PH-60 <br />David Adee <br />131 McClure Lane <br />Eugene, Oregon'97404 <br />541-688-3304 <br />david.g.adee@gmail.com <br />August 12th, 2013 <br />To Hearings Official, City of Eugene, <br />This letter is in support of Oakleigh Meadow Cohousing (OMC). OMC is a Planned Unit <br />Development (PUD) being built directly north of our property. I live at 131 McClure Lane <br />with my wife Joan, daughter Corinna (8), and mom Eileen (80). <br />My wife Joan, a professional landscape gardener, moved to Oakleigh Lane in 1989. I came <br />to Eugene in 1997 to teach elementary music in the 4j schools. I joined Joan in a little house <br />on Oakleigh Lane in 1998. Our daughter was born in 2005. Through the years we created a <br />very connected lifestyle with our neighbors; sharing keys, cars, and kid care, meals, gardens <br />and household projects. <br />Woven into this vibrant community was a continuous thread of neighborhood improvement <br />efforts including several years spent developing and implementing plans for Rasor Park. <br />Joan later served on the Citizen'Advisory Committee for the Lower River Road Concept <br />Plan, an effort between residents, community leaders, city officials and professional <br />planners. Over the several months on the board, she got a chance to take an in-depth look at <br />the strengths and needs. of the River Road neighborhood, with an emphasis on transportation <br />and commercial viability. It became clear that the neighborhood's typically large lots,,that <br />at first glance seem ideal, came at the cost of walkability and.adequate density to support <br />certain desirable neighborhood amenities: a small neighborhood grocery store, a sit-down <br />coffee shop, etc. <br />We learned that the neighborhood would benefit most from more folks living in it and less <br />folks passing through it. So in 2009 when the 2.7 acres at the river-end of Oakleigb Lane <br />came up for sale we put great effort into creating the opportunity- for Oakleigh Meadow <br />LLC to purchase.it. The Oakleigh Meadow Cohousing site-plan is the kind of neighborly <br />place we want to live next to and eventually live in. <br />As we understand it, the PUD process is designed to protect neighbors and new residents <br />from mis-guided planning. In the case of OMC, we are the neighbors and residents, and the <br />participant planners as well. We have listened to nearby neighbors and OMC members and <br />design professionals. And we have taken all feelings and ideas into consideration. The <br />OMC site-plan refleots.a_ community conversation and will provide many benefits to the <br />surrounding neighborhood as detailed below in our responses to the PUD criteria. <br />My family and I have poured our time, treasure and talent into this project. We intend this <br />letter to serve as a document stating our complete and absolute support of Oakleigh Meadow <br />Cohousing. <br />Sincerely, <br />David Adee <br />1325 <br />