean in the street. It would have been impossible for an emergency vehicle <br />to pass if one would have come down McClure. It was difficult at certain points on McClure to even drive on the road and <br />i some cases people had a difficult time getting out of their driveway. This is unacceptable and needless to say very <br />irritating to many of the McClure residents. It has gotten out of hand and. if this is a sign of future vehicle activities, we are <br />in for a real mess on our street as well as Oakleigh. We did not ask for this. <br />This proposed housing development could alter neighborhood character with a substantial increase in traffic volumes <br />on and around McClure Lane. As I said previously,. it was said there would be no impact of vehicle activity on McClure, <br />and this clearly has NOT BEEN THE CASE. It is my understanding the total number of units proposed at this development <br />is 29 with 47 parking spaces. This means 47 more cars driving on Oakleigh Lane and possibly more parking on McClure <br />for special events or if they run out of spaces in their assigned area. <br />I realize reasonable development is good for the community in many ways. Apartments or duplexes are a totally different <br />thing than a development of this size, as Oakleigh Meadows looks like, one to accommodate 47 parking spaces. This is <br />all a bit much. <br />Please consider the impact on our area streets from the present and possible future volume of vehicles. <br />Thank you for your consideration, <br />Judy Scott <br />105 McClure Lane <br />Eugene, Oregon 97404 <br />1307 <br />