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From: Shestak, Joe
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2018 12:43 PM
To: Shestak, Joe
Subject: FW: Proposals for 12/4/18 PC Committee meetings, and others.
Letter#01 for Docket No. 18090010 OA
Date: November 29, 2018
To: Plan Commissioners, via Joe Shestak
From: Jill H. Meisenheimer and Dee Fox
Re: Proposals to be discussed at the 12/4/18 Committee meetings, and others.
Other Development Proposals:
1. Legacy PUB Amendment (Docket No. 18090010 OA):
* This amendment is to allow more apartments near the core of Legacy and the retail and office areas. The
possibility of this type of amendment is one reason why the public dislikes and doesn't trust PUDs, which replace the
zoning to allow the City and developer to have a "blank slate." The plan "sold" to the public is not necessarily
what they will get.
* Cannel government tends to build significant commercial development first, and then must work to create the
residential density needed to support it. This often results in struggling businesses, and resentment from established
low-density residential area homeowners who must defend against an invasion of rezone proposals seeking to allow
placing commercial development and increased density, which they don't need or want, near their homes.
* The Legacy Amenity Area will include a pool, wading pool, bathhouse, pavilion, picnic area, sport court,
playground equipment, and parking area. At least this PUD will have true amenities, unlike almost all of the
proposed rezones for residential subdivisions that are just rows of dense, small lots, with maybe a trail. It is difficult
to build a sense of community when there is not even a place for neighbors to gather.
Thank you,
Jill H. Meisenheimer and Dee Fox
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