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- This is a new type of development – we are the guinea pigs.
- Current zoning codes and regulations do not apply, and are being
retrofitted to allow this development to proceed.
- We have an opportunity to have a great mixed use redevelopment that fits
the historic working class neighborhood that is East Lawrence!
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- Page 5 – Intended goals of design document:
- “Exterior scale, massing, design, and arrangement” do not create
linkages with the rest of EL. (goal 2)
- Does not “maintain the unique identity of EL”. (goal 4)
- Does not meet the goals of the current Horizon 2020. (goal 6)
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- Page 9 – Transition zone – west side of Penn. should be a buffer zone
between high density residential & commercial in Zone 1 to the rest of the largely
single family neighborhood.
- Transition zone recommendation from planning staff ignores the
commercial space that is in addition to the residential on west side –
these should be evaluated together for their combined impact.
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- The density of zone 3 keeps being referred to as “between RM2 and RM3”,
but this totally ignores the fact that zoning of this type does not
includes commercial/retail anywhere else.
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- Additional landscape screening to lessen impact of parking, lighting, or
noise on neighboring residential properties.
- No cell phone tower placement (page 12)
- Affordable housing component MUST be written into design guidelines.
- Rails to Trails – get it all the way to the river safely?
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- Green Space
- Open Space
- Green Building
- Shared Parking
- Pedestrian Friendly
- Environmentally Friendly
- Critical Mass
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- Residential parking must be tied to number of bedrooms.
- Shared parking must be proximal, the residential parking must be
immediately adjacent to residences.
- Shared parking works with offices, but there is no way to guarantee that
nightlife businesses will not be using the shared parking.
- Nightlife businesses will require 100 - 200 + cars per night to support
their viability. “Minimal traffic impact”?
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- Extending Delaware St.
- Sewer upgrades
- Storm drains
- Lighting
- Street, alley & curb improvements
- Restoring Pennsylvania St. to brick
- WHO IS PAYING FOR THIS?
- WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS?
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- 8 to 10 percent increase in valuations this year alone in EL – the
highest in Lawrence.
- Lower income renters and elderly are already impacted.
- The displaced homeowner may make a great deal more than their original
purchase price, but not enough to purchase a comparable home.
- Small locally owned businesses are affected as well.
- C5 zoning property taxes are higher than RS2.
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- We need strategies to create and maintain economically and socially
diverse communities that are stable over the long term. Typical
gentrification impact falls unfairly on lower income residents.
- A solution? 20 % of redevelopment should be purchased by Lawrence Land
Trust for permanently affordable housing.
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- There is no way to condition the uses of C5 zoning. There must be a way for the
neighborhood to restrict uses, or the zoning should not be approved.
- Neighbors have experienced too much lack of enforcement on existing
zoning to believe there won’t be problems!
- New development code is an opportunity to correct this.
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- We need the 8 ft. greenspace for parking lot setbacks recommended by
HRC. Planning commission reduced to 3 ft. Neither one appears in Harris
“planning action list” from planning staff at all. Where is this
currently?
- Sidewalks and setbacks are delineated in design guidelines, but have
already been partially altered in the approved platting.
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- Residents really appreciate the historic preservation aspects of Zone 1.
Harris has had a lot of input on this section and has followed through
on a lot of it.
- We appreciate the developer’s willingness to consider affordable housing
options – this has been important to EL since day one of the long term
planning.
- There is widespread support for some level of density in zone 3 – no one
wants just single family housing.
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