PE ilLctd / 4 <br />oakleigh-concerns-PUDhearing.txt <br />Greetings- ®1 <br />we are homeowners at 111-oakleigh Lane since 2007, <br />and have lived in the neighborhood since 2005. while we <br />moved to River Road somewhat randomly, after two years of <br />renting (on E. Hilliard) we jumped at the opportunity to <br />buy. The open and inviting character--of the community here <br />is what encouraged us to stay in the area, and it is our.. <br />concerns about:the future of this community that cause us to <br />write now. <br />we've watched from a slight distance as the oakleigh <br />meadow Cohousing effort has come together, initi.all-y excited <br />by the potential of having more neighbors interested in. <br />sustaining-what we see as the values, assets, and character <br />of the neighborhood. At the onset.of the project, the omc <br />group discussed a small, low-impact housing development <br />anchored in neighborly relationships and collective <br />stewardship---basically an extension of what we had <br />experienced since buying our home i.n 2007. over the past. <br />year and a half, the omc project had shifted -considerably in <br />-size-and, consequently, impact. Informational meetings <br />(hosted at the RROC Annex) and the public posting of the <br />development plans/drawings occurred while we were out of the <br />country, and we have spent-the past month getting up to <br />speed with the current efforts on the part of the omc as <br />well as the neighbors in the area who are not happy with the <br />turn the development has taken. Living on the west end of <br />oakleigh Lane, our concerns about the impact are somewhat <br />different from neighbors and friends living closer to the <br />east end of the street, but we stand with all. those on the <br />street who feel that.-the curr.ent land use. plans.for the omc <br />development do not mesh harmoniously with the character or <br />scale of our.neighborhood. <br />Two section of the PUD code in particular offer framework <br />for our concerns: <br />"9..8320 (12) The proposed development shall have minimal <br />off-site impacts, including such impacts as traffic, noise,. <br />stormwater runoff and environmental quality." <br />of specific interest to us here is the potential <br />increase in automobile traffic; we are parents of two <br />children (both under 12) and enjoy the freedom of.r-iding <br />bikes and such on our relatively low-traffic street. The <br />Page 1 <br />1080 <br />