Rec`d to/g~13. <br />To the Hearing` Offrcial-of "the Eugene Planning'Commissiorf <br />The below ,is a more complete'treatment of the points I made testifying at'tl e hearing held on, <br />Wednesday,'October 2' <br />I live with my one-year=old son and partner at 116.0akleigh In. We've liyed.at.that address•fdr <br />3 :years;.before,that; I lived for two years on East 'Hilliard Ln,, one `blcck'north., My entire: time <br />in Eugene has been spent living in the lower River'Road;area. I and my family make daily use of <br />the Rutl ,Bascom trail system,: walking, running; and biking next to the river, and using its parks. <br />I believe that:.yoii should reject; the PUD:submitted, by0akl.eigh Meadow:Cohousing as <br />containing numerous :elements that are .incomplete and inadequate and otherwise failing 'to <br />conform to the requirements of.the Eugene'City Code,, as well as the Lower River Road Concept` <br />Plan The PUD as.sub fitted is incompatible~vith the existing neighborhood' and asks"for <br />:numerous exceptions`and easements to code that I urge-you.not to grant. <br />In the arguments below;:I•focus entirely on issues related to the special permittin-&process <br />required to build or change use on the Wi lameRe River Greenway and,,on issues.related to traffic <br />and the question of neighborhood: compatibility. ;But,l-also concur.with theargurrients made b.y <br />Bryn Thorns and :Lauren Regan; as well as with the arguments :made by Rick Rubin about <br />stormwater disposal on' the proposed. site. <br />Like the other residents of O'akleigh and' McClure .Lanes (which is to say, all of.the residents of <br />Oakleigh and most of those .on McClure) 'who.-are opposed to fhe PUD, I'd= like fo state once <br />again that I supportco-housing and both could.ond did ;support a .:smaller development in <br />Oakleigh Meadow. <br />As'you know;..the,'meadow is,privaiely-Owned: land that i`s. part of the Willamette Ripe' r <br />Greenway; land bordering the Willamette River from south of Eugene up through Portland. The <br />Gree'nway-was established by the State Legislature in 1.967 in order :to preserve and.protect.the <br />"natural, scenic...and redreational" qualities; of land'alongside the Willa: i0tte River: These, goals <br />are aff rmed';in the Eugene City Code (EC 9:8.800) and the. Eugene <br />Metro Plan (III .D 3; ;Finding <br />10 - the plan states it as a ,required "protection to maintain and enhance natural, scenic; <br />environmental; ;and economic: qualities of these waterways" <br />The, code governing pefnits -to'build or implement -a change ofuse ih;the .Greenway is strict, <br />requiring, "special consideration" (EC 9,.:500; LC I0- 322.1 D) ~OMC.. afoul of, several, of its, , <br />components; as Lwill specify; the'PUD also is in compatible. with the Lower River 'Road Concept. <br />Plan: <br />Incompatibilities wiihrthe'L(jyver River Road C_ oncep.t Plan. - ; <br />The Lower:River Road 'Concept<Plan (LRRCP) was prepared by th&.0t 7'ofEugene'in <br />extensive consultation with a Community Advisory Committee, specially foi, ed for that <br />purpose'in 2007.' The LRRCP was "acknowledged", by the Eugene. Planning Commission on <br />Rfrie'22, 2009 (LRRCP,'mitial' unnumbered page).,. The plan establishes a way'of balancing <br />