Sponsors and HACSA have done a tremendous amount of outreach to our neighborhood. They have addressed nearly every one of our concerns. The people who will be living at the Oaks are people at low risk for re-offending and have a clear set of criteria to adhere to in order to stay. If we want to reduce recidivism (people going back to prison), the most important thing needed is housing and a job. Both are difficult to get if you have a record. Kevin Matthews, the self appointed spokesman of the group (which is not our neighborhood assn) lives in Dexter not West Eugene. The reporter should have noted ran for County Commission and plans to run in 2018. His quote saying that "the immediate neighbors are low income and vulnerable" and are being "railroaded" is offensive. I live across the street from the project and am neither. The code deviations are small and the project will move forward.  And for the record, precinct 1899 voted 63.62 for Hillary and 24.13% for Trump.