• Regarding Neighborhood character (PUD Code 9.832013): The neighborhood character issue is <br />a simple one. This street and those. surrounding it consist of small, almost exclusively single-,family <br />dwellings. The addition of such a massively dense, multi-story, multi-family development flies in the face <br />of decades of architectural precedent seen on the street. The Lower River Road Concept Plan, created <br />by the.ne'ighborb.ood organization, RRCO, recommends that in keeping with the current character of the <br />neighborhood, this area should see commercial development a.long River Road near Oaakleigh, "Medium. <br />~ Density" Residential development South of McClure and "Low Density" Residential in the Oakleigh- <br />McClure area. Twenty-eight units and 47 cars on 2 acres is not low-density in this area. Typical homes on <br />Oakleigh and McClure are on about a quarter acre, or about 4 homes per acre. Compare that to the <br />OMC plan.of 14 per acre; and it's clear that the: development is not in keeping with neighborhood <br />character. <br />Regarding traffic (PUD Code 9.8320.12): The application from OMC. states that their <br />development will not increase the traffic load on our street to a threshold that requires a formal traffic <br />study. There are 20 houses on Oakleigh currently. The idea that more than doubling the population of <br />this. one-block street by adding 28 units will not significantly increase traffic is simply'astonishing. The <br />OMC.applicatio.n refers to Oakleigh as having a "country lane" feel. Well; apparently that means a small <br />dead end street, with no sidewalks, barely enough width for two cars to park opposite each other, a' <br />doctor's office, a used. car. dealership and small.strip mall at the top of the street, Having, that <br />commercial cap on the street significantly increases the traffic on Oakleiigh, particularly fn regard to left <br />turns onto the street, a fact seemingly ignored in the OMC.traffic calculations. OMC's plans call for 47 <br />• parking spaces on the site; not quite two per unit. If there are 47 parking spaces, there will be 47 cars. If <br />there are 47 additional cars, logic. dictates that those cars will, at some point, be driven up and down the <br />street. <br />in conclusion; the-fact that the vast majority of Oakleigh residents (and a number of McClure <br />residents), those most directly affected by this development, are opposed to this development should <br />make obvious that there is a serious issue here. Further, that a. number of those now opposed originally <br />worked alongside OMC members in helping.clear and clean up the meadow should show that we are <br />not.opposed to the idea of cohousing, or development.in general, I' hold no ill will whatsoever toward <br />the concepts of cohousing, or the individuals involved in. the project. I simply think that their plans are <br />not. compatible with this neighborhood, and previous planning that has taken place for this area in the <br />forms of the Lower River Road Concept Plan, the River Road/Santa Clara Refinement Plan, and the <br />Statewide Planning Goals. <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Terrence S. Killian <br />116 Oakleigh In <br />Eugenie OR 97404 <br />1205 <br />