HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter #81 Laurie & Buddy Pylitt
Butler, Bric
From:Pylitt, Laurie <lpylitt@butler.edu>
Sent:Wednesday, April 24, 2024 1:34 AM
To:Aasen, Adam P; Joshi, Anita; Worrell, Jeff; Snyder, Matt; Taylor, Rich; Locke, Ryan A;
Minnaar, Shannon; Ayers, Teresa; Green, Anthony; Butler, Bric; jghoa@outlook.com;
billdriehorst@yahoo.com; ncheesman@att.net; robhackman98@gmail.com;
dnwindy@comcast.net; njbarnes503@gmail.com; lestrup@gmail.com;
chbroderick@comcast.net
Cc:Bernard Pylitt
Subject:Proposed 10,000 sf daycare in JGV
Follow Up Flag:Follow up
Flag Status:Completed
Councilors, Plan Commission and Jackson’s Grant HOA Board:
Unfortunately, we will be unable to a?end the Jackson’s Grant HOA mee?ng with City Councilors scheduled on 4/24, as
we will be out of the country.
That being said, I write to express both my and my husband’s opposi?on to the proposed amendment to the Jackson’s
Grant Village PUD which would add a 10,000sf childcare facility with capacity for 160 children. I feel like this situa?on is a
broken record of proposals that have been presented since 2010. Let me clarify
We speak from a long history of residency in neighborhoods in the vicinity of 116th and Springmill. We lived in Springmill
Streams (just north of Jackson’s Grant) from April 1995 un?l November 2019, when we moved into the Bridgemont
neighborhood in Jackson’s Grant. Star?ng in 2010, we began closely following proposals to develop proper?es at all 4
corners of 116th and Springmill. We a?ended Plan Commission and City Council mee?ngs, either in person or virtually,
where proposals for The Bridges and Jackson’s Grant were presented. We ac?vely remonstrated against the increased
density that would be associated with increased commercial and residen?al development. As these projects were built,
we noted an exponen?al increase in traffic and conges?on in the area, in spite of the ‘improvements’ in surrounding
roads that DOCS assured us were happening. These traffic increases occurred before the opening of Clay Center
Elementary School, and prior to the current construc?on projects of The Steadman at The Bridges and single family
homes and townhomes at JGV.
Specifically related to commercial development and the childcare proposal for JGV, I have reviewed the proceedings of
the Council’s Land Use Commi?ee mee?ng in August of 2020. It was noted at that mee?ng there was considerable
opposi?on from the neighbors to commercial development of any sort. In the end, there were some concessions from
the developers which included the following:
-commitment to a smaller commercial footprint -no building >7500sf in size -no tenant occupying >5000sf
In addi?on, representa?ves from DOCS (Jeremy and Rachel) made the following statements regarding the commercial
space and the concerns regarding traffic:
-when the document outlining uses of the commercial space was being discussed, Rachel stated they were ‘trying to
prohibit a lot of cars from coming & going at the same ?me.’
-Jeremy and Rachel both agreed that there was a need for a new ‘count’ on traffic in the area. The last traffic study was
done in 2010, prior to ANY of these major developments, including the building of Jackson’s Grant and the opening of
Clay Center Elementary.
-both noted that the mul?lane to single lane northbound at 116th & Springmill needed mi?ga?on.
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Based on discussions at recent mee?ngs, it appears that no such ‘count’ has been undertaken, and ‘prohibi?ng a lot of
cars coming and going at the same ?me’ seems to have gone by the wayside.
It is important to note that the issue of commercial development at the NW corner of 116th and Springmill has been in
discussion since Jackson’s Grant was proposed. The ini?al plans had commercial property, but a?er nego?a?ons with
surrounding neighbors/neighborhood HOAs, commercial space was dropped from the proposal. When it came up again
in 2020 with the JGV proposal, a compromise was reached limi?ng the size and the type of tenants allowed in the
commercial space. Even with those limita?ons, the Plan Commission forwarded the proposal to Council with an
unfavorable recommenda?on. In spite of that, Council approved the proposal. Now here we are yet again arguing for
increasing the amount of commercial space by 50% AND doubling the amount of space a single tenant can occupy. I
hope you can understand how we feel con?nually duped by the developers, DOCS, and the Council.
Please know that we are not opposed to a childcare facility if it conforms to the compromises previously agreed upon.
We moved to JG because we liked being around not only empty nesters but families. We s?ll do not believe that a
commercial ‘node’ is needed in JGV, but had come to grips with the decision previously made. We do not support the
most recent changes proposed for the 10,000sf childcare facility catering to 160 children.
Thank you for your considera?on of issues that have con?nually plagued those of us who have lived in the 116th and
Springmill area for >10 years. We hope you will give this due considera?on, especially to those of us who have chosen to
live in a neighborhood ini?ally described as ‘unbridled elegance.’
Laurie & Buddy Pyli?
489 Elliot Creek Dr
P.S. Bric, would you please forward this to all members of the Plan Commission? Thank you for doing so.
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