TAYLOR Becky G <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To: <br />Subject <br />Eugene Hearing Official <br />Jackie Marlette <jmarlette@gmail.corn> <br />Wednesday, October 02, 2013 12:09 PM <br />TAYLOR Becky G <br />Pubic Comment for PDT 13-0001 and WG 13-0001. <br />Eugene Planning and Development <br />Atrium Building <br />99 West 10th Ave. <br />Eugene OR 97401 <br />Re: Citizen Comment Document Regarding the Oakleigh Meadows Tentative Planned Unit:Development (PDT <br />13-0001), Willamette Greenway Permit (WG 13-0001) <br />Dear Hearing Official, <br />I object to the proposed PUD for the reasons stated in.the Comments of Lauren Regan and Bryn <br />Thorns, Please include this letter as part of the Public Comments on this PUD. <br />I have lived on Oakleigh Lane for about 10 years and I urge you not to approve this PUD zoning <br />change proposal. <br />I am a mother of a two year old son and a month old daughter. I grew up on a.street that had very <br />little traffic and always envisioned raising my family in a similar neighborhood.. My husband and I purchased <br />our house on Oakleigh Lane because the street offered everything we were'looking for in a <br />neighborhood: small dead-end street, close to the Willamette River and Greenway, and an incredible <br />community of neighbors. We love that due to the low volume of traffic on our street, we currently do not worry <br />about our son playing in the front yard. The Oakleigh Meadow Co-Housing project, if approved and built as <br />proposed, will change all of this. <br />My husband and I, along with.my neighbors, are deeply concerned about traffic increase in the <br />street. Our street currently has 18'housing units. With an expansion of 28 to 32 additional housing units, our <br />total will rise to 46 to 50 housing units on our street. Judging by numbers of households, our total traffic will <br />rise two and a half times of what it is currently. This is only considering traffic increase caused by the <br />residents of the units. The development is also planning to put in many additional parking spots to <br />accommodate visitors. This will increase traffic volume considerably well beyond the level that our street was <br />designed for. <br />I know I am not the only parent concerned about kids in the street. Our lane is very narrow and <br />short. With increased traffic combined with parked cars in the street, we will lose safe access to our street for <br />pedestrians., River Road has a 40 mile per hour speed limit. Cars, typically visitors, often pull into our street at <br />9 <br />O <br />• <br />1052 <br />