<br />JANISCH Amy C <br />From:Jackie Marlette <jmarlette@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Wednesday, October 02, 2013 12:09 PM <br />To:TAYLOR Becky G <br />Subject:Pubic Comment for PDT 13-0001 and WG 13-0001 <br />Eugene Hearing Official <br />Eugene Planning and Development <br />Atrium Building <br />99 West 10th Ave. <br />Eugene OR 97401 <br />Re: Citizen Comment Document Regarding the Oakleigh Meadows Tentative Planned Unit Development (PDT <br />13-0001), Willamette Greenway Permit (WG 13-0001) <br />Dear Hearing Official, <br /> I object to the proposed PUD for the reasons stated in the Comments of Lauren Regan and Bryn <br />Thoms, Please include this letter as part of the Public Comments on this PUD. <br /> I have lived on Oakleigh Lane for about 10 years and I urge you not to approve this PUD zoning <br />change proposal. <br /> I am a mother of a two year old son and a month old daughter. I grew up on a street that had very <br />little traffic and always envisioned raising my family in a similar neighborhood. My husband and I purchased <br />our house on Oakleigh Lane because the street offered everything we were looking for in a <br />neighborhood: small dead-end street, close to the Willamette River and Greenway, and an incredible <br />community of neighbors. We love that due to the low volume of traffic on our street, we currently do not worry <br />about our son playing in the front yard. The Oakleigh Meadow Co-Housing project, if approved and built as <br />proposed, will change all of this. <br /> My husband and I, along with my neighbors, are deeply concerned about traffic increase in the <br />street. Our street currently has 18 housing units. With an expansion of 28 to 32 additional housing units, our <br />total will rise to 46 to 50 housing units on our street. Judging by numbers of households, our total traffic will <br />rise two and a half times of what it is currently. This is only considering traffic increase caused by the <br />residents of the units. The development is also planning to put in many additional parking spots to <br />accommodate visitors. This will increase traffic volume considerably well beyond the level that our street was <br />designed for. <br />I know I am not the only parent concerned about kids in the street. Our lane is very narrow and <br />short. With increased traffic combined with parked cars in the street, we will lose safe access to our street for <br />pedestrians. River Road has a 40 mile per hour speed limit. Cars, typically visitors, often pull into our street at <br />1 <br /> <br />