• David Adee Oct2nd hearing notes <br />Hello, my name is David Adee. I have lived 10 years on Oakleigh and 4 years on <br />McClure. I live at 131 McClure Lane with my wife Joan, my 8 yr. old daughter <br />Corinna, and mom 80 yr. old mother Eileen. The parcel called Oakleigh Meadow <br />adjoins the north side of our property. <br />I came to Eugene in 1997 to teach, elementary music in the 4j schools. <br />I joined Joan in a little house on Oakleigh Lane in 1998. Our daughter was born <br />in 2005. I teach music at River Road Elementary, our neighborhood school. I.am <br />also coordinator of elementary music for the 4j school district. <br />Our daughter attends River Road Elementary a dual immersion Spanish/English <br />school. This progressive program expands young minds and gives opportunities <br />for their Spanish and English speaking families to improve cross-cultural skills. <br />We are all cheering the brand new school that will be.built as a result of the <br />recently passed bond measure. We have a deep and lasting commitment to the <br />school and the neighborhood that supports it. <br />I.am excited'about living next to (and eventually in) Oakleigh Meadow <br />Cohousing because it will provide a lot of new playmates for my daughter right <br />next door, and because I think it will be great for River Road school. Cohousing <br />attracts people who care about their community. This will bring more involved <br />parents and retirees that can volunteer in our local schools. <br />We look forward to sharing, with neighbors, the work of bike path and river-front <br />stewardship, neighborhood and traffic safety, support of local businesses, <br />improvement of conditions on River Road, support of local schools (elementary, <br />middle and high), support of safe routes to local schools including River Road <br />and Howard (both of which are being re-built in the next 4 years and need, <br />community involvement to help them thrive). <br />We offer our active. and enthusiastic support of Oakleigh Meadow Cohousing. <br />It is the kind of neighborly place we want to live next to, and eventually live in. <br />We look forward to collaborating with neighbors to weave-in cohousing as part <br />of the larger neighborhood and we look forward to sharing meals, tools, child- <br />care, celebrations, tomatoes and jam sessions. <br />Thank you. <br />1091 <br />