We are all interconnected, whatever we do touches all beings, Earth herself, forever. <br />1944 Cleveland Street, Eugene, Oregon 97405 <br />Eugene Planning Commission <br />Eugene Planning & Development <br />99 W 10th Ave, Suite 290 <br />Eugene, OR 97401 <br />RE: BRAEWOOD HILLS 3RD ADDITION (PDT 24-1/ST 24-3) <br />Commissioners: <br />With Respect and Gratitude, I address you as all my relations, for we are all connected not only <br />through the great genetic tree of life, but also in how our lives ultimately touch all others. <br />As I begin, for the record, I am in love with a landscape, with a special place called Videra Oak Meadow. <br />The three comments I will make here, relevant to Goal 5 and Tree Preservation Standards, are first <br />process, next Nature and finally, Love. <br />First, Process. “Putting the cart before the horse.” The <br />answer to one key question would seem to be crucial for the <br />planned unit development as proposed in the application. <br />Taken as a whole, it seems to depend upon whether or not, <br />another pending application, the wetland fill permit, is either <br />approved or denied. A wetland fill permit has also been <br />submitted by the applicant for review and a decision by the <br />Oregon Department of State Lands, jointly with the US Army <br />Corps of Engineers. (See adjacent image) <br /> <br />Also, given the location of existing wetlands, as noted in thin <br />faint red line boundary areas on the PUD application, they are <br />not only substantial, but also located where both at least one <br />street and various house lots are drawn. The point is, if the <br />wetland fill permit is denied, then it seems quite <br />apparent, the proposed planned unit development <br />simply will not work as proposed. No pun intended, but <br />the PUD as proposed, is “dead in the water,” if the wetland fill <br />permit is denied. <br />Therefore, wouldn't it make sense at this point in time, <br />wouldn't it seem both reasonable and prudent, to wait to <br />make any decision on the appeal before you? That is, until such time when the decision on the wetland fill <br />permit application has been made? Since apparently without an approval there, approving the current <br />application becomes a moot point, since again, the development as proposed simply can not happen. <br />Appeal Testimony (PDT 24-01 & ST 24-03) - Batch #1 Page 41 of 43