FIVOT <br />9/28/13 <br />Dear Hearing Officials,. . <br />1 understand that you are- reviewing a Planned Unit Development application concerning the <br />Oakleigh Meadows Cohousing project. Oakleigh Meadows will serve as a model for new <br />development that addresses many of the problems inherent in more traditional suburban <br />housing developments. Oakleigh will. provide homes for a group of families working together to <br />create not just housing, but also community. The coh:ousing model offers the potential to <br />increase the density of our cities while retaining open space and providing opportunities for' <br />significant interaction between members of the community. The resulting density will better <br />use our existing infrastructure., including public transit. Cohousing also.results in significant <br />interaction between neighbors, in contrast to the normative tendency for suburban neighbors to <br />remain comparatively Isolated from each other. Interaction of this kind will strengthen:our <br />community as a whole. <br />I encourageyou to strongly consider.approval of this application. so that Oakleigh Meadows <br />can be constructed as soon as possible. This is an opportunity to demonstrate our ability to <br />reconsider ubiquitous development patterns that bring with them significant problems. As we <br />face unprecedented environmental problems we must recognize that significant change is <br />required. We soon will need to find other ways of inhabiting and moving through our cities.. <br />Oaklei,gh is a positive step tovuards substantive change that.will help address some of the <br />significant challenges we face. <br />Sincerely, <br />Scott Clarke, ACA <br />PIVOT Architecture 44 ft!: Gwadwray Suite 300 Eugene, OR 97401 -1.541;342:7291 f.541:.342.1535 pivotarchitecture.com <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />1104 <br />