>From Tim Connoly's post;
"The committee struggled with the decision. It wasn't
that they were not sensitive to the needs of the Ace
Hardware owners. They just are leery of upgrading the
zoning, in this case from R2 to C2.
In the end Chairwoman Martin broke a tie and approved
the new zoning.
What weighed heavily in her mind was the absence of
neighborhood opposition to the change.
Indeed, all who spoke at the public hearing told of
the importance of the business to the neighborhood and
their quality of life."
Avidor:
I wonder how many people spoke against K-Mart being plopped down on
Nicollet Avenue way back? A lot of bad ideas are very popular when
they're dreamed up. A Planning Commision's role is to decide a matter on
it's merits, not whether it's popular.
I think this whole matter was mishandled from the beginning. It was
framed as a pro-Nicollet Hardware, anti-Nicollet Hardware debate when I
think it should have been a discussion about how to best resolve the
problem of traffic at 38th and Nicollet Ave. in a comprehensive way.
Also if the Planning Commision wants neighborhood input, maybe they
should hold their meetings in the neighborhood in the evening or give us
an e-mail address...do we have to go to every meeting in person?
..Monday was Parent Involvement Day at the schools.
Also:
The community garden at 36th and Grand Avenue is privately owned by
the owner of the building next door who is very kind to let us use it.
I would be willing to give up my garden plot for housing, but the cost
of buying the lot and digging and pouring a foundation and moving a
house to it seems a waste compared to leaving the housing where it is
and investing in new housing.
Ken Avidor
Kingield
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