Please show up to the hearing on October 2nd to support this progressive project. <br />• . Clare Strawn <br />465 Horn Lane <br />5410285-4504 <br />On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 3:16 PM, TAYLOR Becky G <BecG.Ta for ,ci.eu~ene.or.us> wrote: <br />Just as a point of clarification, I did not write the article. I am the City staff planner evaluating the land use applications <br />for the project. The person who wrote the article cited my contact information for purposes of collecting public <br />comments regarding the land use applications. <br />Becky Taylor, Associate Planner <br />City of Eugene Planning <br />99 West 10th Avenue <br />Eugene, OR 97401 <br />• 541-682-5437 <br />From: Clare Strawn [mailto:clarestrawn(a)Qmail.com] <br />Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 10:30 AM <br />To: TAYLOR Becky G; Ietters(a)eugeneweekly.com; rgletters( reaisterguard.com <br />Cc: bovilsky2C6)Qmail.com <br />Subject: Oakleigh Meadow cohousing <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 Ms. <br />Taylor. They own the property, it is not owned by the city or county as part of the Willamette River Greenway. <br />It is not owned by a for profit property development corporation. <br />Ms. Taylor's objections, as articulated in the Weekly, appear to be driven by fears rather than dialogues with the <br />community. A review of the OMC project website reveals that the are not property developers along the lines <br />that Ms. Taylor fears. They are not erecting ugly infill housing like other properties in the area, nor are they <br />proposing huge low income apartment buildings such as those planned for River Road. <br />1227 <br />