Re: [UC] Scale and its adjudicators

[Anthony West]

If this was true -- and it makes some intuitive sense -- and if I were a 
Woodland Terr. resident, to whom esthetics absolutely would matter -- 
then I might try to present an argument rich in civil-engineering issues 
such as traffic when working PCPC, and to concentrate my esthetic 
concerns in other venues, ones I thought more disposed to hear them with 
respect.

-- Tony West

At the Woodland Terrace meetings I attended we were informed that 
aesthetics, including scale, would not be as important to focus on as 
things like traffic. We were told that a traffic concerns would have 
more impact on the City agencies involved and that aesthetics were not 
really a "valid" thing to complain about. I assume this was true at 
other neighborhood meetings. This might be why traffic became a major 
talking point. On the other hand, we were very careful that each of 
the neighbors speaking at the first PCPC meeting had a different angle 
on the subject of the hotel so that the Commission would see that 
there were many concerns, not just traffic. Of course, the minutes, 
which I know are only supposed to be an outline, don't reflect those.

Frank


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