I ATTACHMENT M <br />August 29, 2015 <br />To whom it may concern, <br />My family owns and lives at 114 Oakleigh Lane. <br />This letter is to provide further evidence that Oakleigh Lane in its current condition does <br />not provide a safe roadway for pedestrian use, in particular since there are no sidewalks, <br />and pedestrians must share the roadway with vehicles, including emergency vehicles. <br />My, qualifications to provide expert assessment of this situation are that I am a licensed <br />Special Education teacher with a Master's in Special Education. I've worked with children <br />with disabilities for more than 15 years. <br />In addition to the impact on all the families on Oakleigh Lane, my husband and I are <br />gravely concerned about our seven year old child's safety because of her documented <br />disability (ADHD and sensory processing disorder). <br />Because of her disability, our daughter (like other children with this disability) has <br />significant impairment with judgment and impulse control. Consequently, she must be very <br />closely watched around the street with traffic. Unless she is under direct supervision at all <br />times, she is not safe with the traffic on the street. <br />My daughter, like other children who live on Oakleigh Lane, plays and bikes in the street. <br />Many of the children also walk to our neighborhood school, River Road Elementary. There <br />are no sidewalks or shoulders for children to walk on, so they must walk on the pavement, <br />within the travel lane on which there is two-way traffic. <br />Doubling the traffic on this road, without providing safe walking access, presents a very <br />high potential for risk to her and the other children on the street, especially those who <br />attend River Road Elementary. <br />Speaking for myself, my husband and my child, we urge you to recognize the real risk that <br />this poses to our family and other families and require that Oakleigh Lane be brought to <br />safe standards, including separation of pedestrians and vehicles before approving the <br />addition of twenty-nine more homes at the end of the street. <br />Thank you. <br />Sincerely, <br />Maj (and Ethan) Hutchinson <br />114 Oakleigh Lane <br />(541) 844-9487 <br />• <br />186 <br />